Tina
“Rrruth…Ruuuth…Ruthhh…Are you ok?” Her voice echoed, in ripples, wave after wave. Outside an open window,…
Browsing: Fiction
Talking Through Your Chin-Box 3.2
Gasping for a hit, Carl made himself a fresh cup of coffee. But big-nosed and…
Candidate for the Roberts Prize
It was an honour to be elected. I was on the faculty at Inchfield, and…
How Can Something So Wrong, Feel So Captain Sensible?
Stone Roses turned the stereo up a few notches, saying to to her sister, ‘That’ll…
The Ninth Rose
In an undisclosed year, Decency took something marvelous away from me, and by extension away…
Spent Batteries
The shop sign was in a Youghal side street, and it said Afro Crafts and…
Banned
“I couldn’t care less!” announced Roger, sucking down the last drops of champagne from the…
DUMAINE
“I’m leaving.” “Oh?” “Yes. I’m moving on. Been puttin’it off, but gotta go today.” “Baggage…
Synapse Fire
One of the main things I characterize my misspent youth by, is a knack for…
Heart of the City
On the LUAS, she counts thirty cranes spiking the skyline. She hasn’t seen this many…
ACME
The Jehovah’s Witnesses were driving me crazy with their too-polite knocks and damnation pamphlets. Maybe…
Nimbus At the Green Border
Cyprus, 1965 The lads of the 42nd Infantry Battalion sat slumped on the Land Rover’s…
Garden of Forgetting
Back in the 1990s, you may not believe this, even if you actually lived through…
SEVEN VIVID UNINTERRUPTED DAYS
Translation By Sally McCorry January 1st The first of January is always…
The November Events
What is it they say about going bankrupt? Slowly at first, and then all at…
The Andersons
The cacophony of the city took on a new chorus when the construction of a…
Leah’s Gaff
I was born in Dublin, but I don’t know where I’ll die. The early summer…