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I have 38 stories published in
3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 28644 times
and 50 of my stories have been cherry picked.
42 of my 359 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 42 votes
Mark Say
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My stories
Harold’s Big Sleep
A dog's final visit to the vet drags up a dark secret
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- 98 reads
Second Star to the Right
Seventeen years, three meetings, two stars
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- 9 comments
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- 350 reads
Do You Think They’ll Come Back?
What do we do when aliens have visited Earth then gone away?
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- 11 comments
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- 778 reads
In Character
A succesful actor is confronted by the downside of fame in a supermarket aisle
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- 622 reads
AlphaMalePlus
A laptop computer pays witness as a Twitter troll is confronted by an awful revelation
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- 655 reads
Succinct and effective
Posted on Sat, 11 May 2019
Captures that tension between an intellectual challenge and the desire to avoid a difficult personal entanglement very well. I can sympathise with the narrator.
Read full commentPosted in Instinct Dictates
Very good as it is
Posted on Sun, 02 Jun 2019
Very engaging ... in a quite disturbing way. I like the way you concentrate all the tensions in a disintegrating marriage into some of the mundane details, like the quick exit from the shop and the consumption of coffee and snacks. I think a lot...
Read full commentPosted in Pan Out
Good story
Posted on Sat, 11 May 2019
I like the fact that you left this with only a partial discovery, where Eve doesn't learn all the details about her mother's affair. I'd guess it's quite true to life.
Read full commentPosted in Letters from The Poet
Very good
Posted on Wed, 20 Feb 2019
Lots of little tensions and an expectation of future disappointment all conveyed in a few subtle details. Really enjoyed this.
Read full commentPosted in La Femme d'argent
Nice little piece
Posted on Sat, 23 Feb 2019
Conveys a combination of mystery and confusion with a concise choice of words.
Read full commentPosted in Just Our Little Secret
Nice poem
Posted on Sat, 16 Feb 2019
Simple images but nicely evocative of a relaxed walk.
Read full commentPosted in Walking Part of the Herefordshire Trail
Works well
Posted on Mon, 21 Jan 2019
I think it takes some time - maybe a little too long - for the tension to build, but once the creature emerges it's effective, and the twist at the end works nicely.
You need to be more consistent in your quotes: it changes between one and...
Read full commentPosted in When a Cold Wind Whistles
Clever idea ...
Posted on Tue, 01 Jan 2019
... and a charming tale. Nice one ked.
Read full commentPosted in Closing Chapters and Starting New Ones (IP)
Is this a morality tale?
Posted on Sun, 16 Dec 2018
Not sure, but it's s slyly funny, entertaining story that builds a nice air of intrigue and comes to a satsifying conclusion. Nice on Assassin.
Read full commentPosted in A Light Supper
Lovely story
Posted on Sun, 02 Dec 2018
Funny, warm hearted, and I like the way you focus on a detail of modern history to convey the relationships within your family.
It could do with a proof read: there are some typos and you need to decide whether or not you are spelling out...
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