Helen McGrath

Several interconnecting stories of love, loss, desire and despair, among both gay and straight characters. The main story concerns Anna, a successful but lonely novelist, who falls for Finola, a vivacious young writing student, who is involved with the troubled Cindy. Paul, keen on Anna, is pursued by Martin; and Evan and Skye, a young couple, experience problems.

Warren steps out of prison and straight into a self-help group whose idea of therapy is to play board games. But if he has to humour these weirdos so the cops will leave him alone while he does a 'job' for a mate on the inside, then 'roll the dice...'

Mrs Gonsha's students are excited about the end of primary school... until they discover that a classmate might not move on with them.

When Mrs Gonsha's class puts on a Halloween play about a boy who leaves behind his friends for a scary new place, it hits too close to home for one student.

Burlesque meets science-fiction, when a peepshow stripper has a close encounter of the voyeuristic kind.

When White podcaster Áine sees a Black girl dancing around Dublin's famine statues, she believes she has uncovered an ancient ritual to discuss on her show.