A gun-for-hire is haunted by Joey, her first intended victim. There’s just one problem: she didn’t actually kill him.
Joey
by Tina O'Rourke | Oct 12, 2026 | Fabulist Fiction, Stories, Work in Progress
Fabulist Fiction
Joey
Conversation with Storm Fairy – The Beginning
880 words 3 min 31 sec reading time I met Storm Fairy so long ago that I have only fragments of memory. I hope you will forgive this abrupt telling to clear the way to where I stand today. One minute, I was on the promenade in Tramore. Watching white foaming waves...
The Memory Men
471 words 1 min 53 sec reading time I remember the first time my Gran mentioned them, the Memory Men. She mumbled the exact words over and over again - the Memory Men sing, the Memory Men play, the Memory Men stay. They only come at night, she whispered in my ear so...
Transformation
437 words 1 min 45 sec reading time I am Sidhe*. I am Eternal.We choose to live as non-Eternals for seventy years lest we forget. It is the day of my transformation. Today, it will begin and end. For seventy years, I have looked through their eyes and listened through...