dennis scharnberg

Fiction:  the use of words.

Clive Morrow,  A Crustacean’s Dictionary.

In the oldest Puntecan texts—which exist only as fragments—there is repeated mention of mingata wellensi.  This has been translated roughly as “music of wonders”.  Of course, we have no idea what this phrase refers to.

Bradford Kinsella,  Resurrection of Language.

In Algorithms We Trust

Terence Theodore,  Proverbs for a New Era.

“I want to be good at something.  Isn’t there some way I can just buy that?”  Sean was keen to get on in life.

Darko Rivenbark,  Snapshots.

121.  Sometimes, it serves one well to make a list of things one cannot bear.  And leave nothing off.

Trevor Martens,  A Great Many Gratuitous Remarks.

“But they are not pursuing happiness,” whispered Brenda.  “They are pursuing abject misery.”

Priscilla Onkers,  All About Edward.

Nigel’s first collection of short stories included Being Looked at by a Cat and the critically acclaimed Maidens Incorporated.

Benedict Elder,  A Cosmopolitan Paradise.

Try chopping your thoughts in half.  Exactly in half.  Each one.  Of course, you must find them first.

Titus Musgrave,  The Mystery of Sleep.

If Winston can’t be admired—and admired widely—then he just doesn’t care anymore.

Christine Rubb,  The Awful Puzzle.

Skepticism eludes skepticism.

Amanda Willcoxen, ed.,  The Literary and Philosophical Fragments of Gregory James Sallust.