Stredwick

                                               Delaine’s Dilemma                                                             by                                                    Austin Mitchell     ...

So the West Indies managed to tie the second one day International. Let's hope they have better luck in the remaining three Internationals and the 20/20 matches. I have always maintained that the West Indies do not have a batting problem. They have a bowling problem. Nevertheless we need to produce some world class bowlers and some batsmen. By the way it seems as if Jamaica is being sidestepped by International Cricket. How can we hope to develop our young cricketers when they are continually starved of the chance to play International cricket before their home crown.

                                                 No Tears for Sonya Excerpt # 2                                                                           by                                                           ...

Willis’ Lucky Escape by Austin Mitchell              Willis woke up with a headache. He knew that it was after midnight because he had heard the National Anthem being played on the radio in an adjoining room. The room was dark and his hands and feet were bound. As he lay in the darkness he recollected what had happened earlier in the day. It had been about two o’clock. He had been driving his taxi on Molynes Road in Kingston, after dropping off a female passenger in Queensburry when two men waved him down. They wanted to go to Papine. His first instinct had been to drive on but he remembered that he hadn’t made Bydie’s money yet. This was Friday and the man would want his money first thing tomorrow morning. One man came to sit beside him while the other sat in the back.        They were on Hope Road when he found a knife sticking him in his side.       ...

No Tears for Sonya by Austin Mitchell Chapter One          Sonya Brown was getting ready to go out with her occasional boyfriend, Mickie Harris, when her cell phone rang. Her boss, Chester Guthrie, was on the line. They talked for two minutes before he ended the call.             “Who was that?” Mickie asked.             “Chester, he wants me to come to the office tomorrow at ten o’clock. He says it’s an emergency.”             “That damn fool, what does he want that can’t wait until Monday?”             “You’re still bitter at him for firing you after that detective told him about you and Tanya.”             “That guy was lying.” ...