HOME
Welcome to Maura McHugh‘s web site.
Maura writes, prose, comic books, plays, and screenplays, and lives in the west of Ireland.
If you wish to contact her you can always leave a message on her blog or drop her a note via the contact form.
News
- I’ve been selected to be part of a special 10-day group residency in Angoulême in France, as part of one of the initiatives of a Creative Europe Project called Wom@rts.
- Bone Mother, the stop-motion animated short film by Dale Hayward & Sylvie Trouvé, based on my short story, will have its World Première at Festival Stop Motion in Montreal.
- I’ll be a guest at the inaugural Omagh Comic Fest, taking place in the Strule Arts Centre, Townhall Square in Omagh on 8 September 2018.
- I’ll be conducting Q&As after the screenings of three films at the Galway Film Fleadh this year: Possum, Holiday, and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Details here.
- My book about David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me has been nominated for a BFS British Fantasy Award in the Best Non-Fiction category.
- I’ve been on the RTÉ Radio 1 arts and culture show, Arena, twice recently: on Monday, 25 June I was discussing the 2000 AD Special Sci-Fi Magazine, and on Monday, 2 July I was reviewing the new Cambridge Companion To The Graphic Novel.
I’ve written a Judge Anderson story called ‘SPA Day’, drawn by Emma Vieceli, coloured by Barbara Nosenzo, and lettered by Ellie De Ville for the 2000 AD Summer Sci-Fi Special magazine, which is out now.- I’m interviewed on The Thin Air by Loreana Rushe, where I discuss comics, influences, and in particular my forthcoming work for 2000 AD.
- I’ll be writing a strip for the 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special, which will be published on 20 June 2018.
- The inaugural episode of the Hammered podcast is now available for listening. The host of the series, JG Byrne, and I talk about The Quatermass Xperiment (1955).
- I’ll be one of the regular guests in an on-going podcast called Hammered, dedicated to examining the more ghoulish output of the British Hammer Film Productions studio, hosted by J G Byrne.
- At the Junior Film Fleadh in Galway on 11 November I’ll be giving a workshop on Adapting Your Voice: Tailoring Stories for Various Media.
- My short story ‘Y’ is appearing in issue 1 of Eyedolon (‘Toward a Weirder Tomorrow’), a new online anthology series from Broken Eye Books, edited by Scott Gable.
- I was on a segment of The Kitchen Table show on 103.2 Dublin City FM on 26 October, discussing Supergirl and Mindhunter, as well as the forthcoming Slayers and their Vampires panel at the Bram Stoker Festival.
- The Jennifer Wilde point & click adventure game, based on the comic book series I wrote which was published by Atomic Diner Comics, has been fully funded on Kickstarter.
- You can listen online to me on RTÉ Radio 1’s arts show, Arena, talking about Philip Pullman’s work, and his new book in His Dark Materials series: The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage.
- As part of the Bram Stoker Festival in Dublin (27-30 Oct), I’ll be taking part in the Slayers and their Vampires panel from 1 pm – 2.30 pm on 28 October, in the Albert Lecture Theatre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
- My poem, ‘Submerged’, is in issue 4.2 of Mythic Delirium.
- I’m on The Hopscotch Friday Podcast discussing my book on Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, and the new series, Twin Peaks: The Return.
- I’m discussing Marvel’s The Defenders on RTÉ Radio 1’s culture show, Arena, on Tuesday, 15 August.
- I’ll be presenting the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story at the Hugo Awards Ceremony in Helsinki at Worldcon 75 on Saturday, 12 August.
- I’m reviewing the new novel, Borne, by Jeff VanderMeer, on RTÉ Radio 1’s culture radio show, Arena, on Thursday, 10 August.
- My short story ‘The Light at the Centre’ has been selected by editor Stephen Jones for his Best New Horror #28 anthology.
- I’ll be interviewing Artist Guest of Honour, Claire Wendling, at WorldCon 75 in Helsinki at noon on Friday, 11 August in Messukeskus, Room 103.
- My Midnight Movie Monograph of the cult film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, for Electric Dreamhouse Press, an imprint of PS Publishing, is now available to buy online.
- I’ve posted my schedule for WorldCon 75 (9-13 August) in Helsinki, Finland.
- I’ll be attending, and speaking, at the Animate Europe: Awards ceremony and exhibition at the Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée in Brussels on 11 July.
I appeared on The Culinary Muse radio show on Kinvara FM, hosted by Anna O’Donnell, to chat about vegetarianism, as well as playing some themed music on the subject.- My short story ‘Impossible to Feign’ will appear in the Walk on the Weird Side anthology, edited by Joe Pulver, which will be launched at NecronomiCon in Providence.
- My essay ‘Under the Influence’ will appear in the anthology, We Are The Martians: The Legacy of Nigel Kneale, edited by Neil Snowdon for PS Publishing, and out in June 2017.
- My story ‘Colours’, drawn by John Riordan, is in the Outside comic book anthology, published by Pure Ash Press.
- I’ll be part of a panel discussing ‘The Power of Superheroes‘ at the Galway International Arts Festival, at 4pm on 22 July in the O’Donoghue Theatre in NUIG.
- I reviewed the graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s classic novel, Kindred for RTÉ Radio 1’s programme Arena.
- I’m part of the jury for the 2017 Animate Europe comic book competition, organised by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.
- I collaborated with artist Pablo Clark for a one-page piece of artwork for Alison Sampon & Ian MacEwan’s on-going project: Think of a City. I describe the process on a blog post.
- I’ll be attending FantasyCon by the Sea in Scarborough and participating in two panels and an anthology book lauch on 24 September 2016.
- My short story ‘The Fruit of the Tree’ will be in the Ten Tall Tales anthology, edited by Ian Whates, published by NewCon Press. It will be launched at Fantasycon in Scarborough on 24 September 2016.
- I’ll be writing the script for the Jennifer Wilde computer game, developed by Outsider Games in partnership with Atomic Diner Comics and Northern Ireland Screen, and is based on the original comic book series I wrote for Atomic Diner.
My short story ‘A Rebellious House’ will be in The Madness of Dr. Caligari anthology, edited by Joe S. Pulver, and published by Fedogan and Bremer, due out autumn 2016.- I’ll be giving a lecture for the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies in London from 7pm – 10pm on 8 December 2016, in the Horse Hospital, Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1JD. The title of the talk is: ‘Working the ‘Blue Rose Case: Signs, Codes, and Mysteries in David Lynch’s Fire Walk With Me‘.
- Cassilda’s Song: Tales Inspired by Robert W. Chambers King in Yellow Mythos, edited by Joe S. Pulver, has been nominated for a World Fantasy Award in the Anthology category. My story ‘Family’ is in the volume.
I appeared on