Gertrude’s Favourite Pfeffernüsse by Melanie McGee Bianchi
The third-placed story in this year’s The Moth Short Story Prize, chosen by Louise Kennedy
Short Stories
Catastrophic, a new story by June Caldwell
The runner-up in this year’s The Moth Short Story Prize, chosen by Louise Kennedy
Short story: Reasons to End Us (An Aerial View) by Tracey Slaughter
This story, which won The Moth Short Story Prize, is chosen by Louise Kennedy
The North Road: A short story by Eoin McNamee
We got work in the fish factory in Lerwick. We could stay in the row of broken-down wooden prefabs behind it
People in the Wind: A short story by Bernie McGill
Silvia had always said she would like to write. ‘This is your chance,’ her husband had said. ‘Write a bestseller. Make me a millionaire’
Remembered from the Principia: a short story by Lisa McInerney
Summer Fiction: Griffin had successfully presented the calling-in of another man’s labour as a thing responsible fathers did
Travellers, a new short story by Mary O’Donnell
An Irish couple’s encounter with another pair on holiday proves awkward
The Literary Festival: A short story by Kevin Power
Life, even on a glorious day, did not stretch out enticingly before Holly. It seemed instead a grey corridor, strewn with dangers
Homage to a Halibut Eye: Moth Nature Prize 2023 winner
Libby B Bushell’s story viscerally captures the fishing industry’s grim reality in her native Alaska
Christmas in Tramore: A short story by Aingeala Flannery
Jan approached the meat counter. I wouldn’t hold out much hope, the butcher said. Did she detect a smirk?
Upright Carriage by Paul Currion
Read this moving story awarded second prize by Ottessa Moshfesgh in The Moth Short Story Prize
Moth Short Story prize winner: The Brain Named Itself by Jude Whiley
The winner of the £3,000 Moth Short Story competition 2023, chosen by author Ottessa Moshfegh
Summer stories: The Lion’s Mane
A middle-aged writer on holiday with his younger wife has more than the threat of jellyfish troubling him
‘You think that’s the tip of a Mayo mountain ... That thing floating is a dead cow’
Summer fiction: End of the Line by Michael J Farrell
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