Mark Say

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I have 70 stories published in 3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 164747 times and 99 of my stories have been cherry picked.
139 of my 757 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 141 votes

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Goya's Dog

What's the most disturbing? A series of human horrors or a doomed dog?

A Fat Nude

A man sees a painting ... and has a serious shock

Redefining the Face

An artist pushes his model too far
Cherry

A Bar at the Folies Fulham

A work of art, a barmaid, a misfortune
Story of the week

Duck in a Bottle

Two men in a prison cell take a twisted journey through Buddhism

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139 of my comments have received 141 Great Feedback votes

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Well done John. I found this

Posted on Sat, 22 Feb 2014

Well done John. I found this a very vivid in evoking the mood as much as describing the place, and really impressed by that hint of something sour dropped in at the end. If anything, I thought you could have made a touch more of that, but still...

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Posted in That Field

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Interesting story with a neat

Posted on Wed, 29 Jan 2014

Interesting story with a neat twist. My one criticism is that the short, sharp sentences make the prose a little flat. It's more common for people to overwrite, but I think that if you bring a few of the sentences together it would help things...

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Posted in A Breath so sweet ...

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Nice story. I like the way it

Posted on Sat, 04 Jan 2014

Nice story. I like the way it builds the sense of anticipation which is then quickly deflated. I bet most of us have gone through something similar at some time.

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Posted in Dormity Gardens

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Aaaah! Apostrophes with a

Posted on Sat, 30 Nov 2013

Aaaah! Apostrophes with a plural S! You also want to watch out for the its' when it should be it's.

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Posted in Sehnsuct

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