Sharp Sticks, Driven Nails

Edited by Philip O Ceallaigh

It is an exciting collection from established and emerging writers, with distinctive voices and attention to the subtle craft of short story writing.

One of the most striking stories is The Yellow Handbag by Christine Dwyer Hickey. Set in Dublin, the narrator, Ashok, originally from India, is working as a chauffeur. This brings him into contact with an elderly American lady with “thick coiffed hair, stiff and white as meringue”.