Flash fiction

The Green Grave, published by Livina Press, Issue 11, February 2025. fantasy. shipwreck. kindness.

Sorrow, published by The Auvert Magazine, Issue 1, June 2023. speculative. climate change. pain. https://theauvertmagazine.wixsite.com/stlyouthlitmag/esther-byrne

Flames, published by Roi Fainéant Press, Eleven 37, April 2023. historical. sisters. grief. https://roifaineantarchive.wixsite.com/rf-arc-hive/post/flames-by-esther-byrne

Take My Place, published by On The High Literary Journal, Issue 2, March 2023. fantasy. carnivalesque. surrealist. https://sites.google.com/view/on-the-high/issues *republished by Free Flash Fiction, April 2023: https://freeflashfiction.com/fiction/take-my-place/

The Day the Blossom Blew Away, published by Toasted Cheese Literary Journal, Volume 22, Issue 4, December 2022. prose poem. nature. isolation. https://tclj.toasted-cheese.com/2022/22-4/the-day-the-blossom-blew-away-by-esther-byrne/

Loss, published by Fifty Word Stories, March 2021. thriller. grief. reflection. https://fiftywordstories.com/2021/03/26/esther-byrne-loss/

Short stories

A Flash of White, published by Livina Press, Issue 4, April 2023. historical. folklore. family. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Livina-Press-Issue-4-ebook/dp/B0C2JF6D6T/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2S3KO1CQ2BDIH&keywords=livina+press&qid=1681659539&sprefix=%2Caps%2C941&sr=8-1 https://www.livinapress.com/issues

A Shadow in a Brave Light, highly commended for the Val Wood Yorkshire Prize, September 2021. historical. regret. industrial action. https://www.valwood.co.uk/_files/ugd/675c5d_4b47271087034a1abfd3fc07e76b0eb2.pdf

The Lilac Shawl, published by Secret Attic magazine, booklet 15, June 2021. fantasy. wishes. dark magic. https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:2e574054-9364-3fb2-a39b-4f23f0126dee

Poetry

Chronic, published by The Granny’s Tea Poetry magazine, Issue 1, April 2023. free verse. illness. courage. https://575182d1-454a-47ce-a57f-021afabac1f4.filesusr.com/ugd/ee3423_d4b061e7cf554cec9627911f2ed43f51.pdf