Mark Burrow
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I have 103 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 156404 times
and 199 of my stories have been cherry picked.
168 of my 958 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 177 votes
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
All Architects Are Called Zach (Part 2, words, 1,756)
The sun was bleeding. A boy and girl were sitting in the stairwell of the flats, whispering together. They were the only people he had seen since being refused entry to the last pub.
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All Architects Are Called Zach (Part 1, words 1,838)
Freddy walked into his local. The door hadn’t swung shut behind him when he clocked the heads angling in his direction.
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Pan Out
It was a Friday night. I stood in the kitchen, thinking about a drink. I had been off booze for six weeks. Quitting was not easy. I had wanted to go...
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Tina
I caught this boy, Dan, gawping at my ankle chain in a maths class once… I was like, “Oi, Noncy Nonce, stop perving at me.” Everyone was cracking up...
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The Riots
The news showed footage of shop windows being smashed. Cars tipped on their sides and set alight. Rioters lobbed stones and bottles at the police. A...
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I desperately want to go back
Posted on Mon, 08 Feb 2021
I desperately want to go back to India now and spend a couple of months exploring again. Beautiful poem.
Read full commentPosted in Mehtab Bagh (Moonlight Garden)
Yeah, I was looking into
Posted on Thu, 28 Jan 2021
Yeah, I was looking into doing a trek across a section of the Alps before you know what happened. One day!
Read full commentPosted in A Secret Forest
Lovely poem. I was 19 when I
Posted on Thu, 28 Jan 2021
Lovely poem. I was 19 when I first saw the alps. I'll never forget it. You've captured that feeling here.
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Very lucky. I did Rajasthan
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
Very lucky. I did Rajasthan and then down to Goa (Arambol) for Christmas and New Year with friends (full moon parties!). I then decided I wanted alone time and travelled back up to Varanasi to watch the funeral pyres (moody). I found a room that...
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This is brilliant. I spent
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
This is brilliant. I spent three months in India. It's my favourite country by far and I'm determined to go back. You've really captured it here, especially the little details. The story bubbling underneath gives it real life. Nice one.
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Thank you for sharing this
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
Thank you for sharing this here – it’s a brave thing to do. I can only echo the support and advice of the others on this forum. There are links and numbers to services that are there to help you and people who will listen to what you have to say...
Read full commentPosted in How do you forgive a parent?
No problem. If these are the
Posted on Sat, 09 Jan 2021
No problem. If these are the stories you produce, I suggest you get on it as a matter of urgency. This is proper writing.
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Well deserved.
Posted on Mon, 04 Jan 2021
Well deserved.
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Really moving, Marandina. You
Posted on Mon, 04 Jan 2021
Really moving, Marandina. You've touched on something here. Thanks for posting it.
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Really enjoyed this -- I've
Posted on Mon, 28 Dec 2020
Really enjoyed this -- I've had the same reaction to this painting but not actually followed the thought process of why and you've hit the nail on the head.
Hope you've managed to have a lovely break.
Read full commentPosted in Why didn’t I really like it?
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