Magazine Archives - The Stinging Fly

Switch Bitch

P Kearney Byrne Fiction Issue 47, Volume 2: Winter 2022-23

Fire Island

James Ward Fiction Issue 47: Winter 2022-23

The Afterlife

Leopold O'Shea Fiction Issue 47, Volume 2: Winter 2022-23

One Night Stands: an introduction

Thomas Morris Editorial Issue 45: Winter 2021-22

The Baby

Jacinta Mulders Fiction Issue 45/Volume 2: Winter 2021-22

Diana in a lonely place

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

Boys, Crying

An essay concerning the experience of crying as a trans masculine person, and the ways in which our gender and character are scrutinised based on our most instinctive, unstoppable expressions.

James Hudson Essay Issue 44/Volume 2: Summer 2021

Poem for Bobby Kendall

A poem from the featured poet in our Summer 2021 issue.

Padraig Regan Poetry Issue 44/Volume 2: Summer 2021

The Youths

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

A Boat To Bilbao

An essay about Ludwig the cat, and the writer who lives with him.

Camilla Grudova Essay Issue 42, Volume 2: Summer 2020

Processing

Elaine Cosgrove Poetry Issue 44/Volume 2: Summer 2021