Marie McGrath
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Things that have saved me:
Animals
Music
Sense of Humor
Writing
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Straw Man
Part One of Three Fionn stood at the small window beside the front door looking out over the nearly barren fields. His da hadn’t got much off their wee bit of land for silage this past year. He had said to Fionn, “We may not get the full of it this year. And it’ll be wild expensive to buy from yerman. We may have to part with one of the heifers.”
By Marie McGrath11 months ago in Chapters
The Write Stuff
Vocal is many things to its many people: a meeting ground for those who love to write, particularly those who MUST write; a place to hone one's writing skills, be they narrative, lyrical, fiction or non- ; a rich source of material to while away many an hour in reading sessions that could continue, I'm sure, for months; and the gift of a platform where those of us who may have long toiled in obscurity find an outlet for what we feel compelled to share, where there is feedback and just the welcome opportunity to publish.
By Marie McGrath12 months ago in Critique
The Appointment Room
For Part One of this short story, please see The Appointment Room - Memoirs of a Mumbler. Helena followed Shelly to the center of the small room, where the examining table was prepared for her. She pulled herself to sitting position on it and waited for the usual investigation to find an accommodating vein for the IV.
By Marie McGrath12 months ago in Chapters
One Husband Too Many
Detective Jake Munn has been on the force for nearly 30 years. The job is wearing him down, and his relationship with alcohol is becoming tenuous. When a man is murdered outside a bar in the east end during the wee hours of the morning, the interviews he conducts seem to suggest coincidence, something Jake's never countenanced. His job allows no room for attachment, but his emotions have been affected by the widow he encountered in his last murder case.
By Marie McGrath12 months ago in Chapters
