@garyfinnegan
Winner of the Frazzled Lit Short Story Award 2025 | Arts Council Agility Award 2025 | Tyrone Guthrie Residency Bursary 2025 | Freedom to Write Project 2024
Limbo Nights | Frazzled Lit
Limbo Nights | Frazzled Lit
By Gary Finnegan (Winner - 1st Place)
In Conversation | Video interview
In Conversation | Video interview
Winner of the Frazzled Lit Short Story Award 2025
Winter Camp | Shooter Literary Magazine (flash fiction winner)
Winter Camp | Shooter Literary Magazine (flash fiction winner)
It’s my house, the people are just passing through | MoonPark Review
It’s my house, the people are just passing through | MoonPark Review
After Sunlight | The London Magazine
After Sunlight | The London Magazine
'The few days turned to weeks and years and it was a decade before we spoke about the future, a conversation focused on the past.' New fiction by Gary Finnegan.
New Irish Writing | In Common Calamity
New Irish Writing | In Common Calamity
Auntie June milks my tea, hands it over, says “Mind now, Liam, that’s hot”.
"In the Heat of the Trenches (of Early Parenthood) | Roi Faineant
"In the Heat of the Trenches (of Early Parenthood) | Roi Faineant
How long had we been staring at her tiny body? Twenty seconds? Twenty minutes? She was doing her magic trick: breathing in through her chestnut nose, swelling and deflating. We were leaning over the cot, inhaling her second-hand air; it did us no good, but we didn’t care. Brought us closer together. Us. You and me and her. She was our queen to be protected. She was an enemy, bent on our destruction. I made a ‘T’ sign with my index fingers. You smiled, and we tip-toed to the kitchen, weary and
Friday Five: Gary Finnegan interviewed by Andrew Careaga
Friday Five: Gary Finnegan interviewed by Andrew Careaga
‘I am trying to get over a bad habit of submitting every piece of fiction I write.’
Digger’s Toxic Debts | Litro Magazine
Digger’s Toxic Debts | Litro Magazine
Of all my arrears and accruals, it’s the bin debt that drags on me the most. It rolls up to my door weekly, where it accumulates and compounds, impossible to ignore. I promised Red last week – promised myself – that I would get one back, reduce the deficit. But here I am again, helpless as Terry from next door brings our recycling bin to a scraping halt outside the sitting room window. Another promise unkept, renewed for next week.
Poster Child | Phare
Poster Child | Phare
Among the Azaleas | Southword
Among the Azaleas | Southword
London Independent Story Prize | Interview
London Independent Story Prize | Interview
On Coffee and Usefulness – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
On Coffee and Usefulness – THE HOOGHLY REVIEW
The First September | Howl New Irish Writing
The First September | Howl New Irish Writing
Cheerio So | Flash Fiction Magazine
Cheerio So | Flash Fiction Magazine
“Mr. McKittrick,” the doctor says. “Yes.” Dad and I reply in stereo. The three of us smile without warmth as the room’s newest arrival comes to rest at the foot of the bed, his arms folded ac…
Found. A Medic’s Guide to Moral Calculus. | Bending Genres
Found. A Medic’s Guide to Moral Calculus. | Bending Genres
Biology Lessons | Free Flash Fiction
Biology Lessons | Free Flash Fiction
My swimming mind sees, for a beat, a human hair fibre on a cracked slide, backlit on a microscope stage. Flashes of a school science lab. I blink, think, focus. No, these are branches of peeling bark, above a ditch into which my Ford Fiesta sits, downside up.…
Unnatural Selection | Frazzled Lit
Unnatural Selection | Frazzled Lit
On The Run | The Honest Ulsterman
On The Run | The Honest Ulsterman
Every Second Sunday | Allingham Festival - 3rd Prize 2023
Every Second Sunday | Allingham Festival - 3rd Prize 2023
The Long Road from Louisburgh | Valparaiso Fiction Review
The Long Road from Louisburgh | Valparaiso Fiction Review
Dress-up Night | Epistemic Lit [with audio]
Dress-up Night | Epistemic Lit [with audio]
Dress-up Night | The Ogham Stone [hard copy]
Dress-up Night | The Ogham Stone [hard copy]
Office Culture | ROPES Literary Journal
Office Culture | ROPES Literary Journal
Still time | Galway Review
Still time | Galway Review
Beijing for Beginners: An Irishman in the People's Repu…
Beijing for Beginners: An Irishman in the People's Repu…
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