Wonderful story – dense with emotion and cleverly constructed, slowly revealing her story. I loved it.
Fully deserving of a win for July in the Hennessy New Irish Writing Competition. Well done and huge congratulations, Niall!
It’s been a busy few weeks (months, actually) for me between work, trying to write, and just, you know, stuff, that I haven’t had time to do any blogging, so apologies for not posting anything in a long, long while.
But now is as good a time as any to return because I’m excited to announce that I have had another short story published in the Irish Times.
Illustration: Brendon Deacy
It is a privilege to be included in Hennessy New Irish Writing for the second time. I was included a couple of years ago for this story.
My new story, “The Light on the Water” is one I worked on for some time; cutting, moving bits around, and cutting more until I got it where I wanted it to be.
The absolutely gorgeous illustration to accompany it is by artist Brendon Deacy. It captures the mood…
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thanks for sharing, frances
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