The midnight mass
Just two months ago old man Charles, created quite a stir when he forced Ma Tessie to swallow ...
Ti John and the loogawoo at the court house
Ti John shrieked with delight, as he jumped up and down and whooped like a child at ...
Jumbies in the jungle
It was the last day of class before school closed for Christmas. Excited to be out school, I ...
The sacrifice
As the old man lay dying, in his heart was an old secret that he longed to reveal to his middle ...
The spirit inside Cynthia
Cynthia spied the glass jar on the top of the short concrete step to her small modest home and ...
Mercury’s fight with the jumbie
It was the third time this week that Mercury had that same bad dream. It started after his ...
The jumbie in the house
As a teenager I had long since heard my mum talking about the jumbie that inhabited the house ...
Josianne the tormented spirit
It was your typical last-day-of-school Friday afternoon. We kids could hardly wait for the ...
My encounter with Bruno
Living in the lush green rain forest of Dominica can be breathtaking and refreshing; however, ...
GHOST STORIES: The eyes and the smell of a Jumbie
I can remember this like it was just last night. The day I found out something was following me ...
GHOST STORIES: The Story of Lougarous and Soukouyants
In the 1950s, 1960s and into the late 1970s tales of Lougarous and Soukouyants were everywhere. ...
GHOST STORIES: Roaul
Mama said that she had decided to pass the time cleaning fish. All five children, including my ...
GHOST STORIES: The spirit under the bed
My first visit to Dominica occurred sometime in 2005. I fell in love with the beauty of the ...