dennis scharnberg

a gunner good

Under the larger sign was this legend:  Wisdom for a Modest Fee.

Mark Anthony,  The Tale of the Mirror.

an empty house

“We are the future the Founders chose,” murmured old man Carter.

Roger Penberthy,  A Non-Newtonian Unpleasantness.

not to know

He later admitted that he had been so desperately lonesome that he wrote letters to himself.  And posted them.

Chadwick Graves,  One Damned Thing After Another.

light of candle

“And whom did Huddleston despise?” asked the Narrator.  “Anyone with intellectual pretensions.”

Chadwick Graves,  Maoist Struggle Session and Other Stories.