dennis scharnberg

bait and switch

“Something else altogether is going on in my work,” said Matthew.  “It definitely is not expression.”

Jane Chetwynde,  The Have-Not Faradays.

just sailing along

They lack historical awareness.  Consequently, the current moment always strikes them as being unprecedented.

Jason K. Broadus,  The Ice of My Dreams.

above all else

Being honest to the reader is a form of lying.

Dennis W. Sylvester,  Confessions of a Moon Man.

flock of poets

“Tears are an emulsion, Glenda.  An emulsion.”

Brendan Shaughnessy,  Lobsters and Clams, a Novel.

moving forward again

Building and destroying are the same.

Godfrey Tooke,  Collected Aphorisms.

a gunner good

Under the larger sign was this legend:  Wisdom for a Modest Fee.

Mark Anthony,  The Tale of the Mirror.

an empty house

“We are the future the Founders chose,” murmured old man Carter.

Roger Penberthy,  A Non-Newtonian Unpleasantness.

not to know

He later admitted that he had been so desperately lonesome that he wrote letters to himself.  And posted them.

Chadwick Graves,  One Damned Thing After Another.

light of candle

“And whom did Huddleston despise?” asked the Narrator.  “Anyone with intellectual pretensions.”

Chadwick Graves,  Maoist Struggle Session and Other Stories.

inveterate seashell collector

The Eleventh Commandment:  “Admire thyself.”

Mills Verbruggen,  The Isle of Dogs.