Mark Prior
is an accomplished author, currently working on publishing an anthology of short stories.
Mark is available as a public speaker and enjoys doing readings. Learn more about Mark on his About page.
Welcome to Mark Prior’s Web Site and Blog
Artificial Intelligence WAS NOT used to create the written content in my stories. It was only used to generate sketches in stories to supplement the text.
Below are links to some of my emotional and sometimes humorous short stories. Additional full versions will be available for direct purchase soon, so check back periodically for updates or contact me at markprior123@markpriorauthor.com
Blog Posts
My friend’s Amazing Vietnam MIA Survival Story.
Vietnamese civilians found him hidden under a bush after the battle. The bulldozer he fell from was nearby.
My father, the officer on the left, tells of intense Navy pilot training, surviving a near tragic crash and flying missions throughout the Pacific during and after WWII.
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 temporary gardening job!
Two fourth graders use their creativity to tie them all together.
Typically, child services will bring the children to the center where they will be safe until longer term care is found.
An interview where I talk about my friend’s Vietnam MIA story and other touching ‘leaving no one left behind’ stories at the POW MIA Recognition Day Ceremony.
My older brother was out fishing with Dad. I was sitting at the picnic table, staring out at the water, wishing I were with them.
Learn about the family and personal history of my father that spanned the Great Depression and led him to join the Navy in 1942.
Growing Up in Flint, Michigan During the Great Depression(as told by a WWII Bomber Pilot Veteran).
Full Story Coming Soon: 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. Preview: Scotland Migration Story.
Experience a new type of fishing on a cold spring night in northern Michigan (as told by a fourth grader)
