dennis scharnberg

Who wrote that socialism is one consequence of the inability to count to five?

Ned Pickering, Twilight of the Dogs.

The sudden presence of a videocam (mounted on a tripod) changed the behavior of everyone present.  It was as though a spell had been cast.

Chris Marlowe, The Phoenix Park Murders.

A white ball lies upon a grassy terrace.  And what does Devlin say?  “Oh, look there, a lovely red ball!”

Maxwell Havers, The Complete Undoing of Lord Tuckahoe.

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Auntie chamber

Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

…not that they are liars, but that they are so bad at lying.

Winston Joyce,  Rational Agent Theory.

Lawrence did not seek redemption.  Not quite.  He simply yearned for better ways to waste time.

Miles Everett Mander, Hard-Won Tales.

Assigning blame is inescapably irrational.

Clifford O. Mounce, A Portable Darkness.

Forgetting is not selective.  One simply does forget.

Trevor Albertus, Malevolent Asymmetry.

—I had absolutely nothing to do with it, Inspector.

—Yes, but having nothing to do with things is a highly refined skill.  Is it not?

Lana Dowling,  The Mystery of the Dull Parcels.

“Isn’t not knowing a good thing?  I read somewhere that it was.  Or that it could be?  Or might be?  Of course, I cannot know.”

Rhonda Carstairs, A Bad Case of the Whim-Whams and Other Stories.