Set in and around a small town in modern-day Belize, "Essence & Folly" chronicles the lives of several poignant and comical residents from Santo Innocencio.

A humorous shing story of revenge gone wrong entitled "Ole Gyal and Jackanapes" exposes some of the di culties arising from the generation gap between a cantankerous Mayan grandmother and her "half-limey" grandson.

"The Voice over the Water" recounts Dona Elena's days of interminable melancholy and loneliness following the death of her husband. Three months after her heartbreak, the widow nds herself at the edge of a cli,...