Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean

The inaugural publication from Peekash Press, Pepperpot gathers the very best of the Caribbean entries to the 2013 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, including a mix of established and up-and-coming writers from islands throughout the region. 

Featuring short fiction by: 

• Sharon Millar • Trinidad and Tobago 
• Dwight Thompson • Jamaica 
• Kevin Baldeosingh • Trinidad and Tobago 
• Ivory Kelly • Belize 
• Barbara Jenkins • Trinidad and Tobago 
• Sharon Leach • Jamaica 
• Joanne C. Hillhouse • Antigua and Barbuda 

• Ezekel Alan • Jamaica 
• Heather Barker • Barbados 
• Janice Lynn Mather • The Bahamas 
• Kimmisha Thomas • Jamaica 
• Kevin Jared Hosein • Trinidad and Tobago 
• Garfield Ellis • Jamaica 

“[Pepperpot] leaps headfirst into audacious narrative water, sustaining a diversity in storytelling that’s indicative of the panoply of ways to love, sin, and write about it, in these our unpredictable, conjoined societies.” 

— Caribbean Beat 

“The diverse textures of the stories … weave a tapestry of the islands, water, sand, ocean breeze, and rum. Vivid settings serve as backdrops for a dazzling display of personalities.” 

— Booklist  

“If you want a masterclass in how to start your stories with a bang, this is the book for you … This is an exciting and heartening book. It proves—if anyone was in any doubt—that the Caribbean has plenty of homegrown literary talent to draw upon.” 

— A Year of Reading the World (Book of the Month for August 2014)