dennis scharnberg

against the wall

But self-absorption leads inevitably—almost mechanically—to boredom.  That is how we are put together.

Desmond Urquhart,  The Unsocial Sciences.

no strings attached

By “Shake and Bake” he meant William Shakespeare and Francis Bacon.  It’s just his funny way.

Will Davies,  She Would If She Could.

she sells shells

“There’s a tiger in my room!” exclaimed Mr. Fewkes.  “Can’t someone please remove it?”

Chadwick Graves,  Maoist Struggle Session and Other Stories.

spoons of amber

Seems.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

more hard work

She didn’t follow the program because she particularly liked it.  No, she was afraid that if she did stop watching, something bad might happen.

Pryce Cummings,  Rattle Box.

bing bang bong

“But Barton never goes outside, Lieutenant.  Unless it’s to walk over to a waiting vehicle.”

Georgina Hickes,  An Ornamental Murder.

friendly leafless trees

“A dictionary can hurt you, Bobby.  It can hurt a person so bad.”

Will Southey,  Government Cheese, the Novel.

listening to crickets

If they were good liars, you would not know that they had ever lied.

Hecuba Gathers,  A Purely Physical World.

row your boat

“Name someone who has an audience, Carly.  And we will take a look at that audience and see what we find.”

Devona Twilly,  Shallowness, a Novel.

peas porridge hot

…another lovely girl, bouncing all about on horseback.

Nicholas Crisp,  Unfit for Murder.