Frances Macaulay Forde
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I have 108 stories published in
11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 160653 times
and 27 of my stories have been cherry picked.
35 of my 466 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 35 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.
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My stories
Yellow Days
PHOTO: My sketch of yellow fields of Canola in Spring. Yellow Days Driving through Toodyay in late August before Spring arrives officially yellow...
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Garfunkle's Restaurant
Breakfast at Garfunkle’s (restaurant - Heathrow) Scene 1 blond body-perfect She wears corporate black casually draped label scarf her highlight-...
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A Second Chance
A Second Chance Hearing a Corella cry as it flies across grey skies, Anticipating the squall, clear showers of life. Gutters flow from Heaven to...
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Pigs Might Fly...
The result of a coffee catch-up with a friend in a wildflower cafe. We were impressed with the metal sculpture hanging in a tree and challenged each...
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- 207 reads
Two Hands
My Mum's favourite piece of African art hung in our lounge in Zambia, ever since I can remember. My niece treasures it now, here in Australia.
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A Day Trip
Posted on Thu, 10 Mar 2022
Gave me a giggle, Luigi - thank you. Sounds like your trip was in fact, perfect!
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Very amusing - excellent
Posted on Mon, 16 Mar 2020
Very amusing - excellent characters too. Is this a book or the concept of a TV Series script? Made me think of the Irish Series, Father Ted, so I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
Read full commentPosted in An Ill Wind
Loved it!
Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2015
Such an achingly heart-full poem, full of warmth and memory utilising all the senses at once. Love the journey, the lyrical approach and the final lines closing the circle of storytelling with a truth. Love, love, loved it, Tina! Thank you...
Read full commentPosted in 'The Borrowers' (Poetry Monthly)
Wow!
Posted on Mon, 20 Jan 2014
Wow! Such a beautifully wrought poem - the best I've read today and I have read quite a few in the last couple of hours... This is such a wonderful fascility to showcase talented but hitherto unknown (to me) writers.
Telling the story of...
Read full commentPosted in As Autumn Leaves
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