Mark Burrow

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Small Town Insurrection

By Mark Burrow on Fri, 30 Sep 2022

I walked through the maze of streets and alleyways, trying to remember how to reach the town square. Seagulls circled above me, swooping low over my head and crying out like I was a scrap of food to be snaffled in their beaks.

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Alabaster Conjugal 4.1

By Mark Burrow on Fri, 08 Jul 2022

Paul pawed at me and whimpered. I guessed he wanted a walk and was hungry. I fed him the custard creams left by housekeeping on the tray on the table with the teas and coffees.

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Alabaster Conjugal 4

By Mark Burrow on Fri, 08 Jul 2022

Rita ran the only B&B I could find in X-On-Sea with a vacant room. She didn’t like the look of my black dog. “What’s it called?” she said.

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Alabaster Conjugal 3.2

By Mark Burrow on Wed, 08 Jun 2022

I opened the wine and swigged. The moon hadn’t judged me harshly. It was the sun I couldn’t trust.

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Order has been placed. I

Posted on Wed, 02 Sep 2020

Order has been placed. I really like the blue of your kitchen -- definitely taking notes for when I finally get on the property ladder next year.

And a very enjoyable read.

I suggested Vonnegut to someone I used to work with and...

Posted in Flamingo Hotel. Bookings Now Open.

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A moving story that I'm sure

Posted on Sun, 08 Jan 2023

A moving story that I'm sure will strike a chord with many people who read it. Nicely done, too.

I love the detail of the TV flickering whenever a text message was sent.

Posted in Time solves everything

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Nice to read more of these,

Posted on Thu, 05 Jan 2023

Nice to read more of these, Sean. Great stuff.

I remember the film and everyone reading Danny Sugarman's, No One Here Gets Out Alive. Lots of wannabe Morrisons strutting around in my college in Putney. I was one of them. I bought a...

Posted in The D's in French

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After spending what felt like

Posted on Fri, 30 Dec 2022

After spending what felt like three hours drying the dogs today, I'm looking forward to "sunlight hot".

Enjoyed this. Had a rhythm to it,

'Frizzling' is a great word.

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Has an imagist feel about it.

Posted on Wed, 14 Dec 2022

Has an imagist feel about it. Nicely done, as ever.

Posted in Mid-Winter

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Btw -- I don't think anyone

Posted on Fri, 30 Sep 2022

Btw -- I don't think anyone can "do" Flamingo!

Looking forward to Kuper's.

Posted in Small Town Insurrection

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Cheers, Drew. Thanks for

Posted on Fri, 30 Sep 2022

Cheers, Drew. Thanks for reading. Probably the four books I was thinking before starting the WIP were RB's Sombrero, Anna Kavan's Ice, Ishiguro's The Unconsoled and Venedikt Yerofeyev's Moscow Stations (one of my all time favourites). I don't...