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In High Germany Dermot Bolger
An Irish emigrant in Germany tells his son about football, and about home, through nostalgia for a match played many years ago. This is the story of Euro ’88, the largest football event on the continent, and the … More
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Mrs Whippy Cecelia Ahern
A woman in trouble turns to ice cream, and just might find love in its pursuit. Emelda is 46 years old. Her husband, Charlie, has just left her for a 23-year-old dancer. Her five difficult sons worship their father and blame… More
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Maggie’s Story Sheila O'Flanagan
Maggie is forty-three years old and looking for romance. She loves her husband, Dan, but his idea of romance is a couple of drinks at the local bar and an early night at home. Her children think she’s too old to care.… More
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Best Love, Rosie Nuala O'Faolain
The final novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Are You Somebody? Like many a modern, well-travelled woman, Rosie has lived a fascinating life, full of adventure and the pleasure of many lovers in her younger… More
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Old Money, New Money Peter Sheridan
The city is Dublin, the year is 1972. Redser and Pancho are two teenagers from the North Wall. Redser is top of the class, especially good at math. Pancho’s knack is finding money, not adding or subtracting it. Redser’s… More
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An Accident Waiting to Happen Vincent Banville
An Irish gumshoe gets in trouble again in this steamy short fiction that features gangs, pay-offs, immigration and a dose of greed. Private detective John Blaine is back treading Dublin’s mean streets. With … More
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Second Chance Patricia Scanlan
Tony O’Neill is not having a good day. He isunemployed and broke, with a wife and child to support. Even worse, he’s living with his snobbish mother-in-law. They don’t get along. Bridie Feeney is … More
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The Faloorie Man Eugene McEldowney
Tender fictional memoir of growing up in post-war Belfast. In one of the most captivating stories of childhood yet to emerge from Northern Ireland, The Faloorie Man traces the early years of Martin McBride, a young Catholic… More
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Fair-Weather Friend Patricia Scanlan
A story of false friendship and following one’s heart – Melissa and Sophie have been friends all of their lives. Or that’s what Sophie likes to think. Sophie is a giver; Melissa is a taker. Their friendship… More
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The Story of Joe Brown Rose Doyle
A lodger?s dark past comes back to haunt him. Nothing remarkable about Joe Brown. He is of average height, and he wears average clothes. His average looks are hidden behind a beard. But Joe Brown has a secret, and a past,… More
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Jesus and Billy are off to Barcelona Deirdre Purcell
Billy is an average-looking sixteen-year-old who lives in an ordinary house in an ordinary neighborhood on the north side of Dublin. Jesus, on the other hand, is a beautiful boy with continental manners, from the most… More
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Frostflower and Thorn Phyllis Ann Karr
The sorceress Frostflower could bring a babe from seed to term in the course of a winter’s afternoon. The swordswoman Thorn could strew a field with corpses in a moment’s battle rage. Outcasts, both of them.… More
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Resnick on the Loose Mike Resnick et al.
RESNICK ON THE LOOSE collects Mike Resnick’s essays, editorials, interviews, introduction, and articles — more than 75 of them — covering everything from Hugo Awards to classic authors to the … More
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The Festival of Earthly Delights Matt Dojny
Hilarious and wise and fiercely original, The Festival of Earthly Delights is a no-holds-barred celebration of love, cultural differences, and one man’s reluctant embrace of the sensual pleasures of this … More
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The Freak Chronicles Jennifer Spiegel
The short stories in this collection explore, both implicitly and explicitly, the notion of freakiness. They worry over eccentricity, alienation, normalcy, and intimacy. What is it that makes one a freak, makes one… More
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All the Beautiful Sinners Stephen Graham Jones
Deputy Sheriff Jim Doe plunges into a renegade manhunt after the town’s sheriff is gunned down. But unbeknownst to him, the suspect—an American Indian—holds chilling connections to the disappearance… More