Mark Burrow

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I have 97 stories published in 4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 147385 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

Not too Much to Ask

By Mark Burrow on Tue, 07 Jul 2020

Some blokes, they dream about free climbing El Capitan, cycling the alps, taking their family to Disney World or Disneyland. Not me.

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The DJs Who Turn into Swans

By Mark Burrow on Fri, 12 Jun 2020

The swan that Anne kept in the spare room was her ex-boyfriend, Marcus. When Darren had the flat to himself, he liked to sit in the room, which had a paddling pool, and chat to her ex.

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Ticking

By Mark Burrow on Sat, 23 May 2020

The owner of the restaurant, Pete, fired Darren for arguing with a customer. Darren was adamant he did nothing wrong.

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Shrinkage

By Mark Burrow on Tue, 12 Nov 2019

Breaking the monotony of lifting boxes

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For Bob

By Mark Burrow on Sat, 02 Nov 2019

Dead on a bench at 38.

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148 of my comments have received 154 Great Feedback votes

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My favourite time of the day.

Posted on Tue, 27 Apr 2021

My favourite time of the day. As ever, a lovely read.

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The years go by too quickly.

Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021

The years go by too quickly. Lovely poem.

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This is stunning --

Posted on Wed, 14 Apr 2021

This is stunning -- incredibly moving and tender and yet with a strong, consistent voice driving the words. Brilliantly done and takes guts to write.

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Posted in Setting Sons

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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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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).

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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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