Mark Burrow
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I have 88 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 252272 times
and 233 of my stories have been cherry picked.
207 of my 1,150 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 217 votes
Stories. Flash. Works in progress.
My novella, Coo, is published by Alien Buddha Press and can be found here http://tinyurl.com/CooMarkBurrow
My collections
My stories
Bird Hex Accusation
He was replacing the diverter valve on a boiler, or trying to, as a small dog kept scampering into the tiny bathroom, yap-yapping. A young woman with a crying newborn baby sat in the living room of the flat, shouting for the dog to come back.
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the ward
thin tubes pipe oxygen
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night of the armed siege
the bloke who lives two-doors down
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end of the pier
singing Jerusalem in a mouldy church with a handful of strangers
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Really enjoyed this. My
Posted on Tue, 31 Oct 2023
Really enjoyed this. My settings are definitely wrong.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you....Part 6
Congrats, this fast paced and
Posted on Mon, 21 Aug 2023
Congrats. This fast paced and funny piece, with a very clear & distinctive voice, is our Pick of the Day -- please do share on social.
Read full commentPosted in A Dose of Frogs
Always entertaining. Always
Posted on Mon, 24 Apr 2023
Always entertaining. Always superbly written. This is our Pick of the Day -- please do share on social
Read full commentPosted in Am I a Snob?
Congrats -- this is our Pick
Posted on Mon, 10 Apr 2023
Congrats -- this is our Pick of the Day. Please do share on Social.
Remember to check out Part II here https://www.abctales.com/story/donignacio/hidden-...
Read full commentPosted in Hidden in the Mayonnaise (Part 1)
Convenience supposedly
Posted on Tue, 04 Apr 2023
Convenience supposedly bringing people closer together, but technology making them more isolated and estranged from themselves and others. I suspect this idea is brought to you by the same kind of geniuses who came up with council estates. ...
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I thiought it had Black
Posted on Tue, 07 Feb 2023
I thought it had Black Mirror vibes about it. I think this is one of my favourite things I've read by you. I personally love sci-fi. The best always created a world like ours and then tilted reality slightly. I guess the difference now is that...
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Congrats -- this is our Pick
Posted on Tue, 07 Feb 2023
Congrats -- this is our Pick of the Day. Please do share on Facebook, Twitter et al!
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Order has been placed. I
Posted on Wed, 02 Sep 2020
Order has been placed. I really like the blue of your kitchen -- definitely taking notes for when I finally get on the property ladder next year.
And a very enjoyable read.
I suggested Vonnegut to someone I used to work with and...
Read full commentPosted in Flamingo Hotel. Bookings Now Open.
Really enjoyed this, Sean.
Posted on Sat, 24 Aug 2024
Really enjoyed this, Sean. Need to catch up with the other chapters but I liked the eccentricities and idiosyncrancies of the characters and the town. The horror of no bog roll was also well done.
Read full commentPosted in A Savage Poindexter
This is fantastic, Itane.
Posted on Sat, 31 Aug 2024
This is fantastic, Itane. That narrator's voice is pitch perfect.
Read full commentPosted in Our ways to be free
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