dennis scharnberg

We owe it to ourselves to notice the obvious.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

Modernity makes us stupid.

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

“Like the New York Times,” sneered Gettings, “I can ignore anything I choose to ignore.”

Ralston Dowd, The General Ghastliness.

“Hear my barking voice and be charmed!” That must be what Juanita was thinking.

Anselm Bligh, A Collection of Miniatures.

Even with that hair-do, Patricia appeared to be happy. Very happy.

Marston Moore, Sweet Meteor of Death.

“We cannot live up to our morality perfectly, so we therefore discard morality. It is the honest thing to do.” That is their argument.

Alistair Danning, An Anecdotal History of Radicalism.

In order to construct his “proof,” Goedel posits the very consistency that the proof brings into doubt.

Benedict Symes, A Meditation on Periodicity.

“I do everything backwards, Stacie. I have told you that a dozen times. First I wake up, and then I go to sleep.”

Augustus Bligh, Crawlspace.

She lies in her sleep.

Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

“Who knows what he is up to?” asked Lydia. “How could anyone know?”

Ellen Entwhistle, The Caravan Murders.