Tipping Point
Eddie watched the trolley being emptied and the groceries slowly snaking their way along the belt. The woman was about his mother’s age,...
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Conor Graham
Mar 1, 20228 min read
It took only 8 seconds
The process began when the hand left his chest. Ever so gentle. It was not forceful, but there was malice. The hand, soft as it was, left...
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Marcus Power
Mar 1, 20225 min read
Sorry officer
Sorry officer, I can’t stop, I’ve got a deadline to meet. The full beam of the headlines cut through the deep darkness, lighting up the...
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Eamon O'Leary
Feb 15, 20224 min read
Technicolour Blues.
It was hard to put an age on Jake. Sitting tall in the saddle, unshaved, and sweaty, he swept a layer of grime and dust from his...
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Conor Graham
Feb 8, 20226 min read
Callum
This was her sixth time on a plane, she had travelled twice before for funerals. When death came for her house it seemed he did it...
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Sam Moorhead
Feb 4, 20226 min read
Fatherhood, not for the Faint of Heart.
The big day had finally arrived. The day I was to become a dad for the first time. It was surreal. How could I be a dad? I wasn’t even a...
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Aisling Lynch
Jan 23, 20229 min read
Archeology for Beginners
My Mam always comes to see me on a Saturday. It’s always been that way. My Da never tells me much about why they don’t live together,...
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Mark Jordan
Jan 23, 202211 min read
Athena
-And you’re certain the Gold Award is out of our reach? -Considering where we are right now, most definitely. It was news Eric knew...
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Robert McDermott
Jan 23, 202211 min read
Mossy Brennan's Road to Damascus
In the months leading up to the destruction of Flaherty’s pub, Mossy Brennan spent his nights in fitful pockets of sleep. It was...
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Rose Malone
Jan 23, 20226 min read
Leaving Poetry
Too long a sacrifice can make a stone out of the heart she muttered, reading from the book on the kitchen table. She picked it up, noting...
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Sophie O'Carroll
Jan 23, 20222 min read
The Bog Lady
A grey, damp mist hung heavy over the old bog road. The autumnal smell of chimney fires lingered in the air. Despite the miserable...
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Mark Canton
Jan 23, 20229 min read
A Story Which is Just a Series of Characters and Goes Absolutely Nowhere
Let me tell you about Vince. Vince always had problems with his phone. The main problem being that he’d get his uncle Brian to fix it...
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Fernanda Otero
Jan 23, 20224 min read
Black Magic Woman
There she was: admiring herself in front of the irregular and broken mirror. The Witch was feeling good, dressed up and almost ready to...
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Pat Mullan
Jan 23, 202210 min read
Billy
What use was an aircraft leasing accountant to Cill Dara Milk and Butter Creamery? No use at all was the considered grapevine view....
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Ro Lynam
Jan 23, 20227 min read
La Chacra
Two liebres hop out on the track ahead of me. I stare up the gradual ´Subida´, cut through the pine forest like a well cut cake. The...
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Ken Lynam
Jan 23, 20229 min read
Boxing Gloves
Sean stretched his hands as far as he could into the darkness, first one way, then the other. Nothing. The cold air of the space hit him...
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Hugh Malala
Jan 23, 20223 min read
Madrid
In a Madrid hotel room in 2005 my mother, through the bathroom door, offered directions as to how to operate the shower. In response, I...
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Sue Nikolovski
Jan 23, 20229 min read
The Fever Hospital
I am walking on the bones of the dead. I feel their cheekbones and jaws cracking beneath my Converse; deep beneath the recently...
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Ali Fox
Jan 23, 20222 min read
Luke Kinsella
We were in 5th class. I walked in and he immediately saluted me with his middle finger. I made a gun out of my right hand and shot him...
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Eoin Lynam
Jan 23, 202210 min read
The Travel Chronicles I
Lara edged forward towards the counter, second in line and soon to be up. The train station hummed with the usual natter of distant...
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