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Let You Tell Me A Story
John Clark offering his maybe, almost, annual story prompts for your edification and pillaging. Feel free to choose one or more and create a story. In the past, I’ve turned a couple into books, and another into a long story. … Continue reading
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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Jailhouse Promises
John Clark with the beginning of the first story I ever sold, In Your Dreams. That was more than twenty years ago. “I nod to Ray as I assume the position. My hands are out at my sides, legs … Continue reading
Sixteen, But Hold the Candles
Arlo Topp knew that folks called him Muffin behind his back, but couldn’t care less. It fit in with the persona he’d cultivated for more than thirty-five years, twenty-five of them as a special investigative agent for the FBI. His … Continue reading
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Tagged John R. Clark, Maine humor, Mystery anthologies, Offbeat crimes and criminals
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Double Header
John Clark checking in for the month where darkness causes grown men to tremble. There’s more truth in that statement than most might realize. Once hunting season is in the rear view mirror, and there’s insufficient ice to fish through, … Continue reading
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Tagged John R. Clark, Mindy McGinnis, Neurodivergence, SAD, Threats to teens, Young Adult Fiction
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I Rode Through The Desert On A Horse With A Name (But I forget what it was)
John Clark making up for last week. Those of you who are regular MCW readers might remember that we took our oldest granddaughter, Piper, on a Road Scholar trip to Chincoteague in Virginia last summer. We all enjoyed that so … Continue reading
Are You An Elevator?
John Clark, semi-piggybacking on Kate’s post about growing up on Sennebec Hill Farm last week. One aspect of being a writer is the constant flow of thoughts that run through my (and hopefully your) mind. Last week, they took an … Continue reading
Another Country, Once My Own
John Clark musing about how one random thought can grow, and grow, hence this post. It all began, as many things these days do, in the heated pool at the Alfond Center in Waterville where I swim and and entertain … Continue reading
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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