David O’Mahony is a horror and dark fantasy writer from Cork, Ireland. He specialises in ghost stories but can also be found writing contemporary fiction.

A prolific writer of short stories, he was a finalist in the 2024 Globe Soup primal fears competition and 2025 Globe Soup paranormal flash fiction contest, while his first round entry to the 2024 NYC Midnight short story challenge was praised as a “creative, original take on the ghost story”. With more than 60 stories published or about to be published, his work has found homes in Ireland, the UK, the US, Canada, Belgium, Australia, India, and Thailand.

He’s the author of two collections, The Ties That Bind and What Gets Left Behind, both of which are available from this site. He also occasionally writes columns and analysis at irishexaminer.com. Learn more about him, and read an evolving list of his publicatios, here.

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