Mark Burrow

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I have 88 stories published in 4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 250454 times and 233 of my stories have been cherry picked.
207 of my 1,150 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 217 votes

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Stories. Flash. Works in progress.

My novella, Coo, is published by Alien Buddha Press and can be found here http://tinyurl.com/CooMarkBurrow
 

My stories

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Bird Hex Accusation

He was replacing the diverter valve on a boiler, or trying to, as a small dog kept scampering into the tiny bathroom, yap-yapping. A young woman with a crying newborn baby sat in the living room of the flat, shouting for the dog to come back.
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the ward

thin tubes pipe oxygen
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night of the armed siege

the bloke who lives two-doors down
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seafront

always
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end of the pier

singing Jerusalem in a mouldy church with a handful of strangers

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207 of my comments have received 217 Great Feedback votes

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Really enjoyed this. My

Posted on Tue, 31 Oct 2023

Really enjoyed this. My settings are definitely wrong. 

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Posted in Parcel for you....Part 6

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Congrats, this fast paced and

Posted on Mon, 21 Aug 2023

Congrats.  This fast paced and funny piece, with a very clear & distinctive voice, is our Pick of the Day -- please do share on social.   

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Posted in A Dose of Frogs

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Always entertaining. Always

Posted on Mon, 24 Apr 2023

Always entertaining. Always superbly written. This is our Pick of the Day -- please do share on social

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Posted in Am I a Snob?

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Congrats -- this is our Pick

Posted on Mon, 10 Apr 2023

Congrats -- this is our Pick of the Day. Please do share on Social. 

Remember to check out Part II here https://www.abctales.com/story/donignacio/hidden-...

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Posted in Hidden in the Mayonnaise (Part 1)

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Convenience supposedly

Posted on Tue, 04 Apr 2023

Convenience supposedly bringing people closer together, but technology making them more isolated and estranged from themselves and others. I suspect this idea is brought to you by the same kind of geniuses who came up with council estates. ...

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Posted in The 15-minute city

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I thiought it had Black

Posted on Tue, 07 Feb 2023

I thought it had Black Mirror vibes about it. I think this is one of my favourite things I've read by you. I personally love sci-fi. The best always created a world like ours and then tilted reality slightly. I guess the difference now is that...

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Posted in The Edge of Heaven

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Congrats -- this is our Pick

Posted on Tue, 07 Feb 2023

Congrats -- this is our Pick of the Day. Please do share on Facebook, Twitter et al! 

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Posted in The Edge of Heaven

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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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Posted in Flamingo Hotel. Bookings Now Open.

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Really enjoyed this, Sean.

Posted on Sat, 24 Aug 2024

Really enjoyed this, Sean. Need to catch up with the other chapters but I liked the eccentricities and idiosyncrancies of the characters and the town. The horror of no bog roll was also well done. 

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Posted in A Savage Poindexter

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This is fantastic, Itane.

Posted on Sat, 31 Aug 2024

This is fantastic, Itane. That narrator's voice is pitch perfect. 

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Posted in Our ways to be free

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