Frances Macaulay Forde

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I have 87 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 119414 times and 26 of my stories have been cherry picked.
33 of my 418 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 33 votes

My stories

Cherry

Wardrobe Mistress

I stood in front of the wardrobe we shared and stared and stared. I had just seen her with overalls down below her knees, your familiar bare bum...

Unconditional

That moment when I realized you weren’t asleep, I couldn’t cry. I wanted to, thought I should, but I couldn’t shed tears for all those years when I...

Tall Tree Tanka

Unfortunately too many enjoy trying to fell tall trees when they should be hugged. We need to learn to look up. Frances Macaulay Forde © 2014

RECYCLED

Sociable weaver birds gather Kalahari sticks, grass, cotton to construct home trees for hundreds. Out-dated rest points built to carry distance wires...
Cherry

Red Umbrella

I see red when you raise spikes along the metal shaft, sharply snap it open, stretching the bright silk above your head I see red a mobile patio –...

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