Frances Macaulay Forde
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11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 120244 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
Sue Coughlan
Although retired, I live on the Sunset Coast of Western Australia and occasionally write poetry & stories.
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IMDB: A short film made from my script on You Tube - 2006.
BLOG: francesmacaulayforde.wordpress.com
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My stories
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...
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- 145 reads
Write to Romance
Jessica drove furiously through familiar back streets - happy that she'd didn't have to travel to Cottesloe; being late for meetings at Tom Collins...
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Road Ribbons to Forever
still cold the orb lay low quick glimpse then hidden motor climbing to drown crow’s haunting early wake-up call blades of light chop dust and dirt...
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Sketching
I sat myself down on a low stone wall, a semi-circle that splits St Mary’s Road in two. I'm just visiting Midleton, you understand... But I fancied a...
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Never
What can you say when a dear friend passes away? That they were good and kind and loved my many? That they were respected and stood by their beliefs...
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Look up.
Posted on Sun, 27 Apr 2025
This resonated very well with me - both the idea and the Spitfire. However, I must confess to being most impressed by the Lancaster - that throbbing of engines as the large shadow engulfs those below... That sound reminds me of watching...
Read full commentPosted in Don't look up
Such an enveloping read.
Posted on Sat, 17 May 2025
Your narrative style appears so easy, so clean and clear but hard to do well. And you have done this well. Your experience evident in every paragraph. I so enjoyed your words and look forward to 'inhabiting' more of your life, Harry. Thank you...
Read full commentPosted in The Rest of My Life: First Day...
A scary memory.
Posted on Fri, 25 Apr 2025
A terrifyingly instinctive moment captured so well, as many have already said. Obviously your writing has impact, demonstrated by so many interesting comments. Congratulations on the cherries too. You've inspired me to write of a similar...
Read full commentPosted in More Than We Bargained For
Next year...
Posted on Fri, 26 Aug 2022
We explored the possibilities in Ireland for 14 months, came home and got married. Next year we will celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary, Di_Hard. Thanks for reading. :-)
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Congratulations!
Posted on Sun, 24 Apr 2022
Congratulations, Jennifer.
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Photograph
Posted on Wed, 20 Apr 2022
...and I loved your words which take us on a seeminly visual journey but in fact are a study in your tactile personality. This work perfectly wrapped up in feelings, like your previous 'Cages' perfectly wrapped up with the scent of smoke. Both...
Read full commentPosted in Photograph
Cages
Posted on Wed, 20 Apr 2022
Such an interesting introspective of light and shade, good and evil, hot and cold, the threat of war, home as a prison, past and present, possessions which define us... I loved it.
Well-deserved cherries too - congratulations!
I...
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I agree
Posted on Sat, 16 Apr 2022
I agree - wonderful words! Congratulations on the well-deserved cherries too.
Read full commentPosted in Kernow Song
Easy.
Posted on Mon, 03 Jan 2022
There's such an ease in your writing. You make it look easy when I know it's not. You cleverly wind your words into stories and reel us in. :-)
Read full commentPosted in Three Women at the Estuary
So much information.
Posted on Sun, 17 Feb 2019
Wow - thank you for the mention of Clan MacAulay. I am in the process of tracing my family tree so this gives me (very possibly) another ancient branch.
Read full commentPosted in Descent from Kings - The Royal Clans
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