The Skaters at St Anne's

Finally got round to making a video for my poem The Skaters at St Anne's. Give it a watch/listen:

Drumcree Ballee

My short story, Drumcree Ballee, was longlisted for the Galley Beggar Short Story Prize 2025. Unfortunately, recent events have made it feel closer than when I wrote it. Have a read here.

Gerard McKeown - Published Writing

My website can be found at www.gerardmckeown.co.uk. 

Links to other work can be found below: Never Wases Anonymous - The London Magazine

The Quizmasters - The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Fourteen (edited by Ellen Datlow)

Every Ballymena Man's Dream - BBC Radio 4 (produced by Michael Shannon, read by Seamus O'Hara)

A History of Fire - Willesden Herald New Short Stories 10

Detachment - Still Worlds Turning (edited by Emma Warnock) No Alibis Press

The Blue Hour – Litro

The Company of Moths - The Milkhouse

Dunvale – The Moth

Cullybackey Train Station – The Honest Ulsterman

Sister Sarya at The End of The World – The Mechanics’ Institute Review

The Quizmasters - The Black Dreams (edited by Reggie Chamberlain-King) Blackstaff Press

Roll Again - Hipflask

Almost Strangers - Open Pen

The Last Meal of the Condemned – Litro

Other People's Phone Calls - Headstuff

The Drowning - Fictive Dream

Drowning A Mermaid - Splonk

Silent Misery - Same Same But Different (edited by Mikka Haugaard) Everything With Words 

Stroked on Dope - The Honest Ulsterman

Rabbit Season - Willesden Herald New Short Stories 11

The Poetry of Jenny - Liars League (performed by Zach Harrison)

How Do You Make Lady Gaga Cry? – Jellyfish Review

The Stink and The Shame – Litro

Burrito and Kate – 3:AM Magazine

The Burnt Moth - Spelk

Browsing Through CDs at the Supermarket - The Honest Ulsterman

The Company of Moths - Open Pen

Second Skin - The Drabble

Hollow Earth Theory - The Bohemyth

The Dancers at Blackpool Tower - Fictive Dream

Blue Smoke - Visual Verse

Kidsgrove – Litro

On The Beach - The Drabble

The Comedian – The Honest Ulsterman

A Mouthful of Wasps – VisualVerse

After The Parade – Neon

Mice, Monkeys, Cats, Cows, and Frogs – The Honest Ulsterman

Good King Bumfluff – The Incubator

A Visitor – VisualVerse

BBC Radio 4 - Every Ballymena Man's Dream

A story of mine was produced for Radio 4 recently. Have a listen here. Every Ballymena Man's Dream

Burrito and Kate

I have a story Burrito and Kate published in 3:am magazine, and I'm chuffed to bits. Have a read here: http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/burrito-kate/

New Website

I've a new website showcasing my writing and teaching. You can find it here: http://www.gerardmckeown.co.uk.

Also check here for what I still think is the funniest blog on the internet.

Northern Irish Assembly Elections 2011

It's less than a month away! Who will you be voting for? Any of this lot?


Sammy Wilson?


Nelson McCausland?


Or Peter Robinson?