Mark's shorts

Random short stories on the theme of modern life.

Going, digital

If you have half a mind to get clever with email, that's not enough. Technology remains trumped by stupidity every time, as this creepy tale suggests.
Cherry

Call centre blues

If you have nothing better to do, does that mean you are doing your best already? Let's hope not.

The noble art of doubt

Should you read this? I don't know. My first story here is a faffer's delight, a procrastinator's charter, a prayer to the indecisive.
Cherry

Mr Gregory meets a lobster

What goes on in the mind of the strange men who appear to like young girls too much. Perhaps not what you would imagine.

The definition of fire

An old exam question throws the nature of life into question. But what if the conventional answer is wrong?
Cherry

Short circuit

Exercise (or surgery) can keep you young, but it won't hold back the ravages of time, as this very short tale suggests.

My Kingfisher

Ah, yes. Depression. Not an easy subject to write about without cliche. Have I succeeded in 500 words? You tell me.
Cherry

Infinite Sky

Grey. Grey. Grey. But more exciting than it sounds.