dennis scharnberg

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popping the corn

“Stop right there,” growled Omar, pointing the revolver directly at Beth. “Come on, move!”

Ralston Dowd, A Spot of Bother.

this just in

“Oh come on, Mort! When I said your movie was garbage, I just assumed you would take that as a compliment.”

Wilson Phelps, Reaching Out.

building ghost towns

“All this tip-toeing about. All this hinting. It just gets on my nerves, Mr. Ambrose.”

Anson Trimm, Carlos the Forgetful.

not currently known

“Mostly, I yearn to be irrelevant. More than you could ever hope to know.”

Corinna Sparks, Turning to Stone.

badly executed agitprop

mass Medea

Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

all together now

…not the meaning of words, but what it means to have words.

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

the loaned prairie

“I can tell when something is rotten, Amy. That is one thing I do know about the world.”

Benedict Elder, A Cosmopolitan Paradise.

down the hatch

“Typing out words is not thinking, James. Not quite. Not yet.”

Lawton Trumbull, The Three Days.

berry me knott

“It became evident to me that Barney had obtained singing lessons. Bad ones.”

Will Bestwyck, Letters From Mr. Palindrome.

out the door

There is something metallic about digital photos. Along with an almost legislated absence of flaws. They look like ads.

Roger Hedgecook, Stolen and Sold for Parts.