Mark Burrow
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I have 90 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 208101 times
and 230 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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
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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The Riots
The news showed footage of shop windows being smashed. Cars tipped on their sides and set alight. Rioters lobbed stones and bottles at the police. A...
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Love Shapes
I met a man with tattoos in a pub who told me that love is shaped like an English poppy. I laughed in his face. “A poppy? What kind of idiot are you...
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An Imperial Man
The fare gazed out the back of the cab as we crossed the Thames, eyes fixed on the night black water. At first, I thought the tranny would be chatty and bubbly like they were on TV or in panto.
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Lilly Ng and the Starlight Burger Bar
1. Career Opportunities When Leon Fish was 15-years old he told Mr Bier, his depressed and cynical Careers teacher, that he wanted to become a captain of industry.
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Thanks, Drew -- appreciate
Posted on Fri, 08 Jul 2022
Thanks, Drew -- appreciate you reading both sections and the feedback.
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Nicely done! Very enjoyable.
Posted on Fri, 08 Jul 2022
Nicely done! Very enjoyable.
Read full commentPosted in The Miracle of Maldon (Part Three of Three)
Great to hear he's home and
Posted on Mon, 09 May 2022
Great to hear he's home and nice piece. Thanks for posting it.
Read full commentPosted in A Final Message From Moscow
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.
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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!
Definitely be kinder to
Posted on Mon, 20 Sep 2021
Definitely be kinder to yourself. I think your writing has moved up to a whole other level in the last two years I've been on the site. My Father's Bones should be in an anthology -- it's a blinder of a story. Keep at it.
For me, all...
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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 ...
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