Untitled by Mark Corcoran

Opening scene= Underneath a coffinless corpse regrows from its decomposed position. It forms its muscle, fat, tissue, veins and skin whilst underneath and surrounded by soil. The soil provides this growth and as it does so it disappears from over head the corpse, after it is a fully formed body of an old man of ninety years of age, a hole is left from its position of six feet under to ground level.

Untitled by Mark Corcoran

Keane is a dumpy man physically. He is wearing CAT work boots, blue jeans and a red and black padded shirt. He is twenty five years of age. He is of low intelligence and is an emotional man which he wears on a face sculpted for acting and expression. His face is soft in expression and has plain corpulent features.

Poem by Darragh Cotter

Butcher’s Block

His blood runs in its veins,

Story by Darragh Cotter

Sammy woke up groggily, the last thing he remembered was really regretting he hadn’t looked both ways crossing the road. He looked around the room, it was like a doctor’s waiting room but more austere. The walls were too white, the chairs very uncomfortable and the only magazines there were National Geographic. He got up and flicked through the magazines. They were all from the sixties. With a sigh Sammy sat down. At this stage Sammy had come to the conclusion that being hit by the car had been slightly fatal.

Wicked in the Woods by Margaret O’ Brien

The snow crunched under her foot, a forceful blizzard bashing at her slight frame.  She was wrapped from head to toe in several patched, worn and dilapidated robes and one large oversized coat, which she clung to as if her life depended on it. 

Train Spot by Margaret O’Brien

‘Excuse me, this train will take us to Dublin, won’t it?’  A middle-aged woman demanded of the heavyset man who was clearly in employ on the train.  She laughed uncomfortably under his gaze. 

Class List

Confirmed course members so far are:

1. Mark Corcoran
2. Mary Kavanagh
3. James Kelly
4. Damian McCallion
5. Dearbhla McCarthy
6. Margaret O’ Brien
7. Darragh Cotter
8. Jessica Hannigan
9. Sarah O’Connor
10. Danielle Eriksson
11. Kevin Smith
12. David Tierney

This list will be updated as applicable.

Right, just a little something to get the ball rolling. The CWMIC Blog is officially up and running. Over the next couple of months this blog aims to post poems, stories, film and dramatic scripts from the Creative Writing Course as well as providing info on any upcoming literary events, competitions etc. A tentative class list has been drawn up although the submission deadline has been extended another month. Watch this space for further updates.