The Wild Umbrella

The Wild Umbrella An ambitious new journal, eager to publish compelling prose and poetry from Ireland & the world.

Rounding out our latest submission window is Cassandra Xavier, with essay ‘Like Holding Jell-o in Your Hands.’ For a sho...
21/08/2026

Rounding out our latest submission window is Cassandra Xavier, with essay ‘Like Holding Jell-o in Your Hands.’ For a short while going forward our staff will be going into hibernation to catch up on our new submissions!

Born in Toronto, Canada to immigrant parents, Cassandrea recently moved to Dublin, Ireland on her own to broaden her scope of experiences and writing strengths. Originally a student of photography, turned professional food writer, her love of the creative comes through in her imagistic and emotive personal writing.

Editor Ally Keegan had an insightful chat with our featured fiction writer today, Paul Lenehan, about his story ‘The Doc...
15/08/2026

Editor Ally Keegan had an insightful chat with our featured fiction writer today, Paul Lenehan, about his story ‘The Doctor Will See You Now.’

Paul Lenehan, a Dubliner now living in Arklow, County Wicklow, is a writer of long, short, and flash fiction. His current writing project is entitled ‘Tears For Things: 100 Stories of 100 Words’.

Stunning and surreal are the words of the day when it comes to Paul Lenehan’s ‘The Doctor Will See You Now.’ Paul Leneha...
15/08/2026

Stunning and surreal are the words of the day when it comes to Paul Lenehan’s ‘The Doctor Will See You Now.’

Paul Lenehan, a Dubliner now living in Arklow, County Wicklow, is a writer of long, short, and flash fiction. His current writing project is entitled ‘Tears For Things: 100 Stories of 100 Words’.

Editor Mina El Attar spoke with featured writer Mathieu Parsy about his essay ‘Cranes.’ The full interview is posted to ...
13/08/2026

Editor Mina El Attar spoke with featured writer Mathieu Parsy about his essay ‘Cranes.’ The full interview is posted to our site now.

Mathieu Parsy is a Canadian writer who grew up on the French Riviera. He now lives in Toronto and works in the travel industry. His writing has appeared in publications such as Bending Genres, Maudlin House, Does It Have Pockets, and elsewhere. Follow him on Instagram at Mathieu Parsy.

From Mathieu Parsy comes a very compelling essay called ‘Cranes,’ available to read now!Mathieu Parsy is a Canadian writ...
13/08/2026

From Mathieu Parsy comes a very compelling essay called ‘Cranes,’ available to read now!

Mathieu Parsy is a Canadian writer who grew up on the French Riviera. He now lives in Toronto and works in the travel industry. His writing has appeared in publications such as Bending Genres, Maudlin House, Does It Have Pockets, and elsewhere. Follow him on Instagram at Mathieu Parsy.

Laura Jensen spoke with Stephen Doyle about his very poignant piece, ‘The Undertakers.’Stephen Doyle is a writer from Be...
07/08/2026

Laura Jensen spoke with Stephen Doyle about his very poignant piece, ‘The Undertakers.’

Stephen Doyle is a writer from Belfast. He is a medical doctor (MB B*h BAO Hons) and holds a PhD in Medical Education that heavily incorporates Lacanian Psychoanalysis. He is a winner of the Irish Writer’s Centre Novel Fair 2025.

Surprise, it’s more fiction! From Stephen Doyle comes ‘The Undertakers,’ available now.Stephen Doyle is a writer from Be...
07/08/2026

Surprise, it’s more fiction! From Stephen Doyle comes ‘The Undertakers,’ available now.

Stephen Doyle is a writer from Belfast. He is a medical doctor (MB B*h BAO Hons) and holds a PhD in Medical Education that heavily incorporates Lacanian Psychoanalysis. He is a winner of the Irish Writer’s Centre Novel Fair 2025.

From Hannah Gibson comes a slightly unsettling piece called ‘Woodworm,’ which is truly a delight to read.Hannah Gibson l...
05/08/2026

From Hannah Gibson comes a slightly unsettling piece called ‘Woodworm,’ which is truly a delight to read.

Hannah Gibson lives and writes in Belfast. She is a community and trade union organiser. Gibson writes essay and short fiction. Recent work can be found in Cat Flap, Polyester Zine, Le***an Art Circle, and Abridged, amongst others.

What’s harder: family, or dealing with the consequences of our actions? Matt Georgeson dives into both with his short st...
01/08/2026

What’s harder: family, or dealing with the consequences of our actions? Matt Georgeson dives into both with his short story, ‘Cicadas,’ out now.

Matt Georgeson is a writer from Australia. He’s nominally a lawyer and political adviser, but more enthusiastically a lover of nature, bicycles, and creative work that promotes positive change or bends the mind. His writing has recently been published in The Colored Lens and the Newcastle Short Story Award Anthology.

This narrator is truly having a terrible time. From Greg Flynn comes ‘My Daily Undoing,’ posted on our site now.Greg Fly...
30/07/2026

This narrator is truly having a terrible time. From Greg Flynn comes ‘My Daily Undoing,’ posted on our site now.

Greg Flynn is an Irish writer whose work has appeared in Folding Rock, Sonder Magazine, The Belfast Review and Sparks Literary Journal. His fiction has been shortlisted for the Write by the Sea Festival Short Story Prize and other awards. He lives in County Kildare with his wife and two dogs, neither of whom has shown the slightest interest in his stories.

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