That damn family part 4 of 4 (or possibly more!) nthposition March/April 2008
Part the last of what is previously available to read here and here and here It has naturally enough struck me that this could continue for a while – after all I don’t…
Sleep and dreams
One of my interests is sleep. Some of this is personal; I used to think I was a “bad sleeper”, until I discovered that thinking you are a bad sleeper makes…
Bird feeding notes in late April
As posted previously, I have taken an increasing interest in birds and feeding them in the garden. One of the many interesting and (in my view) edifying things about this is another…
That Damn Family. Part 3 (of 4) nthposition.com , March/April 2008
Here there is a great dollop of exposition in the best declamatory style – including the word “yeomen”. Indeed, “local yeomen”. In the phrase “gathering local yeomen”. Ahem. Part 1…
“That Damn Family” Part 2 (of 4) Nthposition, March/April 2008
Part 1 here Things are a little different from what they say. We all knew the truth about Oedipus, really. Why else do you think we all did our best…
That damn family. Part 1 (of 4) originally published nthposition April/May 2008
“Updating” myths or fairytales has always struck me as an endeavour at best pointless, at worst insulting. Guilty of believing our own times are somehow unique – uniquely wise, uniquely…
“The Tao of Tetris”, nthposition, 2005
I have always been leery of stories too obviously Based On Real Life Experience. Herein, however, the bar, “American Pool”, the LeShan book, and the general milieu are very much…
“The fifteenth of August” Nthposition, 2009
Most of my fiction has been, at least to date, working out a particular idea to its conclusion. At times this has given it a rather abstract quality. This story…
Séamus Sweeney 