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Tag Archives: Dark humor
The Longtooth Follies
Longtooth Follies John Clark succumbing to more dark humor. This month’s offering was inspired by Vaughn’s last post. Face it readers, we who blog here are getting up in age. Vaughn’s 79, I’m 78, and a certain unnamed sibling will … Continue reading
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Tagged Assisted living, Dark humor, Demented games, Elwood Delp Home, John R. Clark
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Sara and Dippity Walk the Cliff
John Clark doing something he hasn’t done in several weeks….Write something. It’s one of those long, convoluted, disaster-filled, shaggy dog tales that necessitated my dark and cynical humor coming to the fore. It’s no secret that I’m several parsecs beyond … Continue reading
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Tagged consequences of coffee, Dark humor, Dead laptops, Elden Ring, John R. Clark
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You Will Know A New Freedom—-If you Ever Stop Coughing
John Clark at 5 on a Monday morning, relishing the first decent breaths in a week. I have a new chicken and egg postulate; which came first, the perils of age, or the increasing ferocity of respiratory ailments? I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Ailments, Dark humor, EMPs, John R. Clark, New Adult Dystopian Fiction, outrage of aging
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Lear and Foathing in Waterville
“Jesus on a pogo stick,” she moaned when I entered the bedroom New Years day. “Please turn off the spotlight and either take those drums away from the monkeys, or shoot the lot.” She abruptly leaned over the edge of … Continue reading
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Tagged Dark humor, Deadly Animals, Drunken muses, John R. Clark, Loss of creativity
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Never Waste A Word
John Clark, weighing in of an interesting insight…No writing is necessarily wasted. The story that was recently selected by the Principal Foundation and garnered me a $250.00 honorarium, was originally written for one of the flash fiction contests that are … Continue reading
More Than A Shoe Part
… Well, this could be the last time This could be the last time Maybe the last time I don’t know, oh no, oh no (Rolling Stones) John Clark musing about the concept of When. After my third fall on … Continue reading
I got them steadily depressin’, low down mind messin’ February in winter blues.
John Clark echoing others who have posted about darkness, bleak feelings, and being stuck in a rut. It’s been a number of years since winter in general, and February in specific bit me in the backside. This year, cumulative ‘stuff’ … Continue reading
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Tagged black ice, Cabin Fever, computer malfunction, Dark humor, Depression, gift cards, John R. Clark, Maine winters, Microsoft
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And It Came To Pass
A darkness was spreading over the world and had covered a frightening portion before the Cosmic Caretaker noticed. They had been so engrossed in the latest book borrowed from the Library at the Center of the Universe, their dereliction of … Continue reading
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Tagged Dark humor, Global warming, John Clark, Littering, Reproductive rights, The Cosmic Caretaker, Violence
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A Public Service From Your Friendly Local Mystery Writer
I’m not a morning person, until recently tending to read well into the night, but COVID-19 has been altering that. Beth has difficulty sleeping, so she’s often up around 3 am. I don’t get up that early, but an aging … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, Dark humor, death, Ghastly songs, John Clark, Twilight zone
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