The Stone Keeps Rolling
When you’ve been working on a novel close to a year, in those final weeks when you’re nearing completion of the first draft you begin to fantasise about all the other ideas waiting on the other side. And all the books you’ll have more time to read. The head space! Glorious days stretching away without…
About
Olivia Kiernan is an Irish writer, blogger and novelist. She has an MA in Creative Writing, awarded by the University of Sussex and was born and raised in County Meath, Ireland. Her debut novel, TOO CLOSE TO BREATHE is a crime thriller set in Dublin and published in April 2018. Agent: Susan Armstrong at…
Short Stories
MINOR WAYS OF BEING Olivia Kiernan In the photo, only the spiked tips of the hedgerows are visible. They jut into the darkening sky, as if protruding from the kitchen window ledge. A thunder storm is threatening. That’s probably what’s got the attention. Looking closer, I notice I’ve included the cold tap. It looks dingy.…
