Boluisce I root my fingers, burying them back and down. A twist into black, acidic soil, deeper than anything man-made....
It was a struggle for her, getting around to the back of the house this morning to gather up the...
This article was originally published in 2016. * When I was in Jr. High our school principal showed up drunk...
There are no blue plaques in our village, no Heaney or Shackelton or Yeats to commemorate. A notable event is...
I know when my father has done something wrong because there’s no butter in the fridge. When my mother takes...
Last days in August The tarmac heats the rubber soles of my boots. It’s hotter here than I had expected...
First published in 2019. * If you’re going to murder your love rival, all the better if he has a...
“One day, every major city in America will have a telephone.” – (Alexander G. Bell). Following the invention of the...
TOBY’S SOLILOQUY To think what stands against me still is not the harm of falling off a ladder at two-storey...
Despite being from a small Catholic country, the sheep of Ireland have garnered an international reputation for being particularly lustful....
“Don’t worry,” I told my girlfriend. “There are a lot eighteen year-olds that live around us. They’ll get eaten first.”...
The dog had been missing since morning. It was getting late in the day, but I still wasn’t too keen...