A boy who tries to derail a train.
A superman who cannot fly.
A husband attacked by a vacuum cleaner.
A childish game cut short by nuclear disaster...

In this story collection the author experiments with memories and dreams that radiate out of the unconscious—childhood, family, faith, death, love—small moments contaminated with the universal.

About the Author

J. O’Brien was born in Carlow in 1977 and is a graduate of University College Dublin. He has been a teacher of literature and history since leaving university. He is a member of the Carlow Writer's Co-operative. (www.carlowwriters.org) He writes flash-fiction, short stories and his novella, The Trouble with Sam, will be published in 2014. He has been published previously in Spontaneity, What Champagne was Like, and the Flash-flood Journal.