dennis scharnberg

quod erat demonstrandum

A fading society will always present a healthy parasite population.  Look for the parasites.

Christopher Allyn,  Militant Vulgarity.

now we know

To be good at going to school.  That is what Bridget sought.  And that is what Bridget found.

Tristan Holyoke, A Tree Full of Monkeys.

to be seen

ledger  domain

Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

beyond all reason

“What you are seeing [today] is not what you will see tomorrow,” Alwyn proclaimed almost breathlessly.

Buster Kelso, Crimes Against Music.

commonplaces of existence

Aldredge posits a world full of people walking around, each with a faint emanating radiance….

Thomas Bedlam, Jackdaws and the Problem of Speech.

quantity of rubbish

Constance was in search of a way, a simple way, to help people avoid realizing how embarrassing they are.

Burdyce Goode, Wonderful With Dogs.

she braved all

“We have no medicine for stupidity,” said Mr. Ackenthorpe, chuckling.  But he could not, for the life of him, recall the source for his quip.

Mildred Cummings, Murder and Poetry.

destroying it all

“Oh, they have the very finest hairdressers.  And the best phone sanitizer.  Everybody says so.”

Douglas Cristobal, Feel the Logic.

pack of jackals

“Show me, please, how not to do it.  How not to do any and all things.

Thaddeus Crewes, Crowded Evil World.

school of fish

Cynthia felt that she should be congratulated for her purchases.

Agatha Vox, When Everything Was Singing.