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Novellas and Stories

Half Lives novellas and short stories are now on WattPad!

0.1: Dire Strait

posting Mondays
23 Dec 2024 – 24 Feb 2025

Caoimhe “Kit” O’Donnell is wallowing in despair after unexpectedly being made redundant from her 100%-remote job. With the return-to-office movement in full swing, she must decide whether to stay in her cosy cottage on remote Dursey Island or move back to Dublin.

0.2: Next Level

posting Mondays
24 Feb – 7 Apr 2025

Caoimhe “Kit” O’Donnell has survived the trauma of unexpected redundancy. Now, she must wrestle with the existential question: what’s next? While Kit ponders, What’s Next comes from Korea to find her.

0.3: Whiskey Dreams

posting Wednesdays and Fridays
20 Dec 2024 – 8 Jan 2025

Seán Ó Súilleabháin has been wandering the world and tending bar in pubs since he was 13, working towards the day when he would finally have his own. Now the pub he grew up in – HIS pub – is up for sale; the only thing standing between him and his dream is €20,000.

0.4: Galway Girl

posting Wednesdays and Fridays
8 Jan – 17 Jan 2025

For such a huge city, Seoul is a small place when you’re an Irish expat. Seán Ó Súilleabháin won’t be lonely for long.

This is a series of vignettes of Seán’s early days in Seoul.

0.5: Lonely Knight

posting Wednesdays and Fridays
17 Jan – 12 Feb 2025

John Min Yong Nam’s mother has decided it’s time for him to marry a suitable young woman. He’s finding it difficult; no woman can match the ghost in his heart.

This is a series of vignettes of John’s life before 1 April 2024.