It Rose Up : A Selection of Lost Irish Fantasy Stories

It Rose Up : A Selection of Lost Irish Fantasy StoriesA mystical battle between foreign gods and local saints is unleashed as idols are mistaken for garden ornaments; an ambiguous wizard spies on his neighbours from an invisible tower; a cursed duelling pistol influences its owners to commit suicide. With strange combinations of occultism, electricity, magic and playfully Biblical archetypes, the fifteen darkly funny stories in this book illuminate a side of Irish literary history that is often

this tale of pirates

Now we swim in freezing Arctic waters

ironic humour

'You'd be crazy not to read this book' The Sunday Times

Born into extreme wealth

living in a run-down youth hostel in downtown Harare and anxious about her prospects after leaving a stagnant job

But with every kindness that we care to show

We Are Displaced is an important reminder that every single one of the 79

a choral novel that is rich with the vicissitudes of mercantilism

‘A book to inspire anyone who wants Ireland to grow more Irish trees

and judgement-free celebration of every body shape and size

and a charming