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My stories have been read 350654 times and 278 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Mark Kilburn

The Shadows Between Us and The God of Mischief were published in Worcester Litfest's Flash Fiction anthology 2024 (Black Pear Press)

The Poet's Ear, A Geisha's Revenge, and The Cake Factory Visit were published in Worcester Litfest's Flash Fiction anthology 2022 (Black Pear Press)

The Love Vaccine, The Not-So Green Man and Vampire Wedding in North Cornwall were published in Worcester Litfest's Flash Fiction anthology 2021 (Black Pear Press).

Lilith and the Half-Cut Magician and Moon Mamas of the Silk River Nostoi were published in Worcester Litfest's Flash Fiction anthology 2020 (Black Pear Press).

Cathedral Swans was published in Call & Response, an anthology of poems celebrating Worcester Cathedral (Black Pear Press 2020)

The Child We Can Never Have was published in Contour magazine, February 2018.

Billy Ulysses... was runner up in Abc's Poem of the Year award, 2014.

Spring was highly commended in the 2012 Larkin-East Riding poetry competition

The Ghost of Milton Friedman... won the 2012 Abc poetry competition

Nicolaus Copernicus... was published in Gold Dust Anthology, 2012

The Poet Laid Bare was published in The Big Issue, 2011

A Tea Box... was a prize-winner in the MIND poetry competition 2010

Leipzig was chosen for the 2005 Midland Arts Centre 'Short Cuts' readings & subsequently published in Gold Dust magazine, 2006

 

My 1st novel Hawk Island was originally published by: http://www.electronpress.com/ (Note: Currently unavailable)

Print editions of my poetry collection Beautiful Fish available from Amazon; digital edition from Cerasus Poetry.

My historical novel, The Castle, is available from Amazon in hardback, paperback and Kindle editions.

New novel, The Shadows Between Us, scheduled for publication late 2025.

My stories

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A Flower is Not a Flower

Remembering the Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (January 17th, 1952-28th March, 2023)
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Boudica's Daughters - 11

Ygerne returns. The new moon finally appears. Gwynned contemplates a new life without her sisters. Part 11 of 11.
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Boudica's Daughters 9-10

One sister disappears, another grows weak, and a stranger is taken in. Parts 9-10 of 11.
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Boudica's Daughters 7-8

The sisters learn of Boudica's uprising. Siara contemplates how she will seize the Iceni throne. Parts 7-8 of 11.
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Boudica's Daughters 5-6

Siara and Gwynned are taken to the House of Easement where a third sister appears. Parts 5-6 of 11.

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37 of my comments have received 38 Great Feedback votes

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Thank you insert & eds -

Posted on Sat, 29 Apr 2017

Thank you insert & eds - appreciated!

I'll be reading this poem next week at a spoken word event in Worcester & will definitely spread the Abc word!

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Posted in The Wall

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A very moving poem - each

Posted on Sat, 06 Aug 2016

A very moving poem - each word justified and demanding recognition, nothing wasted, the brevity achieving something of considerable beauty.

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Posted in Whole

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Very well crafted and thought

Posted on Fri, 27 May 2016

Very well crafted and thought provoking. Look forward to reading more of your work.

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Posted in The Kiss

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Really enjoyed this..

Posted on Fri, 04 Mar 2016

Really enjoyed this...especially like the way we are drawn by the first three stanzas...stanzas that reflect and appear as a jagged mirror...the poem opening up like a sluice gate...carrying the reader to a final uncompromising crescendo......

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Posted in Nuthoused

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"a whisper of Angostura

Posted on Tue, 08 Dec 2015

"a whisper of Angostura bitters...

a tornado of textures, flavours, fandango with my mind...

hues that burn and bleed and bind"

I'm salivating! Great stuff Silver.

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Posted in On Preparing a Fruit Salad

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A mesmerising poem, Silver..

Posted on Mon, 20 Jul 2015

A mesmerising poem, Silver...wonderfully fluent in form & intelligence, the image of stretch marks acted as a powerful - and at the same time beautiful - metaphor for artistic and emotional imperfection.

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Posted in The Poetry of Porcelain

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