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3 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 24435 times
and 49 of my stories have been cherry picked.
37 of my 330 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 36 votes
Mark Say
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My stories
Second Star to the Right
Seventeen years, three meetings, two stars
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- 115 reads
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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- 423 reads
AlphaMalePlus
A laptop computer pays witness as a Twitter troll is confronted by an awful revelation
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The Temptation
Flipping a New Testament story into a very different perspective
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- 293 reads
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...
Read full commentPosted in Full
Nice piece
Posted on Fri, 23 Nov 2018
I liked the gentle, suggestive quality of this, paintine some vivid pictures of the places and hinting at a connection through the sound of the piano. I couldn't help seeing it as the opening scenes of a European art house movie. Is it the...
Read full commentPosted in Melancholic pigeons from Berlin.
Uplifting
Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2018
Considering it's an extract this works very well as a standalone piece. A credible slice of the type of angst that affects many people at some stage in their life, but with a nice uplifting conclusion. Good one Harry.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (short extract 3)
Very sad....
Posted on Fri, 10 Aug 2018
... but quite uplifting in a way as well, and the narrator's big choice is quite credible.
One typo: you talk about a temp making positive notices when I think you mean noises.
Very good story drew.
Read full commentPosted in Words to the Wise
Very sad ...
Posted on Sun, 29 Jul 2018
... but powerful in its honesty. I'm sure a lot of people go through these emotions when a loved one who has been seriously ill for a long time passes away. And I like the way you convey that in a lot of little details about the narrator's life...
Read full commentPosted in Those Moments
Very sad
Posted on Sat, 16 Jun 2018
This might come across as a bit too quick and a bit too brutal, but I'm sure it represents the way some people treat their children. It pulls together a lot about parental favouritism, impatience and a heartless competition between siblings that...
Read full commentPosted in Choose One Cake Only
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