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The Sharp End

Posted on March 9, 2016 by jasonoruairc

The pencils weren’t going to last. Even as she’d bunched them into the pot with their less-desirable, less-prestigious, workaday blue and red cousins, she knew it. They would walk when she was out of the room, borrowed never to be … Continue reading →

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Guest post: ‘This Place’ by Duke Special

Posted on February 3, 2016 by jasonoruairc

This is where I live The place where the rivers run Where we all suck the same air Poet, punk, rag toe, heel, fucker, friend and foe This is the place I knelt and fell all tongues and spirit Where … Continue reading →

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The Selfish Gene?

Posted on October 20, 2014 by jasonoruairc

“How come some people get away with it?” “Get away with what?” “They don’t suffer from unhappiness.  Sure, they get pissed off every now and again when something goes wrong, but it’s temporary, a wee setback that doesn’t have any … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: ‘Üpahats’ by Moochin’ Photoman.

Posted on June 18, 2014 by jasonoruairc

There’s one. Where? Over on that wall. Can’t see it. Look it’s right in front of you. I AM looking. Can’t see it. Aye lookin’ but yer not fucken seeing are ya. All I can see is a German thing … Continue reading →

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Postcards from the Edge, Part 3

Posted on June 2, 2014 by jasonoruairc

Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here.      

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Guest Post: ‘Oh, Oberon,’ by Fiona Larkin.

Posted on May 28, 2014 by jasonoruairc

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House Party

Posted on May 19, 2014 by jasonoruairc

The house next door has been empty for around a month now. The Housing Executive haven’t got round to installing those brown perforated metal shutters over the doors and windows yet, and the place is being used as a party … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: ‘The Square’ by Mike McGuire

Posted on April 21, 2014 by jasonoruairc

You turned the corner into Donegall Square – trust the conqueror to add the redundant letter at the end of a place-name; yet another separatist sore thumb dismissive of the border county that birthed the O’Donnell line of High Kings … Continue reading →

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Postcards from the Edge 2.

Posted on April 15, 2014 by jasonoruairc

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Postcards from the Edge 1.

Posted on April 7, 2014 by jasonoruairc

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