Stray Bullets

By E.S. Haggan

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Having served over thirty years in the RUC / PSNI I was medically retired with CPTSD. Dissociative Identity Disorder also evolved in me as a residue of CPTSD. I wrote a novel, 'The Bitter End of Dreams', through which I hoped to reflect the experiences of working class folk caught in the grip of a sectarian conflict. I set my story in Belfast, but replaced the Judeo-Christian god with that of Mithras. I also gave Northern Ireland an extra county. Such counterfactual alterations opened up for me the opportunity to place my story deep within the NI Troubles without being shackled to specific timelines, events and real people - thus avoiding the risk of libelling anyone, while being able to write a story, familiar to many, and retaining a sense of place and the tragedy of the Troubles. ​​I'm going to talk openly about elements of policing the Troubles, religion, politics, sectarianism and our toxic ideologies. I've explored these topics in my novel, as well as the placing of actual events and atrocities; albeit heavily disguised or deeply submerged in subtext.​​To better frame my thoughts I will, firstly, discuss each chapter in sequence before reading that chapter. In this way I should be able to complete a spoken word version of my novel while using the opportunity it provides to elaborate on its creation process in the context of the NI Troubles.​​Thank you.

Episode Date
Doorstep Shootings Part II: Tunnel Vision
Mar 01, 2024
Doorstep Shootings in Northern Ireland. Part I: Just a Uniform
Dec 28, 2023
Briefing Book
Dec 16, 2023
Use of Force: Behind the Baton Gun with an RUC Officer
Sep 23, 2023
Unfinished Revolutions? Dissident Irish Republicanism and its Ideology of Violence
Aug 05, 2023
Blue Lights: PSNI Police Procedural TV Drama. How realistic is it? Part II
Jun 03, 2023
Blue Lights: PSNI Police Procedural TV Drama. How realistic is it? Part I
May 19, 2023
An undraped fire, flashes its fire within
Apr 10, 2023
From Banality to Atrocity?
Feb 08, 2023
In Bloody Protest For A Glorious Thing Part II
Jan 08, 2023
In Bloody Protest For A Glorious Thing Part I
Nov 04, 2022
Imagined Communities: The RUC and Loyalism
Sep 09, 2022
A Rope of Smoke, A Noose of Fire
Aug 02, 2022
The Gulf In The Eye Of The Other
Jun 10, 2022
The Murder Corridor
May 07, 2022
No Small Mercy
Mar 25, 2022
Nothing Personal
Feb 23, 2022
The Dialogue of Shadows
Jan 03, 2022
Belfast: A Tale of Two Cities. Part One
Dec 12, 2021
Episode One: Why a Northern Ireland Troubles novel, and why Mithras?
Nov 14, 2021