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I have 170 stories published in
4 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 64887 times
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Mark Pithie
Poet , Prose Writer and occasional Blogger.
My blog is called The Eclectic Audiolab and includes poetry , short stories and music related musings and memoirs.
My stories
Bound for Glory (1984)
Gary sat huddled into his leather jacket on the train, his stomach turning somersaults, in time with the irregular rhythms of the train’s movement...
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Dad's Advice
Twelve years old, not worldly wise, Warmed by black seam’s smoky prize Gazing inside flickering golds Blazing flaming, fiery reds, Hearing the...
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A Visit
In the weekend, Gary’s family would visit his Gran and Grandad who lived in a council estate on the other side of town Once at Gran’s, he would sit...
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Results: 1979
Gary trudged the last few yards of his morning paper round. Late July and the rain was teeming down. At 16, Gary was a bit old for a paperboy, and...
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Vitreous Humourless
Vitreous Humourless Watching the telly When from my eye’s jelly Small specks obscure my view For a second or two. Vitreous Humour It is rumoured...
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