Fiction

"Darkly compelling and driven by a powerful, page-turning momentum."

-Kevin Barry
Author of City Of Bohane & Night Boat to Tangier

'The Tangle Box is compelling. A subtle and complex portrait of crisis and all that ripples out from it, drawn with sensitivity and care.'

-Helen Mort
Prize winning poet and author of Division Street and Black Car Burning.

'I read The Tangle Box in one gulp, start to finish. I could not put it down. It is a great book

-Una Mannion
Author of A Crooked Tree

'A relentless narrative engine drives this story. It's a psychologically subtle and morally complex tale.'

-Aiden O'Reilly
Author of Greeting Hero

A story you will never forget:

At the centre of this novel is a suppressed memory of the day Maria and Caroline O'Neill disappeared. In returning to his childhood home, Dan O'Neill attempts to recall what happened there and the consequences that followed.

At its heart, The Tangle Box is a story of hope and triumph, that has captivated its early readers. One reviewer said of it, 'once started, I couldn't put this book down.' 

The Tangle Box is a tightly written debut, narrated in first person by the protagonist and takes us on a journey that begins on a day when Dan O'Neill heard a scream and saw blood, but beyond that, he remembers nothing.

The characters in ‘Trouble Crossing the Bridge’ are separated by time, place, age, gender, and yet they are brought together here, making this debut collection a melting-pot of personalities, voice, setting, and plot.

In The Clock Museum and other stories, words, stories and books weave like smoke in and around the lives of a wonderful cast of characters. With sometimes life-affirming and sometimes tragic outcomes, these sensitive and insightful stories combine into a beautiful collection that will delight all readers of finely-crafted literature.

-Andy Christopher Miller

“You’re Pretty Gay is a prime example of Drew Pisarra’s dangerously funny and queerly inventive brain. Each story is its own performance, its own shattering of expectations and social mores. But shining through all the wild wit is a glowing heart looking for connection.”

– Kevin Sampsell, This Is Between Us

“Drew Pisarra is a poet writing prose. And his second book of stories, You’re Pretty Gay, reveals his poetic gifts – the nakedness, the clarity, the conciseness – in all their glory.”

– Leanne Grabel, Brontosaurus: Memoir of a Sex Life

“Each highly enchanting story is like another spoonful of a gloriously rich yet light gateaux that will makes you hungry for more.”

– Alison Norrington, Class Act

“These stories instill a sense of anticipation and longing, recalling not simply what happened but also bringing forth the wishes for what might have been.”

– Nicholas Ealy, Narcissism and Selfhood in Medieval French Literature: Wounds of Desire

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This inventive debut collection focuses on the complexities of human interaction through the lens of animal behaviour and quirky natural phenomena. The best of these tales blend transformative, fantastical happenings with a wry but soulful tone, reminiscent of writers such as Aimee Bender. There is plenty of structural and thematic boldness in Animal Behaviour, but at the same time, Amanda McLeod always maintains a clear empathy with her characters and their struggles. A really diverting read.