Mark Burrow

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I have 94 stories published in 4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 204669 times and 230 of my stories have been cherry picked.
205 of my 1,142 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 216 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

Cherry

The bruise

I hold my arm aloft. The GP, a well-spoken man in his fifties, tells me ‘it’s only a bruise’. ‘Why won’t it go, then?’

English Country Garden

I could laze here among the weeds of the garden for a thousand years. Irene waters her roses next door, looking at me askance. I know you’re watching me Irene because I’m watching you.

All phone calls after midnight are bad calls

(2500 words) Pyser Lee slept badly on Sunday nights. He worried about the week ahead, work. Having finally drifted off, he didn't want to go to the kitchen and answer his ringing phone. 'You have to answer it,' said Miranda sleepily.
Cherry

White Space (Words 4291)

White Space (Words 4291) Lee Walker pressed down, down, down on the list of names until he saw Taylor Ball. He hesitated then dialled. After five rings, a voice: "Lee? "Mate, yeah. It's me, Lee.
Cherry

A Home Made Soup (words 5891)

There are these days¦Long days, when the sun is bright and the air a scented, brilliant blue; birds are singing and the ice cream men give their odd musical vans one final extra special clean with a sponge dunked in a bucket of hot soapy water because they know business is going to be good on days like these.

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205 of my comments have received 216 Great Feedback votes

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This is tremendous writing,

Posted on Tue, 06 Apr 2021

This is tremendous writing, Di_Hard. It sweeps you along.  

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Posted in to pick up time

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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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Posted in Who killed Cock Robin?

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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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Posted in A Lack of Application(s)

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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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Posted in Vernal Equinox

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Brilliantly funny. Superb. 

Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2021

Brilliantly funny. Superb. 

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Posted in Letters in the attic

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Hence me forgetting to gild

Posted on Mon, 08 Feb 2021

Hence me forgetting to gild the cherry! Sorry. Lovely poem. Sparked a lot of memories for me too and I like it when something I read does that. 

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This evocative take on a trip

Posted on Mon, 08 Feb 2021

This evocative take on a trip to view the Taj Mahal is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do like and share! 

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Posted in Mehtab Bagh (Moonlight Garden)

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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. 

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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! 

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Posted in A Secret Forest

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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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Posted in A Secret Forest

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