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Pig Fire, by Rachel Vigier

The first and only time Lucien roasted a whole pig he had cranked the spit for hours. The pig barn...
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Isle of Skye
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Half-clouded Sky, by Cassie Smith-Christmas

Rhona started leaving nearly every night after Aonghas was asleep, like she had the night The Silence had begun.  There...
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From Beneath the Ground, by Janie Krahulcova

What comes up from underground? The youngsters would ask when starting their long journey to the ritual grounds. Their hooved...
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The Flies That Sent Uncle Pete To The Lunatic Asylum, by Jamie Guiney

It was a wild summer. As soon as school closed, Wee Stevie went into hospital for surgery, and then his...
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Mail on Sunday, by Samantha Rogers

‘The wind was fierce last night, wasn’t it?’ ‘Yeah. I thought the windows were going to blow in on top...
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Rose Petals
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Yumi’s Petals, by Poppy Johnson

Yumi sat crossed-legged on the floor. She had spread out onto the carpet an ugly lime green table cloth that...
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Fifty-Pence for the Meter, by Jamie Guiney

An abridged version of “Fifty-Pence for the Meter” was broadcasted on BBC Radio 4 as part of their Short Works...
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Blossom Time, by James Ellson

Someone, or something, was stealing Jopson’s apple-blossom. Three small apple trees in pots stood on his front path. A supermarket...
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cloud hopping
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Cloud Hopper (Excerpted), by Beth Kephart

This is the beginning two chapters of Beth Kephart’s novel CLOUD HOPPER, which follows three good friends and two immigrant...
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Stirring the Marmalade, by MacKenzie Fowler

Roger Conroy rolled up in his Volvo. Laura was on the swing beneath the dead tree reading a paperback Amish...
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story by Roseanne Fahey
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Lighthouse with a Broken Light, by Roseanne Fahey

Sheets of rain slice your face. From this distance, you should be able to see Salthill’s bars and restaurants but...
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Teardrops by Martin Keaveney
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Teardrops, by Martin Keaveney

The dog had been missing since morning. It was getting late in the day, but I still wasn’t too keen...
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Magpie and Mouse, poems by Liz Quirke
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SERIAL MEMOIR Part 2: Working in a Shake Mill by BJ Omanson

Would would have won by a bloody country mile
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By a Country Bloody Mile by Jamie Guiney

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