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I have 88 stories published in 2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 455506 times and 90 of my stories have been cherry picked.
47 of my 2,187 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 49 votes

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Coral Jane

Once upon a time I was an artist living on the beach somewhere in Devon. Since then there have been many changes in my life...

Coral Jane Macpherson 

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Killing the killers

Not for the faint-hearted. Just a way of releasing the anger regarding the preventable death of my daughter resulting from the side effects of a drug now known to be responsible for over 400 deaths a year.
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AND SO IT IS

And so it is as a planet mourns and the grey sleepless days and nights of grief and isolation build to an inevitable crescendo In Spring, the daily...
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Blue

The recent loss of my firstborn has brought back the pain of another loss...
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Branwell Clinic

As I'm finding it difficult to write at the moment, I will continue to let my daughter Julia (Overthetop1) live on through her own writing, until I am ready. Coral Jane (seashore).
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One-armed combat

Yet another of Julia's posthumous pieces (Overthetop1). Hard-hitting, but that's the way she was.

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47 of my comments have received 49 Great Feedback votes

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So pleased for you Terry (and

Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2023

So pleased for you Terry (and for me and my girl too) x

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Posted in You Never Said

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No you may not be fine, but

Posted on Thu, 20 Oct 2016

No you may not be fine, but your description of not being fine, resonates.

I'm not fine either by the way.

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Posted in Anxiety

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A little beauty of a poem.

Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024

A little beauty of a poem.

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Posted in Our Soil

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Ah, thanks so much for the congrats insert

Posted on Sat, 17 Feb 2024

I came close to deleting this but glad I didn't. Might just rest on my cherries - I mean laurels - for a bit. This took a few weeks and several drafts, but it's good to be creative again...

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Posted in Killing the killers

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Thank you marandina. The idea

Posted on Sat, 17 Feb 2024

Thank you marandina. The idea originally came from my other daughter (a psychologist) - a technique she used during her own grief. I forgot about it until another wave hit me hard - so with the encouragement of a good friend (who knew my...

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Posted in Killing the killers

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This particular sort of thing...

Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024

...is very much my sort of thing Terry.
I knew you wouldn't stay away from Abc for long.
I remember a time (probably about 10 years ago) when I was totally addicted.
So much has happened in the intervening years (mostly not good...

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Posted in This Sort of Thing - January 2024 - Main Course

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Ah a quick cherry for the

Posted on Mon, 23 Oct 2023

Ah a quick cherry for the insomniac! No surprises there. I'm resorting to counting my home moves, up to 30 soon as you know. Trouble is I get distracted worrying about the circumstances surrounding each move, how when and where, so it doesn't...

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Posted in Three O’Clock Sheep Club

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Oh dear, should I see myself

Posted on Wed, 28 Jun 2023

Oh dear, should I see myself amongst your foot clients here?

No, I definitely don't. And I hope you have appropriate (and genuine) letters after your name. I also hope you didn't give anyone cause to be prescribed antibiotics through...

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Posted in The Jammy Tax Dodger

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That's a lovely thing to say

Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2023

That's a lovely thing to say Terry, and means so much x

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Posted in You Never Said

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Lovely poem - can't believe

Posted on Wed, 27 Sep 2023

Lovely poem - can't believe you wrote that so soon after your return. How do you do it? I paint quickly but writing is a chore, draft after draft...

I'm still surprised you didn't bump into my ancestor- statues in Cork,Tipperary and...

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Posted in Beneath Cnoc Daod

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