Horror fantasy story written by teens turns up on exam paper

Without ever seeking a publishing deal or approaching a literary agent, a group of Co Cork teenagers are about to see their debut work in print — and it’s guaranteed to be widely read by their peers.

The members of Ballyvourney Teen Book Club, under the guidance of author Kristin Gleeson, collaborated on a book entitled The Othersiders, which was published on Amazon as an ebook by An Tig Beag Press in 2015.

The group, three of whom sat their Leaving Certificate in Coláiste Ghobnatan in June, were stunned to see their work turning up as a text on this year’s Leaving Cert Applied English and Communication paper.