Mark Burrow

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I have 94 stories published in 4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 204730 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

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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

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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...

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...
Cherry

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.

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.
Cherry

Tinder – Ch 10 – Lewis

Some residents were bad. Albert, he was the worst by far.

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205 of my comments have received 216 Great Feedback votes

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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.  

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Posted in Trees Called To Me

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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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Posted in Look Up The Inferno

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That second stanza is

Posted on Wed, 25 Aug 2021

That second stanza is wonderful, but then so is the whole poem. Beautiful work. 

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Posted in It Is A Sin To Kill A Quetzal

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I've read this a few times,

Posted on Tue, 24 Aug 2021

I've read this a few times, Di. It's excellent. 

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Posted in jormungandr

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Lovely poem. 

Posted on Tue, 17 Aug 2021

Lovely poem. 

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Posted in It's A Wonderful Life

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Bloody hell. This is great. 

Posted on Tue, 17 Aug 2021

Bloody hell. This is great. 

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Posted in Leaving Home

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Congrats -- this is our Pick

Posted on Tue, 03 Aug 2021

Congrats -- this is our Pick of the Day. Please do share on Facebook and Twitter 

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Posted in Saccades of Sands

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I like how the momentum of

Posted on Tue, 03 Aug 2021

I like how the momentum of this builds in such a controlled, marshalled way, Great imagery. I was there in the park, watching this unfold. 

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Posted in Tiresias and the Birds

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Enjoyed this, M. Ambitious

Posted on Tue, 03 Aug 2021

Enjoyed this, M. Ambitious and well executed. Made me think of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. “Past thinking determines our present status, and our present thinking determines our future status; for we are what we think."

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Posted in Saccades of Sands

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It's really good, Richard.

Posted on Tue, 27 Jul 2021

It's really good, Richard. Strong imagery and a message that rings true. Thanks for posting. 

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Posted in The Wonder of it All

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