SHORT STORIES

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  Short Stories

  Abrasion

  A short story of love found and lost in the tangled political atmosphere of Franco's Spain of the 1960s. ...

  Posted on 20th February 2023
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  Short Stories

  The Road Ahead

  'The Road Ahead' a short story by James Ballantyne ...

  Posted on 8th January 2023
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  Short Stories

  Boeotia

  'Boeotia' a short story by James Ballantyne ...

  Posted on 8th January 2023
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  The Books

  Rogue Moyle – I RETRU GRADE no.3

  The Third in the I RETRU GRADE series: A twin tale of unholy adult male circumcision and a wife’s pursuit of an absconding husband unravels before my eyes. ...

  Posted on 2nd February 2017
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  The Books

  Punschi Coins A Spin

  The second in the I RETRU GRADE series: I Retru Grade entangled in the illegal trade in antiquities and a food repackaging scam. ...

  Posted on 26th February 2016
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  The Books

  The Bald Bowelero

  I Retru Grade, a Jewish-Irish wisecracking, yarn-spinning shamus, is drawn into a hunt for a cache of diamonds. ...

  Posted on 26th February 2016
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  The Books 0

  Lismore

  This culmination of twenty years' work is an evocation of life in the town of Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland during the writer's childhood and formative years. ...

  Posted on 16th December 2015
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  Poems

  Giotto In Love

  A Poem for Halley's Comet ...

  Posted on 15th December 2015
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  Poems

  Alphonse the Mango Fox

  A poem for children ...

  Posted on 31st October 2015
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  Poems

  This Is Your Land

  A poem Remembering my father in Keash, County Sligo ...

  Posted on 15th September 2015
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  Poems

  The White House at Chelsea

  A poem after the watercolour by Thomas Girtin, 1800. ...

  Posted on 31st March 2015
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  Poems

  The Dracula Set

  This was James Ballantyne first poetry collection. ...

  Posted on 23rd February 2015