Magnetic

Fiction

4th December 2020

Michelle Coyne's anaesthetised protagonist falls into dangerous, freeing obsession on an Icelandic holiday.

Make Way, Folks, the Mannion Brothers Are Coming Through

Fiction

3rd December 2020

A despairing brother is roused by Mattie Brennan's unforgettable Mannions on a hard-drinking train journey from Galway to Dublin.

In the Blood

Fiction

2nd December 2020

A fugitive returns to his belligerent, brilliant uncle in Ciarán Folan's story of hard men, lost talent, and twisted alliances.

Fumes

Fiction

1st December 2020

Everything changes for a young dealer tasked with selling diesel-laced hash in Aoibheann McCann's tough and grungy Galway.

Black and White-head

Fiction

30th November 2020

David Tierney imagines a ravaged Galway, where a farmer returns to her land to find defiance and hope and an unexpected adversary.

All Made Through Imperfection

Fiction

6th October 2020

A new short story from the author of 'Darker With the Lights On'.

Sleeve Notes From The King

Fiction

3rd September 2020

A stranger on a motorcycle roars through a family.

Night Person

Fiction

5th August 2020

“The night is a portal into which you enter with strangers.”

Silence, No Surrender

Essay

6th March 2019

Colin Barrett introduces Nicole Flattery's debut collection, 'Show Them A Good Time', a book that captures characters and relationships in one-liners that crackle with unerring timing and verve and terrible lucidity.