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Welcome!
Welcome to the web site for Maura McHugh - an author of horror and dark fantasy fiction living in the West of Ireland.
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Gravedirt Mouth
My short story 'Gravedirt Mouth' is in The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror, edited by Stephen Jones and published by Skyhorse Publishing.
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Story in Night Land Quarterly 25
My story, 'The Light at the Centre', has been translated into Japanese and appears in the journal, Night Land Quarterly, volume 25.
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Tales From The Quarantine
Tales from the Quarantine, a global comic book anthology whose net profits all go to charity, is now available for pre-order. It contains my story 'Starstruck'.
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ESFS Achievements Award Nomination
Psyche has been nominated for a European Science Fiction Society 2021 Achievements Award for Best Written Work of Fiction.
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2000 AD Summer Special 2021
Michael Carroll and I have co-written the overall narrative for the 2000 AD Summer Special, now available for pre-order, and published on 7 July 2021.
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Two Poems
Two recent poems. 'Breathing Room' written for Poetry Day Ireland and 'Python' written for the annual 'Poet's Breakfast' during Fleadh na gCuach 2021.
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Story in No More Heroes
My story, 'Naught's Reckoning' - inspired by the iconic song, 'Zombie', written by Dolores O'Riordan for The Cranberries - will be in the forthcoming anthology edited by Ian Whates, and published by PS Publishing, called No More Heroes.
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Tuam’s Unsung Gothic Writer
The Tuam Herald has a double-page feature of me in its current issue, entitled 'Tuam's Unsung Gothic Writer'.
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Attending Boskone 2021
I will be a programme participant at this year's online Boskone (12-14 February), the annual (and oldest) science fiction convention in New England, USA, organised by the New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA).
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ICN Awards 2020 Nominee
In the ICN Awards 2020 I've been nominated in the Best Irish Writer (Major Publisher) and Best Irish Writer (Non-Fiction) categories.
