Short Story Magic Tricks

August 2021

The August stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.

1. ‘The Mad Lomasneys’ by Frank O’Connor
2. ‘Bluebell Meadow’ by Benedict Kiely
3. ‘Bravado’ by William Trevor
4. ‘Upturned’ by Frank O’Connor
5. ‘The Trout’ by Sean O’Faolain
6. ‘News For The Church’ by Frank O’Connor
7. ‘The Mouth Of The Cave’ by Edna O’Brien
8. ‘The Day We Got Our Own Back’ by Maeve Brennan
9. ‘Unread Messages’ by Sally Rooney
10. ‘The Majesty Of The Law’ by Frank O’Connor
11. ‘Lord Emsworth Acts For The Best’ by P.G. Wodehouse
12. ‘The Sugawn Chair’ by Sean O’Faolain
13. ‘Unholy Living And Half Dying’ by Sean O’Faolain
14. ‘Color And Light’ by Sally Rooney
15. ‘The Wine Breath’ by John McGahern
16. ‘Everything In This Country Must’ by Colum McCann
17. ‘A Dead Cert’ by Sean O’Faolain
18. ‘The Poteen Maker’ by Michael McLaverty
19. ‘Up The Bare Stairs’ by Sean O’Faolain
20. ‘Who’s-Dead McCarthy’ by Kevin Barry
21. ‘The Curfew’ by Roddy Doyle
22. ‘Judas’ by Frank O’Connor
23. ‘Legend For A Painting’ by Julia O’Faolain
24. ‘On The Empty Shore’ by Seosamh Mac Grianna
25. ‘(She Owns) Every Thing’ by Anne Enright

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