She has a doughy face and bulging, raisin eyes; her belly-folds flop one over another in a fleshy heap. Her companions look like Mediterraneans trying to be gentleman, with their succulent lips, hirsute chins and cheap jackets.

Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1970, I live in Galway county. First poetry collection, Molly's Daughter, appeared in the DIVAS Anthology, Arlen House (2003). First collection of short stories, The Wind Across the Grass, published in 2004; second fiction collection, To the World of Men, Welcome, December 2005, both Arlen House.