‘Your mother’s on the radio,’ she said, ‘being racist.’ This had surprised me; the radio bit. My mother had an aversion to talk radio.
Danielle McLaughlin Fiction 1st September 2021
An archaeology student's chance encounter on a summer dig in Greece brings a private obsession full circle and provokes a reckoning with past occurrences.
Emer O'Hanlon Fiction Issue 44/Volume 2: Summer 2021
In this exquisitely written story of a relationship, two colleagues strike up a workplace rapport that will alter the course of their lives.
Lisa Owens Fiction Issue 44/Volume 2: Summer 2021
"They wore travel outfits, comfy and subtle. Tiny shorts and big hoodies in creamy colours. Shorts said: actual holiday. Hoodies said: chill, not like the other young ones going away, flashing bikinis at baggage claim."
Katie Curran Fiction 12th August 2021
'Sometimes I long for home, but not home as it is now, home back then. Back when it was nice. When the sun was always out, and we could play all day out of doors. Before I had to be a woman.'
Niamh Prior Fiction 7th July 2021
A story from Philip Ó Ceallaigh's upcoming collection.
Philip Ó Ceallaigh Fiction 5th May 2021
"She felt both important and embarrassed, now, in the street. The afternoon was ageing amiably. The all-year plastic Santa bracketed to a chimney on Attracta Road was dusty in soft sun."
Niamh Campbell Fiction 7th April 2021
'Gloria! he said, not loud enough. Gloria! he shouted again. It sounded ridiculous, like some kind of dreadful Van Morrison tribute act. Gloria!'
Wendy Erskine Fiction 3rd March 2021
"What do you think of, I said to my husband that evening, when you think of Monica Lewinsky?"
Lucy Caldwell Fiction 3rd February 2021
A troubled investigator exposes deeds too wicked to speak of in Mike McCormack's story for cold nights and guilty consciences.
Mike McCormack Fiction Issue 43, Volume 2: Winter 2020-21
A group of writers from different generations camp out in a Chinese city square, musing on survival in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake.
Michelle Coyne's anaesthetised protagonist falls into dangerous, freeing obsession on an Icelandic holiday.
Michelle Coyne Fiction 4th December 2020
A despairing brother is roused by Mattie Brennan's unforgettable Mannions on a hard-drinking train journey from Galway to Dublin.
Mattie Brennan Fiction 3rd December 2020
A fugitive returns to his belligerent, brilliant uncle in Ciarán Folan's story of hard men, lost talent, and twisted alliances.
Ciarán Folan Fiction 2nd December 2020
Everything changes for a young dealer tasked with selling diesel-laced hash in Aoibheann McCann's tough and grungy Galway.
Aoibheann McCann Fiction 1st December 2020
David Tierney imagines a ravaged Galway, where a farmer returns to her land to find defiance and hope and an unexpected adversary.
David Tierney Fiction 30th November 2020
A new short story from the author of 'Darker With the Lights On'.
David Hayden Fiction 6th October 2020
A stranger on a motorcycle roars through a family.
Diarmuid Hickey Fiction 3rd September 2020
“The night is a portal into which you enter with strangers.”
Zakia Uddin Fiction 5th August 2020
All the dead are loved, and all the loved are dead.
Keith Ridgway Fiction Issue 41, Volume 2: Winter 2019-20
"I switched on the lamp and looked up at my poster. It was a good poster. The title, 'Atalanta', was printed in red sloping letters across the top."
Chetna Maroo Fiction Issue 41, Volume 2: Winter 2019-20
‘Buckle up!’ I say. ‘Next stop: city fun!’
Melaina Barnes Fiction Issue 40/Volume 2: Summer 2019
Hayley Carr Fiction Issue 40, Volume 2: Summer 2019
David Means Fiction Issue 40, Volume 2: Summer 2019
Louise Hegarty Fiction Issue 40, Volume 2: Summer 2019
Rebecca Ivory Fiction Issue 40, Volume 2: Summer 2019
Grahame Williams Fiction Issue 40, Volume 2: Summer 2019
Piers Gelly Fiction Issue 40, Volume 2: Summer 2019
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