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eating and drinking

“I regard it as possibly the worst thing that has ever happened,”  snapped the old boy.  “And I do not anticipate being given a posthumous award when others are eventually forced to recognize the truth of this!”

Griffin Poindexter,  Particle Swarm Theory: More Stories.

bathing in ice

The function of Vogue is to warn women about the coming fashion trends.  To prepare them.

Dorothy Edwin,  Nicole Is Defunct.

cart before horse

“I wonder if you could write that down for me,” said Martin with a jovial voice.  “That way I won’t forget.”

Jack Dawes,  Circus Interruptus.

bait and switch

“Something else altogether is going on in my work,” said Matthew.  “It definitely is not expression.”

Jane Chetwynde,  The Have-Not Faradays.

just sailing along

They lack historical awareness.  Consequently, the current moment always strikes them as being unprecedented.

Jason K. Broadus,  The Ice of My Dreams.

above all else

Being honest to the reader is a form of lying.

Dennis W. Sylvester,  Confessions of a Moon Man.

flock of poets

“Tears are an emulsion, Glenda.  An emulsion.”

Brendan Shaughnessy,  Lobsters and Clams, a Novel.

moving forward again

Building and destroying are the same.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

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.