Mark LaFlamme is a crime reporter and columnist at the Sun Journal in Lewiston, Maine. In his weekly column Street Talk he often vents his frustration and disdain for editors, comparing them to bats, spiders, extraterrestrial slugs, and other beings too diabolical to describe. The column has been named both Best in Maine and Best in New England. According to LaFlamme, the sound of those bitter editors groaning over the accolades was far more satisfying than any plaque or monetary reward.

In 2006, LaFlamme was named Journalist of the Year by the Maine Press Association. He chain smokes, is utterly loyal to Pabst Blue Ribbon and sleeps until noon every day. He is writing this blurb in omnipotent narrative so as to appear humble before you good men and women of the press. …more

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