Fiction

Cubola's extensive collection of fiction includes several anthologies of short stories, poems, plays, folktales and legends. You can search by topic at left to find these genres as well as books by Belizean women writers and books in Spanish.

Memories, Dreams and Nightmares, Volume 1

Memories, Dreams and Nightmares, Vol. 1
A Short Story Anthology by Belizean Women Writers

Authors: Iris Abraham, Sandra Crough, Zee Edgell, Helen Elliot Rocke, Carol Fonseca, Shannon Gillet, Mary Gomez Parham, Yvette Holland, Ivory Kelly, Lydia Loskot, Myrna Manzanares, Corinth Morter-Lewis and Ingrid Reneau
Editor: Gay Wilentz

Paperback - 164 pages
2nd Edition - June 2002
ISBN: 976-8161-03-5

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This collection of short stories by Belizean women writers reflects the memories, dreams and nightmares of women. From accounts of abuse and stories of strength to memories of history, this collection tells untold tales of women’s lives in Belize. The stories present the voices of young girls, mothers, and grandmothers, women who give up and women who stand up. From well known to young, emergent women writers, this unique collection of short stories adds to the literary voice of Belize through a woman’s perspective.

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Memories, Dreams and Nightmares, Volume 2

Memories, Dreams and Nightmares, Vol. 2
A Short Story Anthology by Belizean Women Writers

Author: Minerva Aponte-Jolly, Jessie Nuñez Castillo, Sandra Crough, Holly Edgell, Zee Edgell, Zoila Ellis, Kathy Esquivel, Felicia Hernandez, Yvette Holland, Arifah Lightburn, Myrna Manzanares, Melba Marin-Velasquez, Sylvia Nablo de Vasquez and Natalie Williams
Editor: Gay Wilentz

Paperback - 164 pages
2nd Edition - May 2005
ISBN: 978-976-8161-11-6

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The stories in this second volume of Memories, Dreams and Nightmares are not only the voices of women, they are the voices of writers demanding to be heard, claiming a place in history, shaping through their vision the landscape of our Belizean/ Caribbean/ Central Americanness.

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Snapshots of Belize

Snapshots of Belize, An Anthology of Belizean Short Fiction
Author: Leo Bradley, Zoila Ellis, Evadne Garcia, Evan X. Hyde, Lawrence Vernon, Colville Young, and John A. Walter
Editor: Michael Phillips

Paperback - 122 pages
4th Edition - 2004 (1st Edition 1995)
ISBN: 976-8142-07-3

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This collection of short stories was written by seven different authors over a forty year period. The stories are as varied as Belizeans themselves, from sweet remembrances of the past to political cynicism and slices of life from World War II to the 1970s.

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Ping Wing Juk Me

Ping Wing Juk Me, Six Belizean Plays
Authors: George Gabb, Carol Fonseca Galvez, Evan X. Hyde, Gladys Stuart, Shirley Warde, and Colville Young
Editor: Michael Phillips

Paperback - 120 pages
3rd Edition - 2006 (1st Edition June 1998)
ISBN: 976-8142-10-3

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This collection contains a remarkable cross-section of Belizean life. The works range from the humorous to the tragic, are based on myth and in real life, and have been created by some of the country's best known writers, artists and performers.

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Of Words, An Anthology of Belizean Poetry

Of Words, An Anthology of Belizean Poetry
Author: Milton Arana, Raymond Barrow, J. Alexander Bennett, Dickie Bradley, Leo Bradley, Edney Cain, Luis Cano, E. Roy Cayetano, Jag Chenkó, Edison Coleman, John Rozel Cuthbert, Catharino James Elijio, Zoila Ellis, Reginal Faber, Hugh Fuller, Carol Fonseca Galvez
Editor: Michael Phillips
Cover Illustration: Shalton Arana

Paperback - 104 pages
3rd Edition - 2006 (1st Edition November 1997)
ISBN: 96-8161-00-0

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This collection is a fine example of both traditional and revolutionary poetry, a glimpse into Belize's continuing struggle for national identity and unity within diversity.

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If Di Pin Neva Ben

If Di Pin Neva Ben, Folktales and Legends of Belize
Editors: Tim Hagerthy and Mary Gomez Parham

Paperback - 120 pages
2nd Edition - 2006 (1st Edition March 2000)
ISBN: 976-8161-02-7

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This fourth volume of the Belizean Writers Series captures the essence of Belizean oral tradition reflecting the fascinating cultural diversity of Belize. These stories of supernatural occurrences, entertaining tricksters and mythical animals have roots that extend centuries back into Africa, the ancient Maya kingdom, and Europe.

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