dennis scharnberg

fractured fairy tale

“How dare he!”  hissed Mademoiselle Audubert.  “How dare he save my life in that way?”

Devona Twilly,  Shallowness, a Novel.

tree as prison

She fell asleep, you see, whilst reading a romance….

Christopher Blasey,  The Perplexity of the Two Green Doors.

man o’ war

Some say by fire,

Some say by ice.

Just so it ends,

And makes things nice.

Patrick Malmsey,  Verse.

the golden ship

“All sexual activity is always right no matter what.”  That is the proposition that the society now approaches asymptotically.

Hecuba Gathers,  A Purely Physical World.

putting on plays

Perhaps this is being overlooked:  that cultural confidence was a burden.

Desmond Urquhart,  The Unsocial Sciences.

filling out forms

No one arrives at liking “X” through some line of reasoning.

Paul Uccelo,  The Enigma of the Box.

studying for tests

Even if it presents no further value, psychology at least can be amusing.

Trevor Albertus,  Malevolent Asymmetry.

on starboard tack

“Oh.  Consciousness.  How pleasant!”  And so Archibald had woken up again.

Charles Jeffrey Yett,  Writing in Miniature—Volume Three.

walking it off

“Understanding the entire universe,” laughed Bertie.  “Now, that would be a very fine thing indeed.”

Anselm Bligh,  A Collection of Miniatures.

around the corner

Consider space not as the medium for transmission [of the force].  Consider space to be the force.

Dalton Beggs,  Decision Under Uncertainty.