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Booking A Trip, or Vice-Versa
John Clark recounting our annual trip Down East in a slightly different way. Many readers of this blog know that one way I keep active is as a used bookseller, mostly stuff I buy at library book sales. Over the … Continue reading
When the Tank is Empty
John Clark: I’ve never had particular difficulty coming up with an idea for a post at MCW…Until this month. I’m in a funk so massive that I could sell off 90% of it and still have more than the … Continue reading
Tagged aches and pains, Dark humor, John R. Clark
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Forget AI, Consider BI
John Clark is wrestling with the insidiousness of mortality, and the results, while not pretty, are darkly humorous. Given that, I hope this literary exercise in creative insanity meets your approval. A few years ago, Kate and I briefly considered … Continue reading
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Tagged Acid trips, Banana Slugs, Bodice repair, Clean fiction, Garden gnomes, John R. Clark, Maine humor
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Dressing it Maine
John Clark considering an aspect of fiction that I find quite intriguing-smells and sounds. Aside from their ability to set or frame a scene in a story, they can do other things like help the reader to sense a mood, … Continue reading
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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