Mark Burrow
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I have 75 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 62805 times
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My stories
Dayroom Conversation
It was the girls who starved themselves at school. Never the boys. No-one could explain why.
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Christopher L Johnson’s Heroic Act
People don’t understand what it is to be a hero. They think it’s about sport or the military. The obvious stuff that you see in documentaries and films.
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Weightless
In the beginning, the absence of a body bothered me. I‘d look in the mirror and get upset about my weightlessness. Like all bouts of anxiety and melancholy, it passed.
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Pigeon Variations - Ch 4 - Hero Grill Chef
The hotplate was vicious. Pyser had a shift with Phil one night. Phil was doing the usual. Two greasy wooden sticks to flip strips of chicken, pork, beef, fish, whatever the customers had given them in a bowl to cook.
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Pigeon Variations - Ch 1 - Control
There was this itching sensation swarming over Pyser. He knew something was wrong with him. It went under the skin. Into his blood stream.
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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...
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This is tremendous writing,
Posted on Tue, 06 Apr 2021
This is tremendous writing, Di_Hard. It sweeps you along.
Read full commentPosted in to pick up time
This is a treat. "The careful
Posted on Thu, 08 Apr 2021
This is a treat. "The careful politics of birds" is a brilliant turn of phrase. Robins definitely suffer small man syndrome (random fact: think my favourite discovery while living out in the countryside has been the song thrush).
Very...
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Decumbent is my new favourite
Posted on Fri, 02 Apr 2021
Decumbent is my new favourite word.
Weeds are underrated.
Lovely poem.
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Lovely cinematic feel to this
Posted on Thu, 01 Apr 2021
Lovely cinematic feel to this. Is it part of a novel? Out of interest -- you ever tried a film script?
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Thanks so much -- that 's a
Posted on Sat, 27 Mar 2021
Thanks so much Insert -- that 's a lovely surprise. Saw my family yesterday for the first time since August and then came back to see this: a good day.
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Haha! It's not easy being
Posted on Sat, 27 Mar 2021
Haha! It's not easy being alone in Lockdown Mr Say!!
To paraphrase Bill Hicks, I'm just that one vertebrae away!
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I liked this Luigi -- pretty
Posted on Thu, 25 Mar 2021
I liked this Luigi -- pretty sure a lot of people out there will feel the same.
I always loved that quote from Philip K Dick: “There will come a time when it isn't: 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore'. Eventually, it will be...
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A joy to read. Skilfully done
Posted on Tue, 16 Mar 2021
A joy to read. Skilfully done too.
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No problem (by the way, I
Posted on Tue, 16 Mar 2021
No problem (by the way, I realise this isn't just about summer!!).
Read full commentPosted in June
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