Mark Say

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My stories

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Elephant Dung

Love turns sour as two people stare at a painting that uses more than paint. (Inspired by Chris Ofili)
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Lucas (part 2/2)

A ventriloquist's dummy hits hard times
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Lucas (part 1/2)

A ventriloquist's dummy hits hard times
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The Straw Man (part 2/2)

A young boy is distressed by what his father does to a scarecrow
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The Straw Man (part 1/2)

A young boy is distressed by what his father does to a scarecrow

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143 of my comments have received 144 Great Feedback votes

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Works well

Posted on Mon, 21 Jan 2019

I think it takes some time - maybe a little too long - for the tension to build, but once the creature emerges it's effective, and the twist at the end works nicely.

You need to be more consistent in your quotes: it changes between one and...

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Posted in When a Cold Wind Whistles

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Clever idea ...

Posted on Tue, 01 Jan 2019

... and a charming tale. Nice one ked.

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Posted in Closing Chapters and Starting New Ones (IP)

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Is this a morality tale?

Posted on Sun, 16 Dec 2018

Not sure, but it's s slyly funny, entertaining story that builds a nice air of intrigue and comes to a satsifying conclusion. Nice on Assassin.

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Posted in A Light Supper

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Nice piece

Posted on Fri, 23 Nov 2018

I liked the gentle, suggestive quality of this, paintine some vivid pictures of the places and hinting at a connection through the sound of the piano. I couldn't help seeing it as the opening scenes of a European art house movie. Is it the...

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Posted in Melancholic pigeons from Berlin.

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Uplifting

Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2018

Considering it's an extract this works very well as a standalone piece. A credible slice of the type of angst that affects many people at some stage in their life, but with a nice uplifting conclusion. Good one Harry.

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Posted in Gift: A Son's Story (short extract 3)

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Very sad....

Posted on Fri, 10 Aug 2018

... but quite uplifting in a way as well, and the narrator's big choice is quite credible.

One typo: you talk about a temp making positive notices when I think you mean noises.

Very good story drew.

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Posted in Words to the Wise

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Very sad ...

Posted on Sun, 29 Jul 2018

... but powerful in its honesty. I'm sure a lot of people go through these emotions when a loved one who has been seriously ill for a long time passes away. And I like the way you convey that in a lot of little details about the narrator's life...

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Posted in Those Moments

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Very sad

Posted on Sat, 16 Jun 2018

This might come across as a bit too quick and a bit too brutal, but I'm sure it represents the way some people treat their children. It pulls together a lot about parental favouritism, impatience and a heartless competition between siblings that...

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Posted in Choose One Cake Only

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First rate story Kilb. I

Posted on Thu, 26 Apr 2018

First rate story Kilb. I liked the way you use a few details to convey Robert's memories of the marriage and the dynamics of the new relationships, and create an underlying tension with the lump in his stomach that couldn't realistically be...

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Posted in Something Hard Inside Him (Part 2)

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It rings so true

Posted on Wed, 07 Feb 2018

As someone who was once an occasional, and unwilling goalkeeper on Sunday mornings, I can identify with this completely. The sense of desolation does take one to a spiritual place that would have been a great inspiration to Shakespeare.

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Posted in The Hapless Goal Keeper at Yeadon

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