Dear Readers, Listeners and Friends,
Welcome to my web site. I'm a writer and musician who holds a B.A. in Celtic Studies and a M.A. in English. Below you'll find a taste of some of my most recent endeavors; the rest can be found under the Bibliography & Publication News and Music & Performance News headings above. I might add that this site is a bit eclectic overall; it's been in publication since 2001, and I'm loathe to remove anything I know visitors are looking for when they come here. So pick around a bit and see what you find!
Thanks for visiting,
Ceallaigh
Forthcoming:
When two sisters and a teenage boy develop the same strange longing for products that can only be purchased in nearby gated villages, their parents and their Pagan community come together to solve the puzzle and offer support in the short story "From Our Minds to Yours." Available in The Pagan Anthology of Short Fiction: Thirteen Prize Winning Tales from Llewellyn Worldwide in October, 2008.
Recently In Print:
During a far-future Yuletide celebration on a distant moon, a colony of Organic monastics encounters an Augment constructed of nanomachines. But though this Augment bears the power to blight the monastery in the name of the ongoing war between her people and theirs, she comes seeking atonement instead in the short story "Akhila, Divided." Available in Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness from Norilana Books.
Praise from The Fix for "Akhila, Divided":
C.S. MacCath’s “Akhila, Divided” has an unusual protagonist: a sentient bomb that can take on a humanoid form. When the bomb crash-lands among human beings and befriends a peaceful monk, Vegar, her attachment toward the people directly conflicts with the murderous purpose she was designed for. MacCath’s blazing prose illuminates all characters sympathetically and crystallizes arguments for and against war in one achingly divided heroine. Brutal and electrifying execution make this old story of internal conflict new and wrenching.
A woman scapegoated by her community runs a magical gauntlet which ends in either freedom or death in the vignette "Casting Sin." Available in Issue #4 of the British magazine Murky Depths. Ed Norden's illustration for the story can be viewed here.
Recent Performances:
On May 16-17, 2008, Sarana VerLin and I played at the Plymouth Art Feast in downtown Plymouth, Michigan. On Friday night, we performed on Penniman Avenue in front of the Penniman Gallery, and on Saturday we performed in front of Nature's Choice on Ann Arbor Trail. You can view promotional images here.
On February 22-23, 2008, I played and sang at Studio 601 in downtown Detroit with Amadon Crest, a Renaissance pirate band. We had a warm and enthusiastic audience and a fine, fine time. You can view promotional images here.