Frances Macaulay Forde

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I have 87 stories published in 11 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 119935 times and 26 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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My stories

Valentine's Day Massacre

I got married on Valentine’s Day. That massacred the commercial celebration for me forever! But I’m not bitter. Perhaps I should explain… It’s...

Inspiration

Why do I now prefer writing in my bedroom when I have a perfectly good study - a space cleared for thought? I feel inspired to dream while I’m awake...

ReUnion

stepping softly you trod the path to my front door never rang the bell played favourite songs over and over until senses on overload surrounded by...

Koffee Korner Kafé

Rows of Midleton houses seem to sail in the crisp, Irish air with branches of hundred- year-old trees, bared for winter cold, age- weighted,...

In My African Childhood...

In My African childhood We lived next door to a ‘church’, could hear their fervent chest-beating, shouting at all times of the day and night. So...

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