The Four Faced Liar is a Cork-inspired and based, Irish-flavoured, internationally-facing journal publishing an eclectic mix of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, work in translation and visual art.


Our mission is to showcase emerging writers and artists, helping them on their creative and publishing journey. Where possible, we aim to offer constructive feedback to submitters whose work hasn’t quite made the cut. And we are committed to letting every submitter know the outcome of their submission.

We determined from the get-go to pay all our contributors for their work, and have been true to our word.

The four editors of the journal are Stephen Brophy, Patrick Holloway Rosie Morris, Lucy Holme. Writers ourselves, we work completely voluntarily to bring each issue to print.

Issue One was published thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign. We are thankful for the financial support of Cork City Council which, along with the individual donations via the ‘Buy us a Coffee’ scheme, and a donation from an anonymous benefactor, has enabled us to bring issue two to fruition.

Issue Two is out now.

Issue Three will open for submissions in Spring 2024.

Follow us on social media @the4facedlia.