writing

You may have seen a photo floating about online recently. It’s a list of rules for writing Road Runner cartoons penned by Chuck Jones himself. However, this list was taken from his autobiography and is not representative of the rules they…

Aishvarrya had never field serviced a nun before. Mother Ximena Macrina Massa Tigre was one of the last of the New Desert Mothers, perched high in her mountain niche on the face of Mount Roots, two thousand kilometers east of Cape Horn. The…

Fortnightly Fiction is making a grand return. In Fortnightly Fiction we publish a piece of work every two weeks submitted by a writer; whether you've been published before or are new to fiction writing, it doesn't matter as long as it is…

In Episode 23 – recorded at HeadStuff HQ – Alison meets TV scriptwriter and former “Flying Squad” Detective, John Murphy. (Yes, like in The Sweeney). John tells Alison about being an Irish officer in the Metropolitan Police Force in…

During Space Week in October we launched a HeadStuff Science Mars Short Story Competition calling for science fiction stories based on the red planet. We are delighted to announce that our panel of judges, HeadStuff Literature Editor Conor,…

Aphra Behn’s origins are mysterious, almost certainly because she wanted it that way. She was born around 1640, probably to parents of the professional class. Her father could have been a man named Cooper. Or he could have been a barber…

When setting up our Patreon page, we wanted to highlight some of the writing that has had a lasting impression with us and our readers, and at the same time highlight the great team we have here at HeadStuff. We want to keep doing this…

Just being able to retrace the same city blocks that so many famous writers traversed is enough to inspire the next great American novel. Of course, the city was more affordable back then and most writers had an uncanny way of financially…

We sit down with John Connolly, author of the Charlie Parker series of crime thrillers, and the wonderful The Book of Lost Things. Dave Hanratty, HeadStuff music editor, is on co-host duties. John Connolly episode: This conversation…

Michael Kinirons is an Irish filmmaker whose short films, (Lowland Fell, I Can't See You Anymore) have been selected for loads of international film festivals and won international awards. He co-wrote Strangerland with Fiona Seres which…