‘Good Grief, what happened to you?’
‘Oh, you know me. Can’t keep my gob shut.’
‘That’s true. So what happened?’
‘Well, our yearly bonus came through last Friday and it was a lot more than we were expecting. So naturally we all went for a drink after work. And one thing led to another. Someone suggested we go on to this club in Cardiff and then on somewhere else after that, and the rest became one big blur. Anyway, when I rolled in home early Monday morning Cerys went off on one. She was like a raving banshee. We ended up screaming at each other and in the middle of it she says how would I like it if I didn’t see her for three days? So I said if that’s the way she felt then go on, go for it. Just go for it.’
‘And she did?’
‘Oh yeah. I didn’t see her for the rest of Monday and I didn’t see her all day Tuesday. Then by late Wednesday afternoon I started to get the sight back in one eye …’
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Published by Brendan Gerad O'Brien
Born in Tralee, Co Kerry, I now lives in Wales.
As a child I spent his summer holidays in Listowel, Co Kerry where my uncle Moss Scanlon had a Harness Maker’s shop which was a magnet for all sorts of colourful characters. It was there that my love of words was kindled by the stories of John B. Keane and Bryan MacMahon, who often wandered in for a chat and bit of jovial banter.
I started writing short stories based on those characters and had twenty published in various anthologies and eMags over the years. I’ve now self-published them in a collection called Dreamin’ Dreams which is available through Smashwords.com and Amazon.com, and also as stand-alone items through the same medium.
My first novel, a thriller set in Wales during WW2 called
Dark September is published by Tirgearr Publishing.
Gallows Field is my second thriller and set in Ireland during WW2, and is self-published with Amazon and Smashwords.com
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