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The Third Time (2/2)

By mark_say on Sat, 13 Jun 2020

Plague, pandemic ... and aliens

The Third Time (1/2)

By mark_say on Sat, 13 Jun 2020

Plague, pandemic ... and aliens

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White Doors

By mark_say on Sun, 26 Jan 2020

A mind trapped inside a painting

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Me and Judy Garland

By mark_say on Sun, 24 Nov 2019

A childhood reminiscence

50 of my comments have received 51 Great Feedback votes

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You're welcome ...

Posted on Fri, 31 Jan 2020

That's how I start every day. It's also why the neighbours want me arrested.

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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.

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Mixed feelings ...

Posted on Sat, 11 Apr 2020

...about this. There's some interesting history, but it seems to be a conversation from another story and goes on for a very long time without moving that story on. Needs some reminder of the underlying narrative.

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I like ...

Posted on Sun, 15 Mar 2020

... the way you pack a lot of detail of the men's history together into a very succinct piece, and convey the experience of people from a shared background having very different experiences of life. Good piece Kilb.

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An enjoyable read

Posted on Wed, 26 Feb 2020

A nice piece of childhood nostalgia free of any tweeness. I like the references to the inside of the bus; the type of thing that strikes the senses of a young child.

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Good one Laurie

Posted on Sun, 29 Dec 2019

Really enjoyed fhis.

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Very good

Posted on Sun, 15 Dec 2019

A neat little tale, believable dialogue and a couple of unexpected twists. And I love the line about the 'little bastard Cupid'.

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I like ...

Posted on Sun, 24 Nov 2019

... the sense of asking something quite profound but in a brief, lighthearted way. NIce one Ewan.

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I lke graveyards

Posted on Sun, 03 Nov 2019

This reminds me of what makes them good places to visit .... at least for some of us.

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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...