Author: Billy O’Callaghan

Billy O’Callaghan was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1974. His books include the short story collections: ‘In Exile’ (2008, Mercier Press), ‘In Too Deep’ (2008, Mercier Press), and ‘The Things We Lose, the Things We Leave Behind’ (2013, New Island Books/2017, CITIC Press, China); and a novel: ‘The Dead House’ (2017, O’Brien Press/Arcade, USA).

His work has been recognised with numerous honours, including three Bursary Awards for Literature from the Arts Council of Ireland, a Bord Gais Energy Irish Book Award and a Costa Short Story Award shortlisting, and his short stories have appeared in more than 100 magazines and literary journals around the world, including: Agni, the Bellevue Literary Review, the Chattahoochee Review, the Kenyon Review, the London Magazine, Narrative, Ploughshares, Salamander and the Saturday Evening Post.

Book Review

The Dead House

by Jamieupdated on February 6, 2021May 12, 2020Leave a Comment

My Thoughts The Dead House is a chilling ghost story about a young woman’s descent into madness as she’s swallowed up by the wild Irish countryside. The prose in this novel is absolutely beautiful and paints a stunning picture of a countryside that feels stuck in time, still deeply connected to Celtic tradition. The land …