dennis scharnberg

sons and daughters

What does the internet look like?  Glowing pictures, glowing video, glowing text.

Roger Hedgecook,  Stolen and Sold for Parts.

earth shaking smile

An intellectual elite leading the long-suffering victims to a golden dawn.  A miserable farce.

Lincoln Collings,  The Past Regarded as a Small Bowl.

squirrels in cages

“No big words.  No long convoluted sentences.  Just bafflement.”

Will Bestwyck,  Letters From Mr. Palindrome.

just warming up

“There is no such thing as good or evil.”  So, is there such a thing as a true statement?

Darius Roscoe,  Regression to the Mean.

sinking slowly away

He opened anything that would open.  Cabinets, drawers, hampers, canisters, books.  There was a single overriding concern: to notice.

Allison Cowling,  Night of the Detective.

writing it right

He kept grinding on about high end restaurants and bars and stores. And I recall thinking,  “Yes, end sounds right.”

Nicholas Crisp,  A Suitcase Fell on Her Head.

walking the corridors

That commands had been written—in, say, 1380—to produce this result today.  That is what fascinated Baldwin concerning the polyphony.

Quentin Drabb,  Ebenezer’s Untold Tales.

write it down

“Intellectually impoverished  children now run our institutions,” complained Peavey.  “Do not look.”

Price Cummings,  Rattle Box.

brutality of smiling

We cannot begin to see what science is until we appreciate how shallow it is.

Godfrey Daniel,  Inspecting the Time Domain.

tread on me

“Who’s afraid of wolves?” laughed Raymond.  “Who’s afraid of an exponential curve?  Who’s afraid?”

Giles Coxe-Coburn,  Belief in Insects.