Browsing Contemporary Stories

Louie Gill is at a crossroads — personally lost, professionally adrift, and searching for something to give his life meaning. When a woman is kidnapped in Dublin under mysterious circumstances, Louie becomes obsessed with the case, much to the irritation of the Gardaí. With no real qualifications beyond a sharp instinct and an inquisitive personality, he decides to open his own detective agency — part reinvention, part escape.

In this poem, Hendricks tells the best gift of her childhood: the memory of her MeeMaw Carman's quilts. Told with love and great detail, she recaptures the essence of a grandmother's talent and the importance of lasting memories.

A short story telling the heartbreak of a young woman during a heatwave

This short story is about a middle aged couple who are reluctantly accepting the fallout of their marriage breaking up.

A woman allows her past to consume her.

This short story follows a girl who is being bullied for her colour of skin

A young woman is forced to make a decision as to whether to give up her baby after her lover abandoned her, and because everyone she thought might be there for her ridiculed her for the choices she made.

A man reflects on a past lover.

In the shadows of a sultry city bar, Csilla — a femme fatale on a deadly assignment — locks eyes with Andre, a man who seems to hold secrets darker than her own. What begins as a game of seduction and subterfuge quickly spirals into a dinner invitation she can’t refuse... but the night’s true course is far more terrifying than she ever imagined. When desire turns to hunger, who becomes the prey — and who the feast?