Mary Byrne
Short fiction published/broadcast in Ireland, England, France, USA, Canada, Australia in, among others: The Irish Times, Prairie Schooner, Transnational Literature, The Dalhousie Review, Stand, & anthologized in Faber Book of Best New Irish Short Stories (Faber, 2008), Queens Noir (Akashic Press 2008), Best Paris Stories (Summertime, 2012). Awards include a Hennessy Literary Award, Fiction International Short Story Award, and others. She tweets @BrigitteLOignon Two Lives: Gabrielle and David
End of a young day in the bog A bee stung my lip, punishment for staring for hours into tomb-shaped holes full of black water, after being warned not to. Going home I lay on the leather seats and watched … Continue reading