Local writer Imelda Carroll is to have her first collection of short stories published by Red Books Press. Making Waves contains 13 stories including The Elephant in the Room, which was short listed for the William Trevor Short Story Competition in 2008, The Frost, which came second in the WexWorlds Fantasy Festival Short Story Competition in 2015, and The Vigil, which won the inaugural Write by the Sea Short Story Competition in 2016.