Stories Every morning after turning on my computer, I access The American Heritage Dictionary program and its word for the day. This day, the word that came up was: Zymurgy – The branch of chemistry that deals with the fermentation process, as in brewing. I laughed heartily because exactly thirteen years … Continue reading By Paddy Mulan Miss Flood stood wooden-faced, at the front of the class. She was a formidable figure, heavy without being fat, with dyed brown hair swept up and back, Maggie Thatcher style. Beside her and dressed in a white coat, an equally large Nurse Dunne was pulling on a … Continue reading By Paddy Mulan It was a special day. Rory’s twenty-first. Where was he? Why had he not come like a knight in shining armour and swept her away? They could set up home like a proper family. Sinead still clung limpet-like to the possibility that one day he might find … Continue reading
Epiphany
The Inspection
Abandoned
