NEW WORK
Short story "Cruel & Unusual”
This short story was published as part of John Connolly’s wonderful SHADOW VOICES where he examines and reflects on 300 years of Irish genre literature.
Short story “Cold Calling”
Performed live at Notes From A Quiet Land: Edition II on March 6th 2021.
The streamed event was curated by Sinead Gleeson (author of Constellations) and Gary Sheehan (NCH).
Short story ‘Scorned’
Adapted for radio by Gorretti Slavin and performed by Marion O’Dwyer. First broadcast by RTE Radio 1 on Sunday 21st June.
Muriel Denham lives alone since the death of 'her' Larry seven years previously.
When Konstantin the mysterious Czech rents the downstairs flat, landlady Muriel considers seduction.
Unpublished prequel to ‘Lying In Wait’
In her second novel, Liz Nugent introduces us to well-to-do Lydia and her highly respected husband Andrew after they kill a young prostitute named Annie.
While Andrew struggles to hold it together after their crime, Lydia is unsettlingly calm and focused on protecting her son Lawrence. As the story progresses we find out why Lydia and Andrew were involved with Annie, what led them to kill her and whether they’ll get away with her murder.
In this chilling prequel to Lying in Wait, we get an insight into Lydia’s childhood and the manipulative behaviour she learned from a young age. Click below to find out more.
My Weekly Magazine
Liz was commissioned to write a short story for My Weekly magazine. She came up with The All Seeing Octopus.
‘There was a large turnout at the funeral. Margaret deserved that.’
Swimming For Life
A new short story published in the Sunday Express.
100 Words 100 Books
Liz’s flash fiction piece ‘Van Gogh’ was included in a collection called ‘100 Words 100 Books’ produced by RTE Radio 1’s The Book Show.
I have red hair and one ear. Since my boyhood, they have nicknamed me Van Gogh. They think it is funny.
Because of my missing ear, I only hear it half as much as they say it. I have disappointed everybody by being unable to draw or paint. I tried, when I was younger, but was not successful. They were even more amused.
In spite of my deafness, I sing. They tell me not to. They tell me it is painful to their ears. But I insist on it, regardless. It is my revenge.
Sunday Miscellany
Listen to Liz reading her 5 minute story about being a teenage emigrant for Sunday Miscellany at the Mountains to Sea Festival in Dún Laoghaire.
First broadcast on RTE Radio 1 on 28/10/14.
Bones
‘It was only after the coffin was lowered into the ground that I began to laugh.’
A new short story, first published in the RTE Guide in September 2014