Five-Sentence Fiction: Travel

This week’s Five Sentence Fiction prompt from Lillie McFerrin: Travel. How I love to travel…  Advertisements

Five Sentence Fiction: Fabric

Last week’s Five Sentence Fiction, which I missed due to travelling all over Ireland. The prompt was Fabric… Not a new idea this, but a lovely one. 

The púca, Ireland’s sinister shapeshifter

The púca is one Ireland’s most famous and sinister mythological creatures. This article appeared in the North Clare Local in July… 

Five Sentence Fiction: Learning

This week’s Five Sentence Fiction from Lillie McFerrin’s blog. The prompt is learning… 

Five Sentence Fiction: Bliss

Was a little late for last week as was at a music festival, Indiependence, last weekend. That inspired this one. 

Thanks to all who nominated me for the Irish Blog Awards- I’m on the longlist!

Very exciting news here, as Randomdescent has been longlisted for the Best Blog of a Journalist and Best Pop Culture Blog at the Irish Blog Awards. I’m seriously grateful to all that nominated me. Randomdescent has been a really enjoyable …

Adventures with Netflix: Doctor Who Series One

I am laughably behind the times when it comes to movies and TV series. So with the advent of Netflix in my life I intend on this changing. I’ll be sharing some of the things I come across on Netflix. …

On the bookshelf: August round-up

July was mostly taken up with reading David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas. There may be a few spoilers for that book ahead, as well as a look at Rachel Joyce’s The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and William Ryan’s Soviet crime …