"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
“Out of everything I watched, only one show truly captured my imagination and that was the BBC police drama Line of Duty.”
Nicole Flattery Essay 6th March 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
Louise Nealon invites us all to join her in raising a glass to the queen of Irish literature.
Louise Nealon Essay 15th December 2020
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
Four writers, all leading classes during this year's Stinging Fly Summer School, discuss the joys and challenges of reading.
The Stinging Fly Blog Post 10th July 2020
How a ‘blockbuster sci-fi contagion plot’ has caused one teacher to question the meaning and value of the traditional writing workshop.
Sean O'Reilly Essay 26th June 2020
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