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“Oh, by the way, Walter, there is a hinge that needs tending.”

Alberta Traywick, Susannah’s Accident.

“Are those tears, Gwen?  Or is that some other fluid?”

Trent Bendix, Patricia Knows Best.

Absolute failure of imagination is one thing.  Celebrating that failure is quite another.

Mills Verbruggen, The Isle of Dogs.

“I understand that it will be imperfect.  But, surely, not this imperfect.”  Phillips hoped that he had not sounded unappreciative.

Jason Starling, ed., Adventures in Narrative Parsimony.

We need to embrace the religion of the self.  And what is its principal sacrament?  Self-expression.

Trevor Albertus, Malevolent Asymmetry.

Among other accomplishments, Jason predicted 1984 in 2010.

Stephanie Biggers, Cat Farming in Nigeria.

“James does not know what he wants.  But, of course, he assumes that he does know.”

Silas Burbage, The Adventurous Half-Life of Buddy Boyo.

…a monstrosity of foolishness and malice.  I do realize that this is but one way of characterizing the Baby Boom generation.

Aaron Flynders, A Theory of Everything.

Most design is bad.  I want to say all.  But I won’t.

Stefan Jannings, Prolegomena to Any Future.

But, surely, logical argument has but one goal: to get one’s opponent to shut up.

W. Scott Hemmings, A Brief Analysis of Idolatry.