dennis scharnberg

another auto-tuned singer

“I did nothing at all,” insisted Dr. Hastings.  “But it appears that I did nothing in the wrong way.”

Silas Burbage,  The Adventurous Half-Life of Buddy Boyo.

skyrocketing mud flats

“She was awfully pretty,” said Martens.  “Terribly.  Horribly.”

Thaddeus Crewes,  Crowded Evil World.

artists and liars

“I don’t worship the clergy, Linda. They are not the thing. But I do my best to tolerate them.”

Deane Marlowe,  Theory of Dirt.

just a tad

Koolius  Caesar.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

kettle of hawks

We dwell upon a silk sofa carried on the backs of our ancestors.

Chalmers Van Nest,  The Trivial Quadrivium.

bowl of porridge

mushroom growing kit

There is a sense of panic that descends upon us when we begin to realize that those who are lying to us are stupid.

Tyler Boots,  Axios Means Worthy.

circling all drains

Two propositions presented on a bright, balmy day:  (1) the Enlightenment was a mistake and (2) the Internet was a mistake.

Hunter Hogarth,  Raised by Wolves.

up and scoot

“…no, she was taking sociology courses so, of course, I avoided her like the plague.”

Everson Dwight,  Theory of Machines, a Novel.

out in red

“Just how sophisticated can a person be?”  That, sir, was the question of the day.  Of the week.  Of the year!

Clifford Apogee,  Draining the Pools—A Collection of Stories.