“Now, Mr. Alden, tell me what comes to mind when I say the word internet.”
“Silly. Silly little kids.”
Trevor Smalling, Pathological Altruism, a Novel.
“When our economy collapses,” said Professor Tulpp, “and when social order begins to unravel, here is what to do: Turn to the novelists; they will show us the way ahead.”
Chadwick Graves, The Unpunished.
Reality can be disappointing to those who come to know it initially through photographs on the internet.
Rollin Mungo, Selected Rants of Mr. Barraclough.
Providing incentives for behaving badly. That is the society that we have devised.
Christopher Jayne, A Critique of Sincerity.
“I laughed, I cried,” confessed Mr. Silas. “No, really. It was even better than Cats!”
Nicholas Crisp, A Suitcase Fell on Her Head.
Penelope spoke as though she were casting some object out of her mouth.
Diana Moone, Living Well.
Upon seeing the likes of this, Nietzsche would vomit himself out of existence.
Lawrence Rittle, The Fundamentals of Confusion.
“The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award,” said Gerald. “I want it.”
Stephanie Biggers, Cat Farming in Nigeria.
“How many stories exist?” wondered Yorick.
“Seven,” said Terence. “There are seven stories. A slender case can be made for eight.”
Chadwick Graves, Behaving Like a Beast.
statutory rope
Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.
