Mark Burrow
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I have 103 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 156006 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
Leading the board
Few places could steal your dignity like an office. Its set hours. Clean desk policies. Endless meetings. Health and safety.
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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?"
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The visit
A passer-by wouldn’t notice the white plastic handle fastened next to the front door.
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Baby likes
‘Shots.’ ‘Not tequila. Tequila makes me ill.’ ‘No, tequila’s awesome.’ ‘Sambuca?’ ‘I hate aniseed.’
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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?’
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Excellent. This was my
Posted on Mon, 13 Jul 2020
Excellent. This was my favourite part:
Right there in the middle of the city, a field.
Noodle stalls watch suspiciously as we move
Through the chicken fog, spitting pans, and away
To a field of wet grass and...
Read full commentPosted in The Storm Of A Thousand Years
This is spuddy great!
Posted on Tue, 07 Jul 2020
This is spuddy great!
Read full commentPosted in Boiled, Deep-fried, Steamed and Mashed
Haha! I'm intrigued by the
Posted on Tue, 07 Jul 2020
Haha! I'm intrigued by the horn, poodle and WD40. Yes, it needs more. Agreed .The challenge I set myself was to keep it at 250 words. I want to write v short pieces while trying to finish a longer piece of work. I should try another version to...
Read full commentPosted in Not too Much to Ask
Wistful is the word. It has
Posted on Sun, 14 Jun 2020
Wistful is the word. It has this sense of memories ebbing and flowing. "We can make-believe it's Sunday, when the silence is only the pause before we begin again..." Superb.
Read full commentPosted in Shark Eye Shell
I love how the imagery and
Posted on Tue, 09 Jun 2020
I love how the imagery and dialogue are interlaced. The cloud imagery against the shop works really well together. You build a mood of lives changing in mundane moments, especially in the exchange where the guy says, "Shur I’ve me whole life...
Read full commentPosted in You Wouldn't Call It An Earthquake Exactly
I liked how this immediately
Posted on Sat, 23 May 2020
I liked how this immediately carried me along. It's hard to do so hats off. Some cracking turns of phrase too - "the cold flannel of facts". I might have to use that!
Thanks for posting this.
Read full commentPosted in How To Be Authentic
It's fantastic news, Drew,
Posted on Sat, 09 May 2020
It's fantastic news, Drew, and well deserved. What I enjoyed the most about Flamingo is the energy and that it didn't sound like anyone else. It reminded me of other writers I admire but you have your own style and craft and that'll see you...
Read full commentPosted in Flamingo Dreams
I always think of ghosts as
Posted on Fri, 08 May 2020
I always think of ghosts as our most powerful memories.
Lovely poem.
Read full commentPosted in All the lost places
This caught some of the
Posted on Sun, 03 Nov 2019
This caught some of the feelings I've had but never thought to put into words.
Really liked this: we darted the portrait galleries / of these fragments of lives / chipped into stone.
Superb.
Read full commentPosted in Graveyards
Enjoyed this -- lyrical and
Posted on Sat, 26 Oct 2019
Enjoyed this -- lyrical and strangely fierce at the same time.
Read full commentPosted in Wood Anemones
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