Stories by Gerry Gaffney

A series of unconnected short stories. Ranging from whimsical to reflective, they are all written to be entertaining and brief. The first set consists of six stories. They are set variously in Ireland, England, Australia and an unidentified planet.

Cartel 05/09/2024

Cartel 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... /episode/index/show/564a8e1d-728e-4eea-9376-9341cae41bfb/id/31208567

Rabbitgate 04/30/2024

Rabbitgate "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. /episode/index/show/564a8e1d-728e-4eea-9376-9341cae41bfb/id/31045003

Sex Work 04/16/2024

Sex Work “A gigolo.” said Christopher. “For f*** sake Jimmy, how did you come up with that idea?" /episode/index/show/564a8e1d-728e-4eea-9376-9341cae41bfb/id/30842748

Pillow Talk 03/29/2024

Pillow Talk "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. /episode/index/show/564a8e1d-728e-4eea-9376-9341cae41bfb/id/30382823

Fingers 03/11/2024

Fingers "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. /episode/index/show/564a8e1d-728e-4eea-9376-9341cae41bfb/id/30163028

Shoes 02/27/2024

Shoes "Wingtips? Are you making model aeroplanes or what?" Martin asked his brother Derek... A story about loss and upheaval. /episode/index/show/564a8e1d-728e-4eea-9376-9341cae41bfb/id/30046928

Kilkee 02/14/2024

Kilkee "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. /episode/index/show/564a8e1d-728e-4eea-9376-9341cae41bfb/id/29944318

Away 02/05/2024

Away 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 /episode/index/show/564a8e1d-728e-4eea-9376-9341cae41bfb/id/28877918

Albert 01/24/2024

Albert "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. /episode/index/show/564a8e1d-728e-4eea-9376-9341cae41bfb/id/29049433

Driving to Zagreb 01/12/2024

Driving to Zagreb 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. /episode/index/show/564a8e1d-728e-4eea-9376-9341cae41bfb/id/28733748

Monivea 01/01/2024

Monivea "His sister Bridget picked him up at the railway station in Athenry and drove him to the house in Monivea..." This is a story about saying goodbye to a parent. /episode/index/show/564a8e1d-728e-4eea-9376-9341cae41bfb/id/28733783

Ruth 12/18/2023

Ruth "When Christopher walked into the locker room Jimmy was still sitting on a bench in his gym gear, staring at his phone..." A story about tattoo mistakes and the danger of falling into a criminal entrprise. /episode/index/show/564a8e1d-728e-4eea-9376-9341cae41bfb/id/28733723

Altona 12/05/2023

Altona "Although he could have justified going straight home, Roy dropped into the office in the city..." Primarily an entertainment, this story touches on influence, the invisible pervasiveness of technology and the issue of agency in computer-mediated art. /episode/index/show/564a8e1d-728e-4eea-9376-9341cae41bfb/id/28785613

Aberystwyth 11/20/2023

Aberystwyth "Irish Danny came back from Aberystwyth with a sports bag full of magic mushrooms. I arrived home from work on Friday to find him sitting in the kitchen chatting with Ellen and Colin the Gray. As usual the rest of the house was freezing, but the oven was on full with the door open, and the kitchen was nice and toasty..." /episode/index/show/564a8e1d-728e-4eea-9376-9341cae41bfb/id/28715168

Stories by Gerry Gaffney

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