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“But where did Tuesday and Wednesday go, Oliver?  Tell me that.  Please.”

Gladys Huizinga,  Hard-Luck Dennis.

A roof tile—loosened several days earlier in a strong storm—fell upon his head, killing him instantly.

Roone Giddings,  Dirty Old Coins.

“But what does it all mean, Arnold?”

Hilary Fewkes,  The Banality Killings.

“We must pay close attention to the preferences of screenwriters, Janie.  They’ll be our pathfinders.  They will show us the way.”

Stephanie Biggers,  Cat Farming in Nigeria.

Civilization just happens.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

“It’s worse that you can imagine, Dinah.”

“What is?”

“Everything.”

Anselm Bligh,  A Collection of Miniatures.

Dr. Zorka (Bela Lugosi’s character) had invented a horrible gas that made objects—including people—disappear completely.  The eradication of the world was now possible.  Karl Marx’s dream come true.

Reginald Breedlove,  A Sardonic View of the Movies.

At least the Robber Barons had some common sense about economics.

Gaylord Perry III,  The Walls of Magnus Martyr.

“What is a picture, Alice?  I mean, what kind of thing is it?”

Pryce Cummings,  Rattle Box.

“Ha!” cried Janice.  “You don’t know me well!”

Myrtle Mawby,  Cabinets and Drawers, a Novel.