Tag: Flash Fiction

  • IRISH TIMES STORY

    I have a seasonal short story in the Irish Times Magazine today, set by the sea in Donegal. You can read it here.

  • JUDGING ALLINGHAM FLASH

    A little reminder that I am judging the Allingham Flash Comp this year, and winners will be published in a special issue of the e-journal I edit, Splonk. See their Press Release below. 2024 Allingham Flash Fiction Competition Entries in the 2024 Allingham Flash Fiction Competition will be judged by Nuala O’Connor, acclaimed author of…

  • NORA & OTHER EVENTS – LATE ’21

    I have several events coming up, many around my novel NORA, which was published here in Ireland in April with New Island Books, so I thought I’d do a preview/round-up list: 12th Sep, 9am GMT: SUNDAY MISCELLANY: I’ll be on RTÉ Radio 1 on Sunday morning with a radio essay about my relationship with my…

  • FLASH PANEL IN NZ VIDEO

    You can now watch the Truth and Lies in Short Forms panel for National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand. Go here.

  • NZ FLASH FICTION PANEL

    On Friday 18th June, at 10pm IST, I’m in New Zealand, with National Flash Fiction Day NZ, discussing truth and lies in flash fiction with a bunch of flash aficionados. Join us here!

  • Flash – Fictive Dream

    I have a new flash at Fictive Dream today. TW for pregnancy loss. Read it here.

  • Birdie – Irish Times Review

    I’m very pleased with this review of my historical flash fiction chapbook, Birdie, in today’s Irish Times. Thanks to Ruth McKee. BirdieBy Nuala O’ConnorArlen House, €10.00 Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 06:00 As you would expect from O’Connor, this collection of flash fiction is a menagerie of exquisite language. The stories transport us to moments in…

  • Splonk 4 is now live!

    Splonk 4 is now live. Click here!

  • GIVEAWAY OF *BIRDIE*

    I’m doing a book giveaway over on my insta. One signed copy of *birdie* is up for grabs. This is an international giveaway. Go here to enter.

  • BIRDIE – where to buy

    I was awarded a COVID-19 Crisis Response Award for Literature, from the Arts Council of Ireland, to write and compile birdie, a collection of 16 historical and out-of-time flash and micro fictions. You can buy a digital copy of birdie here at Draft2Digital or a kindle edition here. It costs €5.99 / US$5.99 / £4.99.…