…and the soldiers stood at attention, saluting their superior officer, the lieutenant-general, as she entered the room, in the uniform of one of the …

A LITTLE girl in her pink floral dress, skipped around the garden–bare-footed — with her little basket, picking flowers and fallen, ripe fruits, chasing …

UNDER the shade of a flambouyant tree in the neighbourhood park he sat, his pencil moving with a slow, smooth motion over the sketchpad …

A COLD night in November. Jamal wrapped his arms around his small body for warmth as he stared out his tarp shelter at the …

PEARL was her birthstone, yet she loved red. Alex smiled, pleased as he took out the gift bag from between his clothes in the …

SHE got out of bed, drank a glass of water and sat down, unable now to sleep, reflecting on the strange dream that took …

One spring when blossoms, birds and gushing streams; the exquisite splendour of nature fashioned the earth, shadows like silent weeping, hung over the estate …

MADHU stood on the Parika Wharf, looking across the mighty Essequibo River, the third largest in South America. A glint of excitement shone in …

THE little girl sat on the garden swing, her head bent, her hair falling loosely over her face. She sat waiting as little unholy …

RICCARDO stared at the sketch pad in front of him, his mind blank, seeming lost in a desert place. He sighed in exasperation and …