Mark Burrow
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I have 90 stories published in
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My stories have been read 208797 times
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205 of my 1,142 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 216 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
All Architects Are Called Zach (Part 4, words 1,533)
Outside, standing on the balcony, Freddy looked at several pigeons strutting about on the ground below, pecking at a discarded box of chicken and chips.
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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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And if you don't have a clue
Posted on Mon, 06 Feb 2023
And if you don't have a clue
pick up your phone and deliveroo
As you can see, I'm not a poet.
Enjoyed this.
Read full commentPosted in Herbs
Really strong imagery.
Posted on Sat, 04 Feb 2023
Really strong imagery. Enjoyed this and, being a dog owner, definitely strikes a chord.
Read full commentPosted in two paths (may be distressing)
Nicely done. Has a Leonard
Posted on Sat, 04 Feb 2023
Nicely done. Has a Leonard Cohen, Songs of Love and Hate, feel about it.
Read full commentPosted in The Wheel in the Cave
Really enjoyed this. Good
Posted on Mon, 30 Jan 2023
Really enjoyed this. Good stuff.
Read full commentPosted in The Dream Tax
A moving story that I'm sure
Posted on Sun, 08 Jan 2023
A moving story that I'm sure will strike a chord with many people who read it. Nicely done, too.
I love the detail of the TV flickering whenever a text message was sent.
Read full commentPosted in Time solves everything
Nice to read more of these,
Posted on Thu, 05 Jan 2023
Nice to read more of these, Sean. Great stuff.
I remember the film and everyone reading Danny Sugarman's, No One Here Gets Out Alive. Lots of wannabe Morrisons strutting around in my college in Putney. I was one of them. I bought a...
Read full commentPosted in The D's in French
After spending what felt like
Posted on Fri, 30 Dec 2022
After spending what felt like three hours drying the dogs today, I'm looking forward to "sunlight hot".
Enjoyed this. Had a rhythm to it,
'Frizzling' is a great word.
Read full commentPosted in Light-Cycle
Has an imagist feel about it.
Posted on Wed, 14 Dec 2022
Has an imagist feel about it. Nicely done, as ever.
Read full commentPosted in Mid-Winter
Btw -- I don't think anyone
Posted on Fri, 30 Sep 2022
Btw -- I don't think anyone can "do" Flamingo!
Looking forward to Kuper's.
Read full commentPosted in Small Town Insurrection
Cheers, Drew. Thanks for
Posted on Fri, 30 Sep 2022
Cheers, Drew. Thanks for reading. Probably the four books I was thinking before starting the WIP were RB's Sombrero, Anna Kavan's Ice, Ishiguro's The Unconsoled and Venedikt Yerofeyev's Moscow Stations (one of my all time favourites). I don't...
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