Hello all,
I spent much of 2020 working on three short stories; Chekhov in Roscommon, which was recently published in Sonder Magazine; The Glen, with I'm still tweaking, and this story; Long Walk: The Galway Rough Sleepers' Union. This story is set in a time and place that can never exist: Galway City during the Covid 19 free summer of 2020 - its long awaited year as European Capital of Culture. It follows Mattie and Tomás, both members in good standing of the Galway Rough Sleepers' Union, on a faithful journey through the depths of the city. As the thoughts of the population turn to high art, visiting dignitaries and Macnas parades, Mattie and Tomás face an altogether different reality.
This is a bit longer than many of my stories so, if you decided to read it, best to put aside ten minutes or so to get all the way through it. There is also a few passages of speech as Gaeilge, which should be no problem to Irish readers, and hopefully readers from abroad will get the gist from context.
I hope you enjoys it. Please feel free to comment, share, whatever.
Cheers
Andy
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