James Mulhern
Author, Editor (anthology), Service Provider | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Mr. Mulhern has published fiction in several literary journals. The Missouri Review, considered one of the premier literary magazines in the United States, wrote that his novelette, A Prayer for Home, "impressed the editorial staff with its well-written, complex characters, themes of the piece, and.... more
Mr. Mulhern has published fiction in several literary journals. The Missouri Review, considered one of the premier literary magazines in the United States, wrote that his novelette, A Prayer for Home, "impressed the editorial staff with its well-written, complex characters, themes of the piece, and its fantastic voice." One of his stories was published in The Library’s Best, a collection of best short stories. In September of 2013, he was chosen as a finalist for the Tuscany Prize in Catholic Fiction.
Mr. Mulhern was awarded a writing fellowship to study at Oxford University's Exeter College in the United Kingdom during the summer of 2015. In September of 2015, two short stories received Honorable Mentions for the Short Story America Prize. Nine short stories/adaptions from his novel, Molly Bonamici, a dark comic mystery set in Boston and South Florida, have been accepted for publication in a variety of literary journals. Two of those short stories received awards. Additional stories will be published in literary journals at the end of November 2015, December 2015, four in January 2016, March 2016, November 2016, and two in an anthology sometime in 2016. In March 2016, he was shortlisted for the InkTears Short Story Contest.