Short Stories

‘The kooky space-time continuum … known as the Troubles must be given the definition of having been a time spent at the height of the Troubles’

Summer fiction: I counted it as a lucky escape, a remission of sorts.

A land transaction takes an awkward turn when a chance reference creates an embarrassing association

An extract from Ragairne, a Weave story, by Deirdre O'Sullivan

Fifteen stories show Atwood’s range as a writer, her ingenuity, the ease with which she switches mode

Jazz was almost 15 and wanted more from life than a mattress on the floor of his box room

Internet dating can be challenging anyway but a first date during the pandemic adds a new layer

'Was it bad parenting, I wondered, to send your ten-year old down then back up three flights of stairs to bring you a top-up of spiked mulled wine?'

Sparks fly when three old school friends, one home from the US for the holidays, meet in the pub

Emer always knew motorbike racing was dangerous. But a death and a baby change things

Read Cock’s Eye Moon, a ‘clear winner’ chosen by judge Sarah Hall

Six years in New York have not stopped Gráinne loving the man she left behind in Dublin

By the author of Spies in Canaan and Travelling in a Strange Land, winner of the Irish Novel of the Year Award

A young girl’s illness at the end of summer puts a strain on an already stressed family

Swords are being sharpened on set, and battle is nigh

‘If she steps back now, pushes the door closed and says, thank you but I think I’ll walk, it’ll seem rude’

A substitute teacher arrives and young Hywel falls a little in love with her

A short story from the new collection This Train Is For published by No Alibis Press

Two couples form a friendship over regular games of bridge but suspicion clouds it

The late Moroccan author’s Something Strange, Like Hunger is now out in English