Tag Archives: flash fiction

Never Waste A Word

Posted on November 30, 2023 by John Clark

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 →

Tagged animal smarts, Dark humor, flash fiction, John Clark, Maine Crime Wave | 7 Comments

My Flash Entry in the Maine Crime Wave Contest

Posted on May 28, 2021 by John Clark

John Clark, nursing a fractured elbow from a Saturday afternoon project that went awry, more about that in a later post. My entry in this years Maine Crime Wave challenge was among the ten best, per the email I received, … Continue reading →

Tagged Compassion, Doing the next right thing, flash fiction, Hardscrabble subsistence, John Clark, Maine Crime Wave, Recovery | 6 Comments

My Two Minutes In The Slammer

Posted on June 26, 2020 by bereksennebec

John Clark sharing his entry in the MWPS’s Virtual Crime Wave flash fiction contest. Entrants were given the following prompt and had a limit of 500 words. Despite the hints and then the conversation and then the planning, Kaitlyn didn’t … Continue reading →

Tagged Covid-19 Aftereffects, Dark stories, Ecoterror, flash fiction, Homelessness, John Clark, Maine Crime Wave, Revenge, Waterville | 3 Comments

Wordplay

Posted on January 12, 2016 by bereksennebec

John Clark celebrating the beginning of Cabin Fever, an annual rite of Northern New England nuttiness. It’s the time when supposedly sane human beings do all sorts of seriously funny and occasionally scary things. Best friends are at each others … Continue reading →