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The Irish are arguably the most literate people in the world. The number of famous Irish authors, from Joyce to Trevor and from Goldsmith to O'Brien, is a clear testimony to that. In this rich selection, we have concentrated on some of the early Irish writers who were particularly adept at the difficult art of writing good short stories.

Novelist, playwright and screenwriter James Follett wrote over 25 novels, more than 50 radio dramas and numerous TV scripts, including several episodes of Blake’s 7. He was one of the most borrowed authors in UK libraries, and his works have been translated into over a dozen languages. This anthology includes his finest radio plays and series – including many that have never previously been available before. Framing the collection is the special BBC7 programme Men, Martians and Machines, in which Follett himself introduces us to several of his most popular pieces.

Provocative and controversial, socially conscious and politically charged, wildly imaginative yet deeply grounded, the thirty-two never-before-published stories, essays, and poems in The Last Dangerous Visions stand as a testament to Ellison’s lifelong pursuit of art, uniting a diverse range of science fiction writers both famous and newly minted, including Max Brooks, Edward Bryant, Cecil Castellucci, James S. A. Corey, Howard Fast, Patricia Hodgell, Dan Simmons, Robert Sheckley, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mildred Downey Broxon, and Cory Doctorow, among others.

Using his gift of seeing, Revelator, Bishop, and Lesion set out with only blades and vengeance to rescue the woman he loves from the demons of her past. And maybe even theirs.

When Bishop rescues Beth, a woman beaten half to death by sex traffickers, he learns the dirty Roulette MC are connected. Ready to judge these land demons, he lures them into the swamp with an illegal arms deal, planning to hide every last one until they give up their guilty.

Sahvrin Bishop—aka "The Eveque" is taking a wife. Bayou Code allows her to choose to either serve as his right hand in The Twelve or become his domestic goddess at home. He isn't allowed to sway her choice but nothing stops him from causing one or the other hard to make.

Dropped off in the swamps as a baby, Revelator is found by an old woman who raises him to become the Moses of the Bayou. He works with The Bishops, using his gifts to protect the swamp from invisible threats, while another darkness forces him into a life of celibacy to protect others. He meets another gifted woman who sets him free, but living free doesn't come easy for The Revelator.

The powerful and poignant works of Sean O'Casey, one of Ireland's foremost playwrights, shown in this unparalleled audio collection. Renowned for his Dublin Trilogy—"Shadow of a Gunman," "Juno and the Paycock," and "The Plough and the Stars"—O'Casey masterfully depicts the struggles of Ireland's working class and the tumultuous intersection of politics and community life.

Lesion is silent and deadly if you’re on the wrong side of his Bayou. After Lesion rescues a human butterfly named Tully from New Orleans demons, he’s wondering what to do with her. She’s too good for a corrupt world and decides to keep her in his Bayou and train her in the arts of apothocary. Soon, he wants to learn from her. She agrees to become his first female subject but the things he learns while exploring his human treasure lands him in more trouble than he knows how to get out of.

The short stories of Irish writers appeal to audiences far beyond the shores of Eire. These stories, in turn atmospheric, spookily funny, full of intriguing characters, picturesque, and touching, are steeped in the Irish delight in story-telling and cover an intriguing century of Irish city and country life.

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born in 1882 in Dublin but spent most of his life living with Nora Barnacle in various parts of Europe. Apart from a collection of verse, Dubliners was his first published work in 1914. In Dubliners, Joyce portrays quite brilliantly human relationships in Ireland at the turn of the century. His characters are so vital and exciting and the stories so fresh, evocative, and entertaining that they could well have been written today.