BROTHER OCHRO’S STRANGE WORLD:

GLORIA’S voice reached near and far. The terror in her voice made villagers look out. “Look wuh going on with Uncle Ochro…” What they saw would never leave them and would haunt them for a long time. Uncle Ochro, half-naked, ran and swung an axe. People were getting...

Make Up Your Mind

I HAVE noticed something about myself over the years. Whenever I give too much attention to too many things at once, everything takes longer. I can have five things on my list and feel wonderfully productive because I am touching all five of them, yet by the end of...

Review of Love and New Road by Harold Bascom

Berkley Wendell Semple THE dozen stories in Harold Bascom’s new collection, Love and New Road, offer a richly varied reading experience, one filled with surprise, humour, sadness and emotional depth. Although the stories differ significantly in tone and genre, a...