Mark Say

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I have 70 stories published in 3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 164606 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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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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A Man Named Malcolm

I had always thought of my cousin as a waster. Then I met a man at his funeral.
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Always On My Mind

My girlfriend was murdered by her family
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Ghost Village

A man returns to the scene of a childhood tragedy
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139 of my comments have received 141 Great Feedback votes

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Nice one Luigi .....

Posted on Sat, 01 Jun 2024

.... but I hope your next door neighbour doesn't read this.

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Posted in I Am A Sinner

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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...

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Posted in Bill or Bob?

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An intriguing sense of

Posted on Sat, 06 Apr 2024

An intriguing sense of mystery and frustration.

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Posted in In A Troubled Land

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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.

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Posted in Spitting image

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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.

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Posted in Land of Make Believe

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Good one Itane

Posted on Sat, 10 Feb 2024

Works well as a brief story and an interesting observation on human behaviour.

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Posted in Just like starting over

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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.

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Posted in To see the day of light

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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.

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Posted in Artemisia’s Hammer

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This one's great fun. Keep it

Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023

This one's great fun. Keep it going Jane.

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Posted in 'Parcel for you..' Part 3

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And I believe ...

Posted on Thu, 07 Sep 2023

.... he became a bus driver to make a living.

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