Frank Kelly and Rex

I'm delighted to have a story in Surge: New Writing From Ireland  (O’Brien Press, November 2014).





My collection, 'Waiting For The Bullet' was published in 2014 by Doire Press, and has recently been awarded the Edge Hill Reader's Choice Prize 2015. 

'... I endorse without reservations of any kind Waiting for the Bullet to all lovers of a superbly crafted short story. The stories are beautifully written, at times nearly heartbreakingly sad, funny and not without some interesting sexual scenarios... I think another great story teller from Cork, Frank O'Connor, would have been an admiring reader of Waiting for the Bullet...' Mel Ulm, The Reading Life.

You will find recent reviews of the collection under 'online references'.It is available from:

http://www.doirepress.com 

or: http://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Bullet-Madeleine-DArcy/dp/1907682341



One of my stories is included in 'Unbraiding the Short Story'. This is an anthology of 69 short stories, by writers from more than 35 different
countries who attended the 13th International Conference on the Short Story
in English. Edited by Dr. Maurice A. Lee of the University of Central Arkansas, it is available at: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=unbraiding+the+short+story







I also made a short film in 2014, based on one of my stories.  You can view 'Dog Pound', supported by Cork City Council and the Hennessy Literary Awards, at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSl3orufxqE 





One of my stories is included in The Quarryman, 2015. This book, produced by the graduates from the inaugural MA in Creative Writing at UCC, also serves as the relaunch of a literary journal first produced in UCC in the late 1920s. 

The photograph of me holding a lovely Hennessy Award (right) was taken by Kieran Harnett.
The black and white photograph above was taken by Andrew Lane.
The black and white photograph above the blog was taken by John Minihan.
All other photos (so far!)  are my own.