The Pink Cage, a tale of a girl with hair the colour of day-old snow and a love that is not quite forbidden. The girl in question is Astrid Johnson, a 26-year-old freelance proofreader and DJ who has eyes that do their own thing. Astrid inhabits two distinct worlds, a world of beats and flashing lights and a world of dusty books and seawater. A cool, fearless type, Astrid is persuaded to go on a skiing trip for the visually impaired. The night before the trip, the sexual tension between Astrid and Jazz, the man with three names, explodes...
Derbhile Dromey is a freelance writer, living by the sea in South-East Ireland. She holds a BA in English and History and an MA in Journalism. Her work has appeared in the Irish Independent, Irish Examiner and numerous trade magazines. Five essays about her life as a visually impaired person were broadcast on Lyric FM's Quiet Quarter slot and one of them found its way into a book called The Quiet Quarter, Ten Years of Great Irish Writing. (New Island). She was shortlisted in the 2011 West Cork Literary Festival Short Story Competition and her work featured in an anthology of the shortlisted stories, From the Well. When not writing, she likes walking on the beach, drinking coffee and doing silly voices.