dennis scharnberg

making a splash

“It is such fun being told what I think.”  There was the faintist smirk—almost nonexistent—on Christopher’s face as he whispered those words to Jenny.

Will Davies,  She Would If She Could.

foot upon plank

Gertrude Stein’s writing would be superlative if it were a parody of modernism.  Even so, a small dose would do.

Connor Eastwicke,  Fear of the Orthogonal.

shiver me timbers

November 3, 2014.   Just a few more words not to use:  “funnily,”  “stunning,”  and  “gorgeous.”

Jeremy Boyington,  Dear Dreadful Diary.

bowl shank stem

“I have never made a statement about everything!” claimed Max Vickers, with unanticipated ferocity.

Tristan Holyoke,  A Tree Full of Monkeys.

seafoam and smoke

…the wicked under of her

did rule all that above.

Benedict Cornysh,  The Scorn of Lydia.     (1618)

Priscilla Fanning,  Fragments From the Jacobean Stage.

full bent briar

“No, Annie, it is definitely not delusion,” said Captain Thorpe.  “Seeing things that are there—that is Philip’s problem.”

Jack Dawes,  Circus Interruptus.