writing

The Blathering
I wrote this at the start of the year for a Kindle Book of short stories based around The Gathering that someone was organizing - but it never happened... Update: it did happen: But mine was not included... reason: because...
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Power’s Short story
I decided to have a bash at the Power's short story competition recently. Here's my entry: They came. One after the one before. Each face old and unfamiliar. Then recognition emerged until they were so familiar, you wonder how you...
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Smile of a stranger
Book in hand I open the front door and the sun burns a smile on to my face. I glance to the left as I lock the door and catch the eye of a guy walking down the terrace path....
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A very short story
"He lifted her bloodied head - eyes gouged out, bedroom door ajar, then looked inside, prised the knife from her hand and repeated the act." I thought I'd have a go at a twitter sized (140 characters) short story during...
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Homepages, the book.
Homepages, the book went on sale today from Lulu. It's a collection of short stories and photographs from Irish bloggers. All profit goes to to Focus Ireland. I can be quite impulsive sometimes. I had my contribution written and sent...
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Music articles
I've chucked up a few old music articles that I wrote years ago. Hardcore you know the score was written for Anorak. And the (rose-tinted) History of Dublin Clubbing was written for DUBfly. Actually they're both fairly rose tinted. And...
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