Mark Burrow

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I have 90 stories published in 4 collections on the site.
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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

Waiting for this

Alan pressed the buzzer. A young girl answered. He liked what greeted him. Short skirt. A tee-shirt showing a firm and sizeable pair - very tidy, he thought, stepping by as she closed the door.
Cherry

You say one thing

As I lay here now, thinking about that night, I wonder about myself. How I let what happened happen.
Cherry

Leading the board

Few places could steal your dignity like an office. Its set hours. Clean desk policies. Endless meetings. Health and safety.

The Bright Side

Elaine is a northerner and she is happy when Manchester United win a football match. “How are we this morning?” she said, perkily. “We need to change these sheets, don’t we?"
Cherry

The visit

A passer-by wouldn’t notice the white plastic handle fastened next to the front door.

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205 of my comments have received 216 Great Feedback votes

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Or "When Helen Left Robert".

Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021

Or "When Helen Left Robert". This made me laugh. It's nicely done.  

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Brilliantly done. Some great

Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021

Brilliantly done. Some great turns of phrase but I love "slick of oil at the boundaries of time". 

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A nice piece for Bloomsday

Posted on Tue, 15 Jun 2021

A nice piece for Bloomsday Eve. 

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Posted in June 16

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It's well deserved! Thank you

Posted on Tue, 08 Jun 2021

It's well deserved! Thank you for posting it smiley

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Congratulations - This is our

Posted on Tue, 08 Jun 2021

Congratulations - This is our Pick of the Day! 

Please do feel free to share on Facebook and Twitter 

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I enjoyed this, M. The

Posted on Tue, 08 Jun 2021

I enjoyed this, M. The honesty comes across and carries the reader through to the end. Good stuff. 

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Lovely poem, SJ. Evocative

Posted on Mon, 07 Jun 2021

Lovely poem, SJ. Evocative and moving. 

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His short stories are

Posted on Tue, 01 Jun 2021

His short stories are generally terrifc too. He wrote on speed and went mad at the end but there are some absolute crackers in there. 

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Check out A Scanner Darkly.

Posted on Tue, 01 Jun 2021

Check out A Scanner Darkly. That's probably his best, or The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. To be fair, Androids isn't up there with those two. 

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Enjoyed it, P. 

Posted on Tue, 01 Jun 2021

Enjoyed it, P. 

One of my favourite films. I love 2049 too. Strangely, I was disparaging of 2049 the first time I watched but now I'm bowled over by it.

However, nothing quite beats that opening sequence of the original. 

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