Doire Press: Claire Hennessy & Jennifer Horgan

Claire Hennessy’s short story college is set in 21st century Dublin as an aspiring comedian puts her career on hold in favour of her boyfriend’s, all the while pretending to ignore his disdain for her day job that holds them together; a lonely young teacher tries to distract herself from a crush on one of her secondary school students; and a single mother in desperate need of one good night out dodges questions about her struggling child on a first date. In other realities, a group of girls persuade themselves a classmate’s death had nothing to do with them or their merciless pact; a young woman lives out what’s supposed to be the last hours of her life at an end of the world party; and a wicked stepmother forges a connection with the witch hiding in the forest.

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