Cartel
Stories by Gerry Gaffney
Jason could be amusing and entertaining with the best of them but his personal black cloud was never far away and his natural state tended towards being morose. This made him difficult to get to know, so his friends were surprised when he arrived at the bar one night with María from Guatemala by his side...
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Rabbitgate
Stories by Gerry Gaffney
"Moving to Phoenix was a big deal for us, but we got lucky, in particular with our neighbours, the Lees. John and Mary and their kids were a plug-and-play match for our family..." A story of a cover-up and its consequences.
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Sex Work
Stories by Gerry Gaffney
“A gigolo.” said Christopher. “For f*** sake Jimmy, how did you come up with that idea?"
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Pillow Talk
Stories by Gerry Gaffney
"They’d been married for seven years when Denise began talking in her sleep. "Or maybe, thought Arthur, she’s talked in her sleep before and I didn’t hear her because I was asleep. Seems unlikely, though, she’s a good sleeper. Always envied that, deep in the waters of, whatever it is. Lethe..." A story about using AI to reinforce our prejudices and assumptions.
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Fingers
Stories by Gerry Gaffney
"Vera was walking the dog around the park. She looked at the young woman coming towards her. She had a young boy with her, probably her son. Vera saw the boy was holding tightly to his mother's dress and chattering away to her. He looked very cute and Vera smiled at the woman. She smiled back..." A story about teenagers and adults' perceptions of them.
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Shoes
Stories by Gerry Gaffney
"Wingtips? Are you making model aeroplanes or what?" Martin asked his brother Derek... A story about loss and upheaval.
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Kilkee
Stories by Gerry Gaffney
"Saoirse came down the stairs slowly. She didn't want a continuation of last night's unpleasantness..." A story about the fraught relationship between a woman and her mother-in-law.
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Away
Stories by Gerry Gaffney
Henry Scanlon tilted his chair backwards and put his feet up on the desk. Outside, he could see a line of trucks waiting to unload... An environmental slogan is that "there is no away." This is a hopefully amusing morality tale about the consequences of failing to account for externalities
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Albert
Stories by Gerry Gaffney
"Jimmy was strolling through the market stalls on Portobello Rd when he first saw Albert. Albert was elderly and well-dressed, and in conversation with a stall-holder about a toaster..." A story of a somewhat unlikely friendship.
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Driving to Zagreb
Stories by Gerry Gaffney
Marianne is in her brother Winston’s office. They’re chatting, looking very relaxed. She sees me looking in her direction and smiles, waves. I smile back, then turn again to my computer... It's said that when you're in a hole you should stop digging. This is a story about colonialism, lying and the strange attraction of sliding into chaos and disaster.
info_outline"Jimmy was strolling through the market stalls on Portobello Rd when he first saw Albert. Albert was elderly and well-dressed, and in conversation with a stall-holder about a toaster..."
A story of a somewhat unlikely friendship.