In Mark Burrow’s highly commended story, we enter the gritty and troubled world of Jay, a young boy in an impoverished inner-city London school, where violence is normalised, and innocence is lost.
Mark Burrow has published a novella, Coo, which is about an alcoholic turning into a pigeon in a world where people turn into birds (Alien Buddha Press). His short stories have appeared in a range of titles, including AEOS Magazine, Punk Noir, Flight of the Dragonfly and Underbelly Press. He’s been nominated for a Pushcart Prize (by Frazzled Lit) and Best of the Net (prose and poetry). He lives in the south of England.
