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Every Ballymena Man's Dream by Gerard McKeown

Someone has been leaving balls filled with concrete in public places for unsuspecting people to discover. Read by Seamus O'Hara.

Someone has been leaving footballs filled with concrete in public places for unsuspecting people to discover.

Or, in one case, try to kick.

Gerard McKeown's original short story read by Seamus O'Hara.

Gerard is a writer from Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

He was recently longlisted for the Retreat West 2020 Short Story Award and the 2019 BBC National Short Story Award.

His work has appeared in numerous anthologies including 'Still Worlds Turning' 2019 and 'The Black Dreams: Strange Stories from Northern Ireland' 2021.

Producer: Michael Shannon

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2021.

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14 minutes

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