Welcome to Mark Prior’s Web Site and Blog

I’m the sole creator of the written content in my stories and only use artificial intelligence to generate visual art.

Below are previews of some of my emotional and sometimes humorous short stories. Full versions will be available for direct purchase soon, so check back periodically for updates or contact me at markprior123@markpriorauthor.com

Links to blog previews are below:

The next chapter in my father’s story where he describes how defending our country from dictators as a WWII Navy Bomber Pilot led to his Million Dollar Education.

A story about working with my mother to allow the exercising of a hard-earned right to vote at a Flint, Michigan voting booth in 1975 : Brave Americans at the Voting Booth.

Not your typical summer gardening job: Gardening Gifts and Solar Power Vehicles.

Learning about the risks and rewards of using creativity: Trombones Butter Knives and Mini Golf

Discovery of hidden talent and the makings of a volunteer: Thanksgiving and Smart Watches at the Children’s Home.

The televised interview after my presentation of a proclamation about supporting our Veterans: POW MIA Recognition Day Ceremony.

An emotional and humorous story about how my mother helped me gain my father’s attention and acceptance: Fishing For Love

My father’s recounting of how his ancestors arrived in the New World in the early 1870s and what it was like for him before and during The Great Depression and until he joined The Navy in 1942: The History of a WWII Bomber Pilot.

My mother’s family migration from Kilbirnie, Scotland to Flint, Michigan in 1924. The Auld Kirk church in Kilbirnie is one of the oldest in Scotland still in use: Scotland Migration Story.

My narrative of how, as a child, I experienced a new type of fishing with my father and brother using spears and nets in frigid Michigan waters at midnight: Spearing and Dipping