Maura McHugh

writing dark visions from the West of Ireland

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  • ABOUT MAURA
    • Art & Photography
    • Press
    • Credits
    • Education
    • Events
    • News
    • Reviews
    • WOMEN IN COMICS
  • BOOKS
    • Psyche
    • The Boughs Withered
    • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
    • Twisted Fairy Tales
    • Twisted Myths
  • COMICS
  • FICTION
    • Bone Mother
    • For Rob
    • The Garden of Death
    • Jennifer Wilde
    • The Love of Small Appliances
    • Pay the Toll
    • Tattoo Destiny
    • Water
    • Who Hears Our Cries in Forgotten Tongues?
  • Contact

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Maura McHugh

A writer of prose, comic books, plays, non-fiction and other media, specialising in horror/science fiction.

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  • Irish Comics Panic

    13 August 2025 /

    how the 1950s comic book panic produced an Irish comic

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  • Summer Festivals

    30 July 2025 /

    over a thousand years ago, Ireland was the home of the mega summer festival

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  • Comics at the National Library of Ireland

    22 July 2025 /

    I will be taking part in a panel discussion on 'Comics at the National Library of Ireland: Discovering Irish comic book history' on Friday, 8 August 2025 from 1.00pm - 2.30pm at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare Street, Dublin.

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  • ‘Raptor’ nominated for World Fantasy Award

    8 July 2025 /

    My story 'Raptor' has been nominated for a World Fantasy Award in the Best Short Fiction category. It was published in Heartwood, an anthology edited by Dan Coxon and published by PS Publishing.

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  • When cows attack!

    11 June 2025 /

    never underestimate the quirky temperament of bovines

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  • Nocebo video essay

    9 June 2025 /

    I have a video essay in the limited edition Blu-ray release of Nocebo (2022), directed by Lorcan Finnegan and written by Garret Shanley, and released by Viva Vision Entertainment.

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  • Rejoyance

    27 May 2025 /

    a word for when joy returns after an absence.

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  • Story & interview in Phantasmagoria Magazine

    29 April 2025 /

    I have an interview and a story in issue 26 of Phantasmagoria Magazine.

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  • Travels

    22 April 2025 /

    mind and body flitting through time and space.

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  • Eastercon 2025

    17 April 2025 /

    I will be attending Reconnect: the 2025 Eastercon in Belfast from 18-21 April.

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