Cowboy

Girls these days, Vincent deduced, did far too much on their own. It wasn’t like the olden days anymore, when places were safe and girls like them could stroll around doing whatever they liked. There were killers, everywhere. Killers and rapists, did the girls understand that?

Vincent lives on his own somewhere in the Irish midlands. He spends his days watching horseracing and old Westerns on TV. But when two young women move into the house next door, Vincent’s solitary routine is upended by a new sense of purpose and possibility. If only he could get them to see things from his point of view...

Katie Curran is a writer from Carlow living in Dublin. Her work has been published in Banshee, The Stinging Fly and The Dublin Review. She is currently working on a collection of short stories.

32-page stapled booklet
120 x 190mm
Published 19 March 2026
ISBN 9781068478833