I wrote some stuff you can read. Here’s the links!
POETRY
TIDBITS Voluime 1 – A menace.
A tech savvy frog.
A demon that cleans.
Parks.
And a suspicious number of ducks.
A collection of humorous and absurd poems (one even rhymes!) from Jack CJ Stark.
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PLAYS
EDITS – Video rental shop owner, David, has invented the Next Big Thing; a way to capture artificial imagery onto video straight from people’s imagination. One day a grieving young woman, Stevie, comes into his shop thinking David’s new invention is just the thing she needs.
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In Perpetuum: A One Scene Play – Depressed teenage college drop-out, Jessie, lives alone in a studio apartment. One day she finds an intruder hiding under her bed. In an attempt to avoid any awkward silence, she offers him a cup of tea and a chat. (This is a play adaptation of the short story I wrote a few years earlier. Available below.)
In Perpetuum: A One Scene Play FREE PDF | New Play Exchange
OTHER FICTION
Torpor; Or, The Disquieted Vicissitudes of the Inchoate (Ma Shen #1) – A short folk tale
Each night whilst everyone else was praying for good health and fortune, Arwen prayed for change.
It arrived on a dank winter night.
A Ma Shen folk tale told to and via Jack CJ Stark.
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The Fair Haired Boy; Or, The Sound of a Lost Voice (Ma Shen #2) – A short folk tale
A mother. A father. A fair haired boy. A fog that turns everything bad, and a voice that can end the suffering.
A Ma Shen folk tale told to and via Jack CJ Stark.
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Red Mountain Man: Or, The Mighty Lessons in Hasty Exaltation (Ma Shen #3) – He came from over the red mountain. A man torn to within an inch of his life. A man without a face. A strange, enchanted man.
A Ma Shen folk tale told to and via Jack CJ Stark.
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Seen and Unseen – A low fantasy novella
Some things are seen. Some things are unseen.
After a failed suicide attempt, the patient finds himself trapped on a secure mental health ward. Forced to live with strangers, and without a purpose in life, he discovers he is capable of much more than he ever thought possible.
A magical tale of friendship, desperation, kindness, and finding peace.
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Unsound Sounds – My debut collection of disjointed short stories, poems, and bits.
A man struggles with his creases. A woman wants a job, but she is not going to take her hat off so don’t even ask. An owl visits at the right time. A lesson from a father about trying everything once. Buttons falling. A young woman receives a life lesson after being left on read.
Short stories from the broken mind of Jack CJ Stark.
NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
SHORT STORIES ONLINE
A list of short stories (not included in my books) published on my site for easy access.
Creases by Jack CJ Stark – The first story I ever published back in 2018. Since then it has been revised and improved upon. This is the 2022 edition.
In Perpetuum by Jack CJ Stark – 17 year old college student, Jesse, lives alone in a bedsit. One day she find a man hiding under her bed, and to avoid any awkward silence, she offers him a cup of tea and a chat.
The Anguish and the Fungi by Jack CJ Stark – A silly little piece about a talking mushroom.
The Fat Man; Or, The Judgement of the Fifteenth Year by Jack CJ Stark – A story written using this prompt from Jeff VanderMeer’s Wonderbook.
Rocks and Minerals by Jack CJ Stark – A psychic detective searches for clues in a potential murder case.
LoC by Jack CJ Stark – If we legalised assisted suicide, just where would it end?
The Applicant by Jack CJ Stark – A comedic story presented as a job application.
Can I join in? (Asked a Vampire) by Jack CJ Stark – I’m so sorry. My tongue in cheek parody of an explicit erotic story.
FLASH FICTION
Some flash fiction I sometimes try.
(All) Men
Revolution
Sun
Sun (part 2)
The Fire Has Gone Out
Feathers
My Poor Heart
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