Short Stories

1999 Signals-2 0-904388-81-6 London Magazine Editions. “The Flag.”

1998 Phoenix Irish Short Stories, collection of short stories Ed David Marcus London isbn 0 752380 462 X “ Thirst”

1997 Nocturnal Submisions ed Maria Hyland. Issue no 5 . Victoria, Australia. “The Romantic.”

1995 London Magazine March ed Alan Ross “Yielding.”

To read two of  my short stories online, click on the titles below:

The Flag.

Fact and fiction come together in this short story.  You’ll find the genesis in Journeys of a Lifetime, under the chapter:  Once Upon a Time.

The beaky nose, pointed chin and yellowing skin made him look like some sort of ailing Punch. His head lay sunk into the pillow, the wispy hair as white as the pillow case. His eyes were closed but his mouth was slightly open: they had removed his false teeth.

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That Tears Might Fall.

This was inspired by the death of Nigerian writer and political activist Ken Saro Wiwa and won first prize at the Listowel Writers Week.

There are times when I just want to flip over the cover of my notebook, toss it into a garbage bin and walk away. What good does it do, this writing down of other people’s misery? This chronicling of  injustice and rape and killing?

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