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... short story of the week Short Cuts (Wednesday, 10.15 pm, Network 2) 76609293 It is appropriate that this, the fifth year of Short Cuts, kicks off with a film from director Kirsten Sheridan. Always best to put your best foot forward and in many ways, Sheridan ...

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... SHORT STORY FEATURES the trickle his eyes widen in horror. Kitty! What on earth are you doing? He picks me up by the scruff of my neck and throws me outside. The humiliation is terrible. You're disgusting, Mark says. I had brought home a tin of caviar ...

... kVA SHORT STORY »> another year, another day all being together. My God, they don't happen often enough, I know he thinks. The doorbell rings and time's ticking hands are drowned out by the tinkling Christmas tunes; the flames of candles by the window ...

... Short Story Following the family A Halloween story for the Sunday Independent by Dermot Bolger OCTOBER, 2004 THE unsettling sound, like a cat howling at the moon, rose above the distant noise of latenight traffic on the busy street outside her Munich ...

... SHORT STORY The Monster Surprise A Christmas Fable by Clare Boylan lOR THE WEEK before Christmas the raffle ticket was tucked behind the clock. its number temptingly in view. Number six! That's my lucky to celebrate, Da had to walk home with our turkey ...

... SHORT STORY Laughter at Chri! by Peter Cunningham ' ~~~ THEY are standing on ladders here, putting the last touches to the Christmas decorations. In the hall just beyond the door to the ward, a Christmas tree has been erected and two nurses are hanging ...

... By Candle Light A SHORT STORY LAURA FOX took pains to wrap her son's Christmas present. It was an iPod - he had jiggled to music from the day he was born - but the parcel was so tiny that she would have to be careful where she placed it under the tree ...

... BOOKS 1 The finest crafter of the short story •m. Collected Stories By Liam 071aherty Wollhasid. (3 vela. boxed). 00 Sean McMahon Wolthound Press have always done right by Liam O'Flaherty (1896-1984), regularly republishing his work and coaxing, new material ...

... MOLLY McCLOSKEY: The Philadelphia-born short story writer The tender story of Gillian's Aunt Grace comes as a welcome change, giving a depth to Protection that is absent from the other characters' stories. As an elderly widow, Grace has kept up an active ...