dennis scharnberg

Photographs steal.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

“Bertrand’s conclusions were drawn from his ludicrous assumptions by means of a pure, crystalline logic. Do not doubt me.”

Will Bestwyck, Letters from Mr. Palindrome.

“Oh, berry me knott on the loaned prayer-rie.” This puzzling message was scribbled on a Walmart receipt and left upon the desk, alongside a clutter of late Victorian trade cards and an old coin bearing the image of Marcus Aurelius.

Jason Starling, ed., Adventures in Narrative Parsimony.

“So smart,” she thought, warmly. “So very smart. So very, very, very smart.”

Diana Moone, Living Well.

“Our zeitgeist, Sergeant Denson, is simply evil. And doesn’t that guarantee that tomorrow’s will be worse?”

Lana Dowling, The Mystery of the Dull Parcels.

“Moving on, Desmond, is now the heroic thing to do.”

Ralston Dowd, The General Ghastliness.

“If you were to rip the face off of Diane Sawyer, what do you suppose you would find? Perhaps some kind of grasshopper thing?”

Clinton Hobbes, Stalking for Beginners.

“What thoughts are you having with your awesome new thinking ability? Tell us about it, Elvin.”

Ralston Dowd, The General Ghastliness.

Walking the plank, a cloudy day, no wind to speak of.

Ann Sensabaugh, The Faulty Haiku.

“Do you like time, Maxine? Even just a little?”

Diana Moone, Living Well.