Mark Burrow
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All Architects Are Called Zach (Part 3, words, 1,376)
Drink and food were dad’s priorities. His appetites governed the flat. Freddy watched his dad in the kitchen, pouring beer into a thin glass and then checking the oven to see what was for dinner.
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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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No worries -- I think it
Posted on Sun, 06 Sep 2020
No worries -- I think it conveys this idea of there being a kind of beauty in how existence and suffering are intertwined. However, that could just be my mindset on a Monday morning before a 3-hour meeting.
Read full commentPosted in The Death of a Star
Really enjoyed the elemental
Posted on Sun, 06 Sep 2020
Really enjoyed the elemental feel of this.
I genuinely don't know how you keep control of that final stanza, but it's seriously impressive -- it reads like a wave, if that makes sense (probably not!). Anyway, nice one.
Read full commentPosted in The Death of a Star
Haha! Don't be daft - I like
Posted on Fri, 04 Sep 2020
Haha! Don't be daft - I like the film recommendations. I'm just about to watch Tarkovsky's Solaris this evening.
I will check it out.
Read full commentPosted in Assassin in My Village Supermarket
This made me laugh -- Mickey
Posted on Sat, 05 Sep 2020
This made me laugh -- Mickey reminds me of a lot of seasoned hacks I used to work with.
Good stuff.
Read full commentPosted in Brewster's Way 1
Really well-captured and
Posted on Wed, 02 Sep 2020
Really well-captured and evocative poem. Where I'm living at the mo actually backs onto this forest -- I'd say you nailed it!
Read full commentPosted in Peace In The Forest
Mission accomplished. This
Posted on Fri, 21 Aug 2020
Mission accomplished. This has made me want to rewatch Wild Strawberries.
Read full commentPosted in Bibi Andersson
Yes, you've hit the nail on
Posted on Mon, 03 Aug 2020
Yes, you've hit the nail on the head with this Luigi. I sometimes think this vile pandemic is just a little taster of what's to come if we don't act soon.
Read full commentPosted in As the Walrus Said
The style of this feels
Posted on Fri, 31 Jul 2020
The style of this feels different. Love how the voice carries you along -- the ending didn't quite land for me, though (I think it's the mass depondency paragraph).
However, this did remind me an episode of Kilroy, where a bloke from...
Read full commentPosted in Minnesota Fats
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...
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This is spuddy great!
Posted on Tue, 07 Jul 2020
This is spuddy great!
Read full commentPosted in Boiled, Deep-fried, Steamed and Mashed
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