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I have 40 stories published in
3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 32003 times
and 53 of my stories have been cherry picked.
49 of my 384 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 50 votes
Mark Say
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My stories
White Doors
A mind trapped inside a painting
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- 276 reads
Me and Judy Garland
A childhood reminiscence
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- 5 comments
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- 185 reads
Harold’s Big Sleep
A dog's final visit to the vet drags up a dark secret
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- 4 comments
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- 225 reads
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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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.
Read full commentPosted in My Name is Slow Commotion
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
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.
Read full commentPosted in Reunion
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.
Read full commentPosted in Buses
Good one Laurie
Posted on Sun, 29 Dec 2019
Really enjoyed fhis.
Read full commentPosted in The emergency bassoonist
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'.
Read full commentPosted in A Noir Christmas Tale
I like ...
Posted on Sun, 24 Nov 2019
... the sense of asking something quite profound but in a brief, lighthearted way. NIce one Ewan.
Read full commentPosted in A Planet-ful of Diamonds
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.
Read full commentPosted in Graveyards
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
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