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Three New Poems Published in Live Encounters

Very happy to see three of my poems published in the latest issue of Live Encounters Poetry & Writing (Volume Seven: November-December 2025). Many thanks to editor Mark Ulyseas for accepting them. You can read them here.

Five New Poems Published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal

I’m absolutely delighted to announce that five of my poems have just been published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal. Many thanks to Strider Marcus Jones for choosing them. You can read them here.

New Poem Published in Poem Alone

Delighted to learn I’ve had a poem published on Poem Alone. Many thanks to Colin Dardis for selecting it. You can read the poem here.

New Poem Published in StepAway

Really happy to see a new poem of mine published in the December issue of StepAway Magazine, an online literary zine that specialises in poetry about cities. The poem focuses on a visit I made to Belgrade in 2005. You can read it here.

New Poem Published in Smashing Times

I’m delighted to have a new poem featured in the latest issue of Smashing Times Newsletter (September 2024). Smashing Times is an international organisation that aims at connecting citizens to the arts, human rights, climate justice, and gender equality, and it does this through a wide range of activities, including conferences, talks, art exhibitions, workshops, … Continue reading

New Story Published in Uncertainties

I’m uber proud to have a short story called ‘Last Love’ featured in Uncertainties Volume I, an anthology of supernatural tales just published by the always excellent Swan River Press. The book was launched last Saturday, August 20th, at the Dublin Ghost Story Festival, the first of a hopefully annual event, in the Grand Lodge of … Continue reading

Playing Catch Up: Various Publications in 2013

Well it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything new here, but it’s not as if nothing’s been happening; quite the reverse. In the main, most of my free time has been taken up in a major redrafting of a novel I wrote a couple of years ago. But I did manage to have a … Continue reading

New Story Published in Revival Literary Journal

I’m delighted to be sharing the pages of the latest issue of Revival Literary Journal (#25) with John W. Sexton, Crona Gallagher, Maeve O’Sullivan, Mary Bradford, Knute Skinner, Kevin Kiely, Louis Mulcahy, Gerard Beirne, Miceal Kearney, and a host of others. The issue features a short piece of flash fiction I wrote called ‘Dog Shit’. … Continue reading

New Story Published in Jupiter Magazine

Delighted to see the latest issue of Jupiter magazine drop through my letterbox, which features a story written by myself and David Conyers called ‘Expectant Green’. Following the untimely death of her mother, teenager Francesca Leyton is shipped off to a remote planet and into the care of a father who can barely remember her … Continue reading

New Story Published in Transtories

Hot off the presses is a new science fiction and fantasy anthology called Transtories, which features a story of mine called ‘Transthermal’. Set in a future Mozambique where it’s capital city, Maputo, is permanently submerged by flooding and people live in gigantic barges on streets that are now canals, it tells the story of a … Continue reading