John P Barrett John Barrett

Colin Barrett (born April 26, 1982) is an Irish Canadian writer. He launched his writing career with the 2009 publication of "Let's Go Kill Ourselves" in The Stinging Fly, upon which he fostered a relationship with the magazine's co-founder, Declan Meade. In 2013, The Stinging Fly Press published Young Skins, a cycle of seven stories set in the fictional town of Glanbeigh, County Mayo. Barrett followed the critical success of his first short story collection with a second, Homesickness, in 2022;…