Press Kit

In 2015, Mulhern was awarded a fully funded Creative Writing Fellowship to the University of Oxford’s Exeter College on the strength of his writing, and his work earned a grade of First Class. That same year, a story of his was shortlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize. In 2017, his story “Blindfolded” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He has been shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award, nominated for Best of the Net, and named a Finalist for the Tuscany Prize in Catholic Fiction for his story “Assumptions.” He is the founder of Silver Current Press, which publishes literary fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.

“A luminous, beautifully told fairy tale grounded in history and elevated by spirit.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred), on Give Them Unquiet Dreams

“Give Them Unquiet Dreams is brilliant; it’s most highly recommended.” —Readers’ Favorite, on Give Them Unquiet Dreams

“Well-written, complex characters and a fantastic voice.” —The Missouri Review, on A Prayer for Home

• —Writing the Irish Catholic Boston of Give Them Unquiet Dreams
• —Founding and running a literary press
• —Teaching American literature to inner-city students for three decades
• —The role of the gothic in contemporary literary fiction
• —Poetry and place—Boston, Philadelphia, and Pompano Beach
• —The craft of the short story collection
• —The literary contest world from a judge’s point of view