Caribbean & Diaspora Storytelling
A Maroon House Collection · Caribbean ghost stories
The Unquiet
The Unquiet is a collection of Caribbean ghost stories about grief, haunting, ancestral presence, and the obligations between the living and the dead.
One of one — the collection is open
The collection
The dead do not always leave.
The Unquiet is a collection of Caribbean ghost stories about grief, haunting, ancestral presence, and the obligations between the living and the dead. It gathers original fiction about the houses, rivers, rituals, and family memories through which the past continues to live.
What do the living owe the dead?
Each story stands alone. Together they ask what the living owe the dead, and what it costs to keep them close — the uncertain boundary between keeping faith and refusing to let go.
The collection continues
More stories will enter the House.
Future stories appear here as they are published — no empty placeholder cards.
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