The website for writer Maura McHugh
I’ve been nominated for the Irish Comic News Awards 2018 in the Best Irish Writer (Major Publisher) category for my Judge Anderson script for 2000 AD.
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NewCon Press in the UK will be publishing the first collection of my original short stories. It will contain a mixture of previously published work along with new stories, with an introduction by Kim Newman. The collection is called The Boughs Withered (When I Told Them my Dreams), and is scheduled to be launched at Worldcon in Dublin in August 2019.
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It helps the mind and body to breathe in the woods.
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The comic book narrative I created at the Womarts Illustrators & Comics Residency in Angoulême, France is part of a roaming international exhibition, and its first showing will be in Maribor, Slovenia from 26 April – 1 June 2019.
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The documentary RBG, about the life and career of American Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is a fascinating portrait of a civil rights advocate who has developed into a cult figure late in life.
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What says Happy New Year more than a colony of bats with tiny jockeys riding upon them? May they shower Bright New Year wishes upon you!
The inaugural issue of my newsletter Irregular Thoughts has gone out to subscribers.
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A stunning piece of art by Lynne Ramsay, with an outstanding performance by Joaquin Phoenix at its centre, You Were Never Really Here cements Ramsay’s position as one of the exceptional filmmakers of this era.
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An unexpected act of kindess by a stranger warms my heart.
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Maura McHugh is a writer living in the West of Ireland who formed a love of the horror genre at a young age, and graduated from studying Irish Gothic in college to eventually writing genre fiction across all media (by way of a career in IT).
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Maura has written two collections: Twisted Fairy Tales and Twisted Myths, both published in the USA, and the non-fiction Midnight Movie Monograph of the iconic film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. She also writes short stories, comics books, and work for stage and screen, and appears regularly on the radio reviewing/discussing Pop Culture.
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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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I’ve been nominated for the Irish Comic News Awards 2018 in the Best Irish Writer (Major Publisher) category for my Judge Anderson script for 2000 AD.
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NewCon Press in the UK will be publishing the first collection of my original short stories. It will contain a mixture of previously published work along with new stories, with an introduction by Kim Newman. The collection is called The Boughs Withered (When I Told Them my Dreams), and is scheduled to be launched at Worldcon in Dublin in August 2019.
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It helps the mind and body to breathe in the woods.
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The comic book narrative I created at the Womarts Illustrators & Comics Residency in Angoulême, France is part of a roaming international exhibition, and its first showing will be in Maribor, Slovenia from 26 April – 1 June 2019.
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The documentary RBG, about the life and career of American Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is a fascinating portrait of a civil rights advocate who has developed into a cult figure late in life.
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What says Happy New Year more than a colony of bats with tiny jockeys riding upon them? May they shower Bright New Year wishes upon you!
The inaugural issue of my newsletter Irregular Thoughts has gone out to subscribers.
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A stunning piece of art by Lynne Ramsay, with an outstanding performance by Joaquin Phoenix at its centre, You Were Never Really Here cements Ramsay’s position as one of the exceptional filmmakers of this era.
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An unexpected act of kindess by a stranger warms my heart.
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Aquaman – a lavish, entertaining romp that plays to mythological roots to bring out the best in its story.
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It’s the December solstice in Ireland; a day that lends itself to introspection.
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