Mark Say
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I have 70 stories published in
3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 168162 times
and 99 of my stories have been cherry picked.
140 of my 761 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 142 votes
My stories
Goya's Dog
What's the most disturbing? A series of human horrors or a doomed dog?
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- 3605 reads
A Fat Nude
A man sees a painting ... and has a serious shock
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- 4 comments
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- 3283 reads
Redefining the Face
An artist pushes his model too far
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- 2 comments
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- 1386 reads
A Bar at the Folies Fulham
A work of art, a barmaid, a misfortune
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- 1930 reads
Duck in a Bottle
Two men in a prison cell take a twisted journey through Buddhism
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Well done SG
Posted on Thu, 20 Mar 2014
Very good. I really like the way you conveyed all the disappointments and little triumphs in a career with such economy. The short sentences work very well in the context and those scraps of detail do a great job of conveying the changes of...
Read full commentPosted in The End of the Pier
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...
Read full commentPosted in That Field
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...
Read full commentPosted in A Breath so sweet ...
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.
Read full commentPosted in Dormity Gardens
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.
Read full commentPosted in Sehnsuct
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