The book will be published Oct. 11 by Bloomsbury. Check out the cover below, along with some teases from the author about his favorite parts (and the most challenging) to write.

Short stories are on the Junior Cycle English curriculum, but have not featured in the exams to date. ... Time to surface cover everything!” he commented, in a social media post.

In Wednesday’s Junior Cycle English exam at higher level, candidates were asked to respond to a question about “any short story they had studied”. It was worth 15 marks from a total of 180 ...