12 Short Stories

Kate, was the first of these stories to be published and was favourably reviewed by the poet laureate, Carol Anne Duffy. Forge ahead, was a competition winnner in an Irish writing competition. Many of the other stories won or were ranked highly in major writing awards showing that there is a lot of literary value in this work.

Being presented in an electronic format does not allow end notes and influences to be published, however, a visit to the writers website can supply all that information.

12 Irish flavoured short stories that will amuse, delight and keep you turning pages. One story was inspired by Kipling's, Danny Deever, another by the poster that used to be displayed in English boarding houses stating "No blacks, no dogs, no irish". These stories have not been picked randomly from the either but are well written, sometimes humourous, responses to many modern day issues.