The Catalog
Novels, novellas, short story collections, poetry, and nonfiction — most published by Silver Current Press in Philadelphia. Every cover links to its Amazon page.
Novel · 2019 · Kirkus Starred Review
A novel about the haunted territory of family — what we inherit, what we conceal, and what eventually surfaces in the slow weather of memory. Set in 1970s Irish Catholic Boston and told in the patient, deliberate sentences for which Mulhern has become known.
"A luminous, beautifully told fairy tale grounded in history and elevated by spirit." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)View on Amazon
The Full Catalog
Novels, story collections, poetry, and nonfiction — spanning more than two decades of literary work and more than three hundred journal and anthology appearances.
Novel · 2019
Literary fiction with paranormal elements set in 1970s Irish Catholic Boston — a novel of haunted families, inherited silences, and the slow weather of memory.
Novel · 2016
A literary coming-of-age novel set in Italian-American Boston — featuring a strong female protagonist whose spirit Mulhern traces to Defoe's Moll Flanders. Kirkus-reviewed, Readers' Favorite recognized.
Story Collection
Short fiction in the tradition of Flannery O'Connor, James Joyce, and Edgar Allan Poe — interior, observed, with the "storytelling prowess of the contemporary Irish masters" (Readers' Favorite).
Novella · 2016
A spare, lyrical novella praised by The Missouri Review for its "well-written, complex characters" and "fantastic voice." A Wishing Shelf Red Ribbon Winner that "literally jumps off the page."
THE WEIGHT
OF SMALL
MERCIES
James Mulhern
Novel · Forthcoming
A new novel from Silver Current Press — about the quiet kindnesses that hold a life together, and the ones that almost did. Told in the patient, deliberate sentences for which Mulhern has become known.
MIA BAMBINA
& OTHER
STORIES
James Mulhern
Story Collection · Forthcoming
A new collection of short fiction — sharper-edged, atmospheric, and shadowed. The forthcoming Silver Current Press story collection, in paperback and hardcover.
HOW TO
ANALYZE
LITERATURE
Second Edition · J. Mulhern
Nonfiction · Textbook · Forthcoming
The second edition of Mulhern's textbook on close reading and literary analysis — a practical, voice-driven guide for college classrooms and serious readers alike.
Poetry · 2020
A collection of poetry from a writer shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award and nominated for Best of the Net — work published widely across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.
Selected Appearances
Work by James Mulhern has appeared in international literary journals and anthologies more than three hundred times. A selection of the most notable volumes follows. Starred entries (★) mark "best of" and signature collections.
Selected fiction and poetry has additionally appeared in The Missouri Review, The Galway Review, Academy of the Heart and Mind, Fragmented Voices, and many other journals.
In the Press
"A luminous, beautifully told fairy tale grounded in history and elevated by spirit."
— Kirkus Reviews · Starred
