He was bursting to pee after spending hours in a wheelchair in the sweltering heat of a tent-missionary revival meeting in Kentucky hill country, but he had the goods on this charlatan.
So he leapt to his feet and ran for the toilet. Behind him, the scoundrel claimed another miracle.
Dermott Hayes is a short story and novel writer and occasional filmmaker.
Nothing small happens in her life. It has always been so, since as long as she can remember.
She checks her makeup, wondering: too much, too little? Lipstick, she decides, and chooses a scarlet shade, Estée Nectarine. Hair? Perfect. Outfit? A tailored black dress, neat, purposeful.
Here’s the bus.
Dermott Hayes is a writer. He has published three books; a biography of Sinead O’Connor, So Different, a crime novel, Tito’s Dead and Postcard from a Pigeon, a collection of short stories. He’s working on a new short story collection, another crime novel and a science fiction story.