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Posterity | Shot of Science Fiction
The statue stands on the bank of the first discovered subterranean canal. Its monumental mass and design has withstood the entire history of the settlement. The face is expressive, depicting quiet joy – for the system of canals that Sen…
Red Sky In The Morning | Winner Mars Short Story Competition
During Space Week in October we launched a HeadStuff Science Mars Short Story Competition calling for science fiction stories based on the red planet. We are delighted to announce that our panel of judges, HeadStuff Literature Editor Conor,…
Type 2 Amber Brains | Runner Up Mars Short Story Competition
During Space Week this October we called for entries for a short story competition based on Mars inspired by the NASA Visions of the Future poster series (pictured above). We received some fantastic entries and it was a tough choice for our…
In The Shadow Of Olympus Mons | Runner Up Mars Short Story Competition
During Space Week in October we called for entries for a Short Story Competition based on Mars. We received some stellar entries (pun intended) and our judges Science Editor Neasa McGarrigle, Literature Editor Conor O'Donovan, and Space…
Short Story Competition | The Red Planet
One million of us dear humans are going to Mars. How? Elon Musk’s very large rocket. No seriously, Musk is building a rocket bigger than a football field to fly to Mars. This isn’t the first outrageous task Musk has set his enormous brain…
Fortnightly Fiction | Tanja
Joe turned over in the bed. The walls beyond the bedroom door shone with the bluish gleam from the laptop’s screen. He had grown accustomed to Nicole getting up in the middle of the night so she could IM with her older sister, stationed…
Fortnightly Fiction | That Place by the River
I was scooping the guts out of a lamb when I heard Swinger Dingavan was dead. Maureen shouted across at Steve-o and he knocked off the power hose, the wool and blood circling around him. She said Swinger was found in his Golf with a…
Fortnightly Fiction | The Great A
I can’t stand the Land Armers – everyone knows they are the worst. Me, I’m just a regular Street Warden. I do the job, sure, but not per their style.
This street person, I saw him right out on the pavement, begging in broad daylight. He…
Fortnightly Fiction | Night Swim
They leave the hotel ballroom soon after midnight, last out into the night except for the band. Two couples in their best clothes, elderly, exhausted but content, drunk with laughter; the men, James and Charlie, wearing tuxedos that have…
The Hennessey Book of Irish Fiction | Review
The Hennessey Book of Irish Fiction 2005-2015 is an anthology of twenty-five short stories by writers who won or were short-listed for the Hennessey Literary Awards. Published by New Island Press, the stories are arranged in chronological…