Mark Say
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I have 73 stories published in
3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 187904 times
and 106 of my stories have been cherry picked.
139 of my 767 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 140 votes
My stories
Dinner with Adele
I had a young woman made to look after my daughter. Then things became complicated.
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The Reawakening 3/3
I found an ally from my own distant generation
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The Reawakening (2/3)
I met my descendants, and faced a reckoning for the past
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The Reawakening (1/3)
They brought me back to life after a hundred and forty-two years
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Mopeds in Marrakesh
After two days in Marrakesh I'd noticed that moped riders plough through crowded souks without a care for pedestrians, and there were a lot of birds...
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The Biscotti Exception
Posted on Wed, 05 Jun 2024
Sounds like a Dan Brown novel.
Read full commentPosted in The DWQ (Dunk-Whunk Quotient)
Nice one Luigi .....
Posted on Sat, 01 Jun 2024
.... but I hope your next door neighbour doesn't read this.
Read full commentPosted in I Am A Sinner
Excellent
Posted on Thu, 30 May 2024
Great story Turlough. Captures all the tension of wanting to be cool while being bound to your parents, and I get the references to ths school curriculum and music of the time (guess I'm about the same age as you). And a brilliant little twist at...
Read full commentPosted in Bill or Bob?
An intriguing sense of
Posted on Sat, 06 Apr 2024
An intriguing sense of mystery and frustration.
Read full commentPosted in In A Troubled Land
Very good. I can imagine that
Posted on Sat, 30 Mar 2024
Very good. I can imagine that stuff like this goes through the minds of a lot of stand-ups who are trying to be 'edgy'; and there's often a fine line between being funny and being a verbal bully.
Read full commentPosted in Spitting image
Nice piece Jane
Posted on Mon, 26 Feb 2024
Conveys life's disappointments and feelings of fragility, without sinking into hopelessness, with a plenty of nuance and a strong sense of the real world. I could identify with elements of this quite strongly.
Read full commentPosted in Land of Make Believe
Good one Itane
Posted on Sat, 10 Feb 2024
Works well as a brief story and an interesting observation on human behaviour.
Read full commentPosted in Just like starting over
Nice vignette
Posted on Sat, 18 Nov 2023
Conveys a lot about a life in a few paragraphs. I'm sure it will resonate with plenty of readers.
Read full commentPosted in To see the day of light
Thanks Ewan.
Posted on Tue, 07 Nov 2023
We saw the exhbition of her work at the National Gallery three years ago, and I've been thinking since then there was a short story somewhere. Finally had the inspiration.
Read full commentPosted in Artemisia’s Hammer
This one's great fun. Keep it
Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023
This one's great fun. Keep it going Jane.
Read full commentPosted in 'Parcel for you..' Part 3
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