‘Everyone in Cork has a story’Patricia Looney, Foreword, Cork Stories [ About Cork Stories ] Cork Stories, edited by Madeleine D’Arcy and Laura McKenna, is a collection of short fiction set throughout the neighbourhoods of Cork city and county by writers who live or have lived in Cork. Some of the stories present vivid portraits…
As some of you are aware I was on holidays in Spain recently, enjoying a wonderful two weeks of reading, relaxing and spending time with my family. There is nothing quite like lying on a sunbed poolside, beachside or on a terrace with a good book in your hand. As I read quite a few,…
What if we ride out tonight?What if we ride out and never once look back?– The Heart in Winter [ About The Heart in Winter ] October, 1891. Butte, Montana. A hard winter approaches across the Rocky Mountains. The city is rich on copper mines and rampant with vice and debauchery among a hard-living crowd…
‘Maurice Hearne and Charlie Redmond sit on a bench just a few yards west of the hatch. They are in their low fifties. The years are rolling out like the tide now. There is old weather on their faces, on the hard lines of their jaws, on their chaotic mouths. But they retain – just…