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Past copies of Splinters are available on request.
Cost: £5.00 (Sterling), €7.00 (Euro) or $8.00 (U.S. Dollars) per copy including postage.
"June Roses" by Elizabeth Carty
"Osmosis" by Geraldine Mills
"Grandfather" by Michael Leddy
"Dead Black" by Oscar Grant
"Talking with Horses" by Judith Toner-Norton
"The Teapot Cottage" by Maureen Kelly
"Better than a Holiday Camp" by Geraldine Brosnahan
"To the Bone" by Michael Leddy
"The Wait" by Dr. Liam Hodder
"A Letter from Home" by Helen Fallon
"Ginger" by Maureen Gunnigan
"The Miricle that Worked" by Mick Murphy
"Visitors" by Kevin Dowling
"Cat's Eyes" by Mairéad Carew
"The Flowerbed" by Hugo Kelly
"Animal" by Ann McDarby
"Lighting the Star" by Elizabeth Carty
"Party Games" by Maureen Kelly
"The Major" by Liam Hodder
"The Butterfly Jug" by Elizabeth Carty
"Source Material" by Frank Shovlin
"Charmers" by Pat Hallinan
"Little Tough Shot" by Oscar Grant
"Playmates" by Kevin Dowling
"Treasured Letters" by Dympna Murray
"Taking Her Own Share" by Geraldine Mills
"Graduation Day" by Avon Costello
"A Ripple in the Silence" by Hugo Kelly
"The War Isn't Over Yet" by Elizabeth Carty
"Blue" by Breda Sullivan
"Living Reminder" by Dympna Murray
"A Window Facing North" by Marie McSweeney
"The Sale" by Mary Lennon
"Carol" by Kieran Plunkett
"The Rig" by Jane Flynn
"Slum Spawn" by Oscar Grant
"The Summer of Mrs. Topping" by Geraldine Mills
"Quare Name for a Boy" by Claire Keegan
"Beauty and the Beast" by Ursula O'Reilly
"Nothing the Matter with You" by Helen Fallon
There was no Splinters short story anthology in 1998.
The general standard of entry in the 1998 competition was somewhat lower than earlier years.
However, the winning stories were most satisfactory:
1st "Heroes" by Paddy Casey
2nd "The Face in the Wallpaper" by Hugo Kelly
3rd "An American on Holiday" by Helen Kelly Jones
"A Conflict of Wills" by Paddy Ryan
"An Unlucky Man" by Beryl E. Roberts
"Spider" by A. M. Stagg
"A Project for the Millennium" by P. A. Dain
"Sarah" by Jill Kathryn Wilson
"To the Highest Bidder" by Joe O'Reilly
"The Night Cleaner" by Eithne Le Goff
"The Hunchback of San Clare" by Pamela Birley
"The Destiny that Shapes Our Ends" by Yvonne Garahy
"Another Chance" by Helen Wilkinson
"The Gift Horse" by Beryl E. Roberts
"Psycho Dwarf" by John T. Muir
"Ice" by Hugo Kelly
"A Good Catch" by Joe O'Reilly
"A1 Northbound" by Damian Croft
"Greening the Wheelbarrow" by Yvonne Garahy
"The Last Supper" by Beryl E. Roberts
"Who Shall Guard…?" by John T. Muir
"Silver for Good Luck" by Robert Marsden
"Snowy's Final Battle" by Ted Dakin
"First Date" by John Rogers
"The Elopement" by John T. Muir
"Two and One Make One" by Frida Harris
"Windows" by Robert Marsden
"Frank's Big Night" by Gerard Hanberry
"Enchantment" by Marjorie S. Brock
"A Necessary Evil" by Ted Dakin
"No Christmas Jubilee Celebration" by Beryl Roberts
"Sky Light" by Lucie Kavanagh
"Taffy the Paint" by Mary Edward
"The Slap" by Bradley Bernarde
"April Evening" by Pat Jourdan
"Thou Shalt Not Covet" by Fioná Marshall
"Charlie's Folly" by Margaret Mullan
"Spending Spree" by Marion Riley
"Unforgiven" by Helen Fallon
"A Sister's Position" by Paddy Ryan
"Phono-O-Phobia" by Paul Coates
"The River" by Irene Rose Ledger
"The Shell" by Gavrielle Rowles
"High Water" by Brian Morton
"Making Lemonade" by Lucie Kavanagh
"In Characters!" by John T. Muir
"Land of the Fee" by Richard Hickey
"Blue Plaque" by David Rudd
"Sir Lancelot" by Stephen Kavanagh
"The Enemy Camp" by Anne-Marie Coen
"Selling the Nude" by Richard Wevill
"Shallow Water" by James Wareham
"Brief Ascension of Cuthbert O'Higgins" by David Lazell
"Return Visit" by K. S. Dearsley
"Stoop" by John McAllister
"The Newcomer" by P. Young
"Stitching Time" by Nuala Ní Chonchúir
"Phono-O-Phobia" by Paul Coates
"The River" by Irene Rose Ledger
"The Shell" by Gavrielle Rowles
"High Water" by Brian Morton
"Making Lemonade" by Lucie Kavanagh
"In Characters!" by John T. Muir
"Land of the Fee" by Richard Hickey
"Blue Plaque" by David Rudd
"Sir Lancelot" by Stephen Kavanagh
"Phono-O-Phobia" by Paul Coates
"The River" by Irene Rose Ledger
"The Shell" by Gavrielle Rowles
"High Water" by Brian Morton
"Making Lemonade" by Lucie Kavanagh
"In Characters!" by John T. Muir
"Land of the Fee" by Richard Hickey
"Blue Plaque" by David Rudd
"Sir Lancelot" by Stephen Kavanagh
There was no Splinters short story anthology in 2007.
The general standard of entry in the 2007 competition was somewhat lower than expected..
However, the winning stories were most satisfactory:
1st “Presence of Mind” by David Oglesby
2nd “Best Served Cold” by Toby McGrath
3rd “Photofit” by Sarah Evans