dennis scharnberg

changing the rules

“Come now, Evelyn.  Everyone senses that things are falling apart.  But sensing it and facing up to it are two separate matters.”

Nicholas Crisp,  Unfit for Murder.

tower of bells

Recently, Charlie had begun the serious pursuit of a new form of literature.  Something he called Talking to the TV.

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

ground already lost

“What’s exciting, Mrs. Vickery, is to be even the very smallest part of a grand statistical array.

Benedict Elder, A Cosmopolitan Paradise.

walking the plank

sigh  wren

Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

eradicate pull tabs

“Allow me to introduce you to inescapable confusion,” said Hollingsworth.  “Also known as Derrida’s Dream.”

Thaddeus Crewes, Crowded Evil World.

done with dispatch

“It’s Trotskyism served on artisanal bread.”  Alwyn’s assertion was both brief and opaque.

Anselm Bligh, A Collection of Miniatures.

come again soon

private aye

Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

to be seen

“God doesn’t exist, Margie.”

“That’s because He is not interested in existing.”

Allison Terew, The Shining Shifting Things.

through and through

“If you can claim victimhood,” muttered Eric, “then you are blameless.”

Corliss Archer, Boarding the Crazy Train.

just another event

Doorways exist to let things in.  And the worst doorway of all is the one created by boredom.

Enos Slaughter, Speaking Out of the Ground.