
The Long Shadow
by Richard Martin

Dubliner Patrick is thrown for a loop when he receives a no-fault eviction. However, new opportunities open up when he reconnects with Ana, an old colleague he’s always had feelings for. On a whim, he moves to London to take the free room in Ana’s houseshare. Things begin to look up for Patrick when he adopts an outsized, stage-Irish persona in response to receiving anti-Irish abuse in a pub. However, a chance meeting with someone from the past threatens to undo Paddy's newfound equilibrium...