Category Archives: Stories

A story set in post-music-festival wasteland — The caravan smelled of booze and stale milk. Cosmo lay curdled among sweated-in garments, smoking apparatus and empty beer cans. Abandoned cups of tea had grown that slimy film on top. Cosmo hadn’t yet opened his eyes, his mind was still on last night.The psycho-happy faces of friendsContinueContinue reading “The Tattered Tatter”

(Based loosely on real events) There was once a young, hairy-arm-pitted, “I’m a healer” -type girl, who was full of notions. She had been consuming a great deal of magic mushrooms of late and was convinced she was becoming a sort of enlightened mystic. Despite constantly succumbing to petty fights with her parents and siblings…ContinueContinue reading “Meeting Sham-men”

This is the story of two Irish brothers who quit school to become monks. The brothers were born to a woman named Imelda. Imelda held down a wild motorcyclist rocker for a number of years. She gave him a son whom he loved and that convinced him to stick around. A few years later sheContinueContinue reading “Monk Brothers”

The story of a guy called Dave, or Domhnall, or something. He lives in Dublin. A conversation with a seagull turned things around, kind of.

Meet Sandy, the newest member of Badger’s Bottom commune.

A lady just wants to find the right supplement, OK?!

Mother (Helen) and Daughter (Marie) are shocked to discover who the new fella in their local part of Dublin City is.

Kind of a story, Kind of a poem !

My entry to a flash fiction contest. Stories had to be 300 words with the theme ‘Can love survive in a dying world?’

Story about two little girls at either side of a fence… may have taken some inspiration from John Boyne!