She was an innocent-faced porcelain doll in the window of a junk shop, with beautiful hair that you felt a strange compulsion to brush – but as you brushed, she sucked up your vital spirit, growing larger, then coming to life, to carry out her evil plans. I can’t remember her name, or the children’s book she was in, but she fascinated and terrified me – and when she surfaced halfway through a story I was writing, called (ironically?) “Something’s …
Category: Short Stories
Short stories are the subject of so much myth and mysticism that for a long time, I was afraid to try writing them. So when I was struck with a …
We are over half way through the Read Irish Women Challenge 2022 and it has been wonderful to behold the enthusiasm and response on social media. Thank you to everyone …
#ReadIrishWomenChallenge22 #RIWC22 It’s April so I’m back once again with the Read Irish Women Challenge – the month where we celebrate outstanding books by Irish women. Starting on April 1st, …
4 STARS For Fans Of: Carmen Maria Machado, Emma Donoghue, Deirdre Sullivan Highlights: “the skellington dance” / “red market” / “lemons” / “instinct” How To Gut A Fish is the …
I Want to Know That I Will Be Okay was written over a decade, in between books. But it really took shape over the last year. I was remote working, …
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