dennis scharnberg

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glistening and glimmering

We have entered an era, a way of being, wherein the only prospect for humility is humility as display.

Pamela Hrothgar,  No Stone Unturned.

tearing down statues

window pain

Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

validate all emotions

Ulysses presents many excellent literary sentences.  Some of them are striking.  But in the service of what?

Helena Packhouse, Into the Wretched Light.

with good reason

So much of the sophistry of our day is given over to convincing ourselves that the activities in which we indulge are satisfying.

Baldwin Tavinger, Toward a Rhetoric of Number.

being accidentally realistic

The great problem with the lie is that it can be told too well.  When the teller of the lie comes to believe the lie.

Travis Hilliard, The Mesmerizing Particles.

smirk out loud

“How far can one push stupidity,” wondered the Inspector, “before one crosses over into insanity?”

Lana Dowling, The Mystery of the Dull Parcels.

little to do

Phillips left his sentence unfinished.  To the immense relief of all those present.

Christina Rubb, The Awful Puzzle.

howling to moon

“One should not yearn for sleep so intensely,” advised Currothers.

Giles Coxe-Coburn, Tooth and Claw.

illusion of clarity

At one point in the evening, Edwin seems to have been thrust into a cupboard.

Ellen Entwhistle, The Caravan Murders.

just an experience

God does not change.  We need to consider the many implications of this fact.

Anne Skirrtel,  The Night of Time.