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Horror, Short Stories, Comics & Graphic Novels

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I'm a writer living in Galway, Ireland.

I've written two comic book series, Róisín Dubh and Jennifer Wilde for Atomic Diner Comics, and my short stories and poetry have appeared in collections and magazines in the USA and the UK.

I wrote part of a horror anthology play, called The Halloween Sessions, which was staged in London in October 2012.

My collection of dark fairy tales, called Twisted Fairy Tales, illustrated by Jane Laurie, was published by Barron's Educational Series on 1 February, 2013.

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What do you do when a problem arises in your country that appalls you? One solution is to be funny. Wicked satire is a fine way to highlight idiocy. This is what Irish comedian Tara Flynn decided to do when her husband endured racist insults in her hometown of Kinsale. She used her talents, and a creative team, to highlight the problem.

Ms. Flynn created this humourous sketch about a ‘Racist B&B...

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Maura McHugh's Books

Average rating: 3.96 · 288 ratings · 58 reviews · 8 distinct works · Similar authors

	Twisted Fairy Tales by Maura McHugh (Goodreads Author), Jane Laurie (Illustrations) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twisted Myths: 20 Classic Stories with a Dark and Dangerous Heart 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Womanthology: Heroic by Bonnie Burton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rachel Deeling (Editor), Nicole Falk (Editor) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2010 Edition by Paula Guran (Editor), Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author), Holly Black (Goodreads Author) 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fantasy by Sean Wallace (Editor), Paul Tremblay (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maura McHugh (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shroud 6: The Quarterly Journal of Dark Fiction and Art by Rick Hautala, Jeff Strand (Goodreads Author), Marie Brennan (Goodreads Author) 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ergosphere: Astounding New Tales from M-Brane SF by Rick Novy (Goodreads Author), Paul Williams (Contribution by), Michael Canfield (Goodreads Author) (Contribution by) 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #35 by Stephen Theaker (Goodreads Author), Maura McHugh (Goodreads Author), John Greenwood (Editor) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Without Lying Down: Screenwriter Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywood

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Go West, Young Women!: The Rise of Early Hollywood

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“If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Immaturity

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“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
― Gautama Buddha

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“Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps,
but still attached to life at all four corners.”
― Virginia Woolf

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“The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and invests with his private vision the deeds and thoughts of men. The creation of a work of art, like an act of love, is our one small yes at the center of a vast no.”
― Gore Vidal

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