Mark Say

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I have 72 stories published in 3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 180742 times and 104 of my stories have been cherry picked.
143 of my 772 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 145 votes

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Harold’s Big Sleep

A dog's final visit to the vet drags up a dark secret
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Second Star to the Right

Seventeen years, three meetings, two stars
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Do You Think They’ll Come Back?

What do we do when aliens have visited Earth then gone away?
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In Character

A succesful actor is confronted by the downside of fame in a supermarket aisle
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AlphaMalePlus

A laptop computer pays witness as a Twitter troll is confronted by an awful revelation
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143 of my comments have received 145 Great Feedback votes

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Good piece Turlogh

Posted on Sun, 30 Jan 2022

An interesting slice of observational reportage. I've been in a couple of beautiful places where I've also been aware of terrible things happening the past.

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Posted in Maglic Moments

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Enjoyed this. A touch of

Posted on Sat, 15 Jan 2022

Enjoyed this. A touch of Philip K Dick about it.

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Posted in Timesnot

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Good story

Posted on Sun, 28 Nov 2021

I like the way you conveyed the sudden surge of anxiety brought on by the shock of not seeing your partner there.

Might have been a little stronger if you had given him a name; it depersonalises it a little to refer to him only as your...

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Posted in Trail Of Misunderstanding

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A lovely reminiscence

Posted on Sat, 23 Oct 2021

Especially for those of us of a 'certain age'.

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Posted in That Was Genesis

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Ho ho ho!

Posted on Sun, 19 Sep 2021

A nice amusing tale with a neat little twist. Well done Luigi.

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Posted in Travels with my Aunt

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Painful but touching

Posted on Fri, 27 Aug 2021

I like the way you convey all the pressures of dealing with a very panful situation through just a few highly believable details. Good one Ewan.

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Posted in A Home Coming

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Nice piece

Posted on Mon, 30 Aug 2021

Convincing imagery of an oppressively hot day. Just reading it made me want to have a lie down. 

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Posted in A Hot Afternoon in Malki Chiflik

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Nice story

Posted on Sun, 18 Jul 2021

A welcome antidote to the horrific memories of school dinners.

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Posted in School Day Memories

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Good story

Posted on Sat, 08 May 2021

Bleak but engaging. Although I suppose I would enjoy being a Londoner rather than Ingerlish.

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Posted in Ingerland My Ingerland

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Quite painful ...

Posted on Sat, 01 May 2021

... but also very touching. I like the way you convey the sense of a body and mind not quite in control but also relishing life.

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Posted in Impaired

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