Swan River Press

Written in Belfast and Bangor during the partition of Ireland, the six strange stories comprising Conall Cearnach’s The Fatal Move are unusual documents of the time.s.

Despite her wide contributions to genre literature, Irish author L.T. Meade is now remembered, if at all, for her girls' school stories. However, in 1898 the Strand Magazine, famous for its fictions of crime, detection, and the uncanny, proclaimed Meade one of its most popular writers for her contributions to its signature fare.

"There are many ways to tell a story . . . It is a question of choosing the right one." – Sparks from the Fire