Sharp Sticks Driven Nails – Edited by Philip O Ceallaigh
This third short story anthology from the Stinging Fly Press brings together an exciting line-up of new Irish fiction writers, many of whom have already won awards for their short stories, and places...
View ArticleDominant Traits – Eric Freeze
Enslaved by their own fears, the characters in this riveting collection are straining for redemption. Their choices reflect the well-worn patterns we carve for ourselves through our idiosyncrasies—our...
View ArticleThere are Little Kingdoms – Kevin Barry
There Are Little Kingdoms is a wonderfully imagined and riotously entertaining collection of stories chronicling life in the towns and cities of a changing land. A land where a strange new music...
View ArticleBest-Loved Irish Legends – Eithne Massey
Stories from long, long ago, part of an ancient oral tradition, handed down from generation to generation and written down by the Christian monks of medieval Ireland. Includes The Salmon of Knowledge,...
View ArticleThe China Factory – Mary Costello
In these twelve haunting stories, Mary Costello carefully examines the passions and perils of everyday life and relationships and, with startling insight, casts a light on the darkest corners of the...
View ArticlePortobello Notebook – Adrian Kenny
This collection of stories is set in Portobello, on the edge of Dublin. The stories reflect on characters on the edge of life, personalities that do not quite fit in. Through the author’s eyes, and...
View ArticleBluebeard’s Goat and Other Stories by H. L. Mencken – Edited by S.T. Joshi
H.L. Mencken made his reputation in journalism with satirical writing and controversial ideals. Although his is a name not customarily associated with short fiction, it was his first literary love and...
View ArticleDivining Venus – Mary Elizabeth Pope
The stories that make up Mary Elizabeth Pope’s debut short story collection, Divining Venus, are thematically linked by characters who, from blind dates to back seats to a drinking game gone wrong,...
View ArticleInheritances – William Black
William Black’s debut collection looks closely at life in the heart of coal country — now fracking country — in Northeastern Pennsylvania. In these starkly beautiful, incandescent stories, people...
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