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The Fatal Move

The Fatal Move

Cearnach, Conall
Chamberlain-King, Reggie

Paperback

HorrorGeneral Fiction

ISBN10: 1783807792
ISBN13: 9781783807796
Publisher: Swan River Press
Published: Jun 30 2024
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English

I cannot endure these frequent fits of terror much longer.


Written in Belfast and Bangor during the partition of Ireland, the six strange stories comprising Conall Cearnach's The Fatal Move are unusual documents of the time. Cearnach was the pseudonym of F. W. O'Connell, a peculiar Protestant divine, linguist and Irish language scholar, oddball essayist, and early national broadcaster. His sole fiction collection showcases a wide scope: the conte cruel, the ghost story, the locked-room mystery, and the science-fictional satire. What unifies the stories is O'Connell's playful, outward-looking perspective, inspired by his love of the diverse cultures and languages of the world and his home country in equal measure. A unique figure in Irish life, Cearnach's character is perhaps more present in these stories than the anxieties of the time in which they were written. For this volume, Reggie Chamberlain-King provides an extensive introduction examining O'Connell's life and works.

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