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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  • Wandler Weird Anthologie

    24 August 2023 /

    The German translation of my story 'The Diet' is in the 'Wandler Weird Anthologie', out now in Germany.

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  • Introduction to Irish Ghost Stories

    15 November 2022 /

    I wrote the introduction for Flame Tree Publishing's new anthology, Irish Ghost Stories.

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  • Life Pay

    11 May 2022 /

    My story 'Life Pay' is available to read online in the 'Futures' section of Nature magazine.

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  • Story in Best New Horror 31

    16 November 2021 /

    You can now pre-order the anthology Best New Horror #31, edited by Stephen Jones, and published by PS Publishing, which includes my story 'Wake the Dead'.

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  • One of the Shadow Voices

    21 October 2021 /

    My short story 'The Boughs Withered When I Told Them My Dreams' will be reprinted in the forthcoming anthology, Shadow Voices: 300 Years of Irish Genre Fiction: A History in Stories, edited by John Connolly.

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  • Story in Night Land Quarterly 25

    11 August 2021 /

    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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  • Story in No More Heroes

    5 May 2021 /

    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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  • The Best of British Fantasy 2019 is out now

    30 June 2020 /
    The Best of British Fantasy 2019

    My story ‘Wake the Dead' is in The Best of British Fantasy 2019, edited by Jared Shurin, which is published today.

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  • ‘Wake the Dead’ in The Best of British Fantasy 2019

    17 April 2020 /
    The Best of British Fantasy 2019

    My short story 'Wake the Dead' has been selected for The Best of British Fantasy 2019, edited by Jared Shurin. It is now available for pre-order.

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  • Y in Nowhereville

    24 October 2019 /

    My short story 'Y' will be in the anthology, Nowhereville: Weird Is Other People, edited by Scott Gable and C. Dombrowski, and published by Broken Eye Books on 17 December.

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