dennis scharnberg

In modernist aesthetics, sex is honesty. Failing to posit, to address, to explore, to dwell upon sex—or at least give in to it—is to be inadequate as an artist. Is to be dishonest. Doctor Freud’s victory.

Gaylord Perry III, The Walls of Magnus Martyr.

Anita could see the outdoor thermometer through her kitchen window. It read 96 degrees Fahrenheit. “But what temperature would that feel like?” she wondered.

Charles Jeffrey Yett, Writing in Miniature—Vol. Three.