Providing incentives for behaving badly. That is the society that we have devised.
Christopher Jayne, A Critique of Sincerity.
“I laughed, I cried,” confessed Mr. Silas. “No, really. It was even better than Cats!”
Nicholas Crisp, A Suitcase Fell on Her Head.
Penelope spoke as though she were casting some object out of her mouth.
Diana Moone, Living Well.
Upon seeing the likes of this, Nietzsche would vomit himself out of existence.
Lawrence Rittle, The Fundamentals of Confusion.
“The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award,” said Gerald. “I want it.”
Stephanie Biggers, Cat Farming in Nigeria.
“How many stories exist?” wondered Yorick.
“Seven,” said Terence. “There are seven stories. A slender case can be made for eight.”
Chadwick Graves, Behaving Like a Beast.
statutory rope
Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.
Mr. Cowling’s policy was to avoid explanation. At all cost.
Jeremy Malking, The Anechoic Chamber: Stories.
Perhaps the abhorrence of bloodshed is a prejudice.
Tate LaBianca, Four and Twenty Blackbirds.
Ideas are forced. They are artificialities. They are often ridiculous. At a certain level, we hate our ideas.
Hill Boothby, The Dazzling Realm of Almost.
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