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The Thing that went Bump in the Night
I was asleep in my bedroom under the eaves of the student house in Rugby Road when it happened. My little bed was lifted clean off the floor, the jolt of its return awakening me. My first thoughts were that … Continue reading
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Tagged 1992, ambulance, anger, Belfast, blood, bomb, Botanic Avenue, curiosity, disappointment, Dole Office, Donegall Pass, Dublin Road, explosion, fear, Fulton Street, glass, injured baby, IRA, Jason O'Rourke, March 24th 1992, Pakenham Street, Police station, Posnett Street, RUC Station, Sandy Row, Shaftesbury Square, shattered windows, WPLongform
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Stunning Stunts
It feels exotic to be here relaxing on a bench in the Ormeau Park in the middle of the week, and I am savouring it. It is late July, and unseasonably warm and sunny in Belfast. The customary overcast skies … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident, ambulance, Bandstand, Belfast, Jason O'Rourke, Literature, Ormeau, Ormeau Park, Ormeau Road, Park, short story, stuntman, writing
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