DEVILS OF ROSE HALL A pastor by the name of John McGregor accepts a bet that was written by some mischievous persons who wanted him to believe in superstition and black magic which he accepts it bravely to spend the night at Jamaica's most infamous haunted house. Where he has a strange encounter with some ghost first he thought that he was whist fully asleep in a dream but he now realized that it felt so real so he tried to cast them away with the name of 'JESUS' and he woke up the next morning he packed his things to wait. The pastor searched the house and found no sign of anyone anywhere . Only his footprints in the dirt and dust of the banqueting hall were those of his feet. Written By: Jean D'Costa.
MILLICENT Fourth standard was an ordinary class in every way. There were students who were constantly late, there was fighting among the students for various reasons, and it had a 'bright spark' and a 'dunce head'. Therefore, fourth standard was a very ordinary class, but the arrival of Millicent changed everything. She broke up friendships,created racial division in the class and was rude to the teacher. The result was that fourth standard became a quarrelsome class and Millicent reigned supreme. The arrival of the end of term test saw Millicent announcing that she would place first in the class. The opposite occurred, however, Millicent came last instead. The students laughed at her and things went back to normal in fourth standard. Written By: Merle Hodge
ASCOT This story is about Ascot’s escapades. The story is told from the perspective of a first person narrator called Lily. She explains to the reader that Ascot is viewed as charming by women, but is perceived as a ‘ginnal’, or con artist, by men. The story continues with a rendering of how Ascot stole Papa’s bananas from the family buttery (pantry) with hilarious consequences. He then goes to May Pen, with a relative, to become a gardener. Ascot runs out on this job and goes to Kingston, where he reportedly learnt how to drive, and then returns to ‘country’ (the interior parishes of Jamaica). His dissatisfaction with life in the country is shown in his change in attitude; from being jovial and friendly to being somber. He later announced that he was going to Florida to become a farm worker. The family later learns that Ascot had skipped the farm work in Florida via a letter from the government. The family then receives three letters, spanning a three year period, in which he updated them on his life in New York, Connecticut and Chicago. Ascot then surprises every‐one by visiting the island with his American wife. He shocks every‐one by: arriving in a big, white, rented car; pretending that he is related to the narrator, Lilly, and her family; ignoring the family that he was born into; and, most importantly, having a wife with a masters degree, despite the fact that his education ended at grade 3. He leaves the ‘country’ (parish) for Kingston with a very proud mother in his wake.