Matt Clark (1967–1998) was a prolific short story writer and the author of the novel Hook Man Speaks.
[1] He held an MFA from Louisiana State University, and while a graduate student there, he was a fiction editor of the New Delta Review.
His friends and fellow authors, Michael Griffith and Josh Russell, are responsible for continued efforts to bring his work to print.
His use of magical realism is seen most clearly in "The West Texas Sprouting of Loman Happenstance", which features a tribe of chameleons piling on top of one another and changing colors in order to recreate famous works of art.
The Matt Clark Prizes[6] are awarded to works of fiction and poetry that compellingly challenge expectations, narratively or otherwise, and are conscious about the way they use form.