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Stories The Islands Refuse To Bury
Paperback
FantasyMystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 15 2026
Pages: 132
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
On these islands, the past does not stay buried and the land remembers more than people do.
This collection follows ordinary Bahamians who move through familiar places, a clinic at the edge of a settlement, a stretch of road driven too late at night, open water between islands, a quiet neighborhood, a life shaped by ambition. Each believes they understand the world they live in. Each slowly learns that certain places carry their own will.
A nurse discovers that a dangerous road does not only take lives but sometimes keeps them. A seasoned captain finds that the sea does not forget disrespect. A rising politician gains everything he has ever wanted and begins to understand the price was agreed to long before he knew he was bargaining. Across the stories, accidents refuse to be accidents, coincidences refuse to be coincidence, and survival is never random.
Blending island folklore with contemporary life, these stories explore memory, responsibility, grief, and the uneasy relationship between progress and the old beliefs people claim to have outgrown. The supernatural here is rarely loud. It appears in small interruptions: a call that should not connect, a current that shifts without wind, a warning that arrives too late or just in time.
These are not tales about monsters. They are about consequence. About places that watch, bargains that hold, and the quiet idea that the islands themselves may be listening.
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