Mark Burrow
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I have 97 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 147380 times
and 191 of my stories have been cherry picked.
148 of my 874 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 154 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
Minefield
Too close to the playground. I told Pete we needed to stay by the garages, near our block of flats, but he never listened. We got spotted by the older boys who hung about by the swings.
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Danger Mouse
The outsourced HR lady had a mole on her cheek and I swear it expanded as the videocall went on. “We appreciate all the hard work you’ve done for us and we’ve really considered every option available. This hasn’t been an easy decision.”
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Death of a Power Station
The four giant chimneys stick up like the legs of a table turned upside down. Smoke used to billow out of those stacks. Thick black plumes rising into the sky.
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The Grizzling
Anne scrunched up a wet flannel and pressed it against my eye. The coldness made me flinch.
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Dayroom Conversation
It was the girls who starved themselves at school. Never the boys. No-one could explain why.
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This really flows beautifully
Posted on Tue, 05 Apr 2022
This really flows beautifully. Loved it.
Read full commentPosted in Life Through a Prism
That's wonderful and I'm very
Posted on Sun, 13 Mar 2022
That's wonderful and I'm very grateful given all the superb writing across the site. Thank you!
Read full commentPosted in Nor There
Much appreciated. That's
Posted on Tue, 25 Jan 2022
Much appreciated. That's really nice of you to offer to take a look when it's done -- thank you. You're right, thinking about it, there are shades of Barget.
Read full commentPosted in Weightless v2
I can hear you reading this,
Posted on Tue, 28 Sep 2021
I can hear you reading this, Rhiannon. It's a lovely poem.
Read full commentPosted in Complicated lives of the little creatures!
Lovely poem. I spent quite a
Posted on Thu, 02 Sep 2021
Lovely poem. I spent quite a bit of time up there last year, wandering lonely as a deviant, and you've captured the energy of the landscape beautifully.
Read full commentPosted in Trees Called To Me
This hilarious story is our
Posted on Sat, 18 Apr 2020
This hilarious story is our Pick of the Day -- it was performed superbly by Sean at our virtual reading last week. It's so well constructed -- the pacing of the dialogue and action, combined with little descriptions, are executed with immense ...
Read full commentPosted in Look Up The Inferno
That second stanza is
Posted on Wed, 25 Aug 2021
That second stanza is wonderful, but then so is the whole poem. Beautiful work.
Read full commentPosted in It Is A Sin To Kill A Quetzal
I've read this a few times,
Posted on Tue, 24 Aug 2021
I've read this a few times, Di. It's excellent.
Read full commentPosted in jormungandr
Lovely poem.
Posted on Tue, 17 Aug 2021
Lovely poem.
Read full commentPosted in It's A Wonderful Life
Bloody hell. This is great.
Posted on Tue, 17 Aug 2021
Bloody hell. This is great.
Read full commentPosted in Leaving Home
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