Stories by Gerry Gaffney

Preventative maintenance has a particular importance for dog-owners if the pet next door is a rabbit. If you're going to cover up an unfortunate incident, you need to make sure you know what's really going on.

Jimmy is down on his luck and out of money. The prospect of sex work may offer a way out. Or not.

A story of trust, suspicion and jealousy. And the easy trap of enabling an AI to reinforce your preexisting beliefs.

Managing pets and children, especially teenagers, can be challenging. The Instagrammable children of others may not be picture-perfect in real life.

In a strife-torn Sydney, a young man tries to buy a pair of shoes for his dead brother.

A frosty relationship between a young woman and her mother-in-law cools even further in a time of misfortune.

'There is no away' is an environmental mantra. In this story humans have apparently found a way to really dispose of our unwanted junk. Being an allegory, there is of course a downside.

A chance encounter leads a young man to share a London flat with an older gentleman. They develop a strong bond, but what might be a minor breach of trust leads to a schism that may be beyond repair.

Sometimes you have to stop digging. A young man in London gets sucked into a fabricated story that sees him sink deeper and deeper into a pit with no apparent exit.

Damian returns home to Ireland to visit his dying father, and they share a final road trip.