‘Dies Irae’, ‘Her Trademark’, ‘Melancholy Baby’ and ‘We Might See Sights!’ from We Might See Sights! (Volume) © Julia O’Faolain, 1968. First published in Great Britain in 1968 by Faber & Faber.
‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary’ from The London Magazine, 4, 1969 © Julia O’Faolain, 1969. Published in Great Britain in Man in the Cellar (Volume) in 1974 by Faber & Faber.
‘Man in the Cellar’ and ‘The Knight’ from Man in the Cellar (Volume) © Julia O’Faolain, 1974. First published in Great Britain in 1974 by Faber & Faber.
‘Oh My Monsters!’ from New Review, 1976 © Julia O’Faolain, 1976. Published in Great Britain in Daughters of Passion (Volume) in 1982 by Penguin.
‘Daughters of Passion’ from Hudson Review, 1980 © Julia O’Faolain, 1980. Published in Great Britain in Daughters of Passion (Volume) in 1982 by Penguin.
‘Rum and Coke’ from Scripsi, Vol. 1, 1981 © Julia O’Faolain, 1981. Published in Great Britain in Best Short Stories 1994, edited by Giles Gordon and David Hughes, by Heinemann.
‘Will You Please Go Now’ from Company, 1981 © Julia O’Faolain, 1981. Published in Great Britain in Daughters of Passion (Volume) in 1982 by Penguin.
‘Diego’ and ‘Legend for a Painting’ from Daughters of Passion (Volume) © Julia O’Faolain, 1982. First published in Great Britain in 1982 by Penguin.
‘Under the Rose’ from The New Yorker, February 28, 1994 © Julia O’Faolain, 1994. Published in Great Britain in Best Short Stories 1995, edited by Giles Gordon and David Hughes, by Heinemann.
‘The Religious Wars of 1944’ from The New Yorker, May 23, 1994 © Julia O’Faolain, 1994. Published in Great Britain in New Writing 4, edited by A. S. Byatt and Alan Hollinghurst, in 1995 by Vintage in association with the British Council.
‘The Widow’s Boy’ from Alternative Loves, edited by David Marcus (Volume) © Julia O’Faolain, 1994. First published in Ireland in 1994 by Martello Books.
‘Man of Aran’ from New Writing 5, edited by Christopher Hope and Peter Porter (Volume) © Julia O’Faolain, 1996. First published in Great Britain in 1996 by Vintage in association with the British Council.
‘The Corbies’ Communion’ from The London Magazine, April/May 1999 © Julia O’Faolain, 1999. Published in Great Britain in Phoenix Irish Short Stories 2003, edited by David Marcus, in 2003 by Phoenix.
‘In a Small Circus’ from Sightlines, edited by P. D. James and Harriet Harvey Wood (Volume) © Julia O’Faolain, 2001. First published in Great Britain in 2001 by Vintage.
‘Pop Goes the Weasel’ from Scéalta: Short Stories by Irish Women, edited by Rebecca O’Connor (Volume) © Julia O’Faolain, 2006. First published in Great Britain in 2006 by Telegram Books.