• Hello!

    Welcome to the web site for Maura McHugh - an author of science fiction, horror and fantasy fiction living in the West of Ireland.

  • Summer Frights

    I will be giving a workshop as part of the six-week Summer Frights Horror Writing School, starting on 8 June, 2023.

  • Writing the Future

    I have an essay in the Writing the Future anthology, edited by Dan Coxon and Richard V. Hirst, which is forthcoming from Dead Ink Books in September 2023.

  • Women Who Dared 3

    I'm one of the women featured in the Women Who Dared 3 magazine, which is a supplement to today's edition of The Tuam Herald.

  • My Heart is Broken

    Here is the cover reveal for 'My Heart is Broken' a comic I've written for Opus Comics, based on the Evanescence song, with art by Kelly McKernan.

  • Suircon 2022

    You can find me this Sunday, 27 November at Suircon, the Waterford comic book convention, organised by Waterford Comics.

  • Workshop at IADT

    Last weekend I taught a one-day workshop to students from the IADT, NCAD and UCD, on the beautiful IADT campus, as part of their new joint initiative, the Creative Futures Academy.