dennis scharnberg

newer new newness

What Neal Cassady actually did in the now, now, now was talk, talk, talk.  Aside from having sex, sex, sex.

Marley Grayshott, Giants of Popular Culture.

stream of conscience

…those lovely seaside girls.  Their skirts swelling in the breeze.  And the screeching of the seabirds.

Michael Wayne Hammer, The Mystery of the Murmuring Maiden.

while we slumber

“Well, of course, words do come easy.  They sort of sputter about.  And drift along.  They don’t add up to much.”  Curtis seemed to be rehearsing again.  But for what?  For what?

Tyler Boots, Pedestrians Unite!

out of joint

The world has a right not to be photographed.

Burton L. Stepjohn,  My New Way with Words.

frictional pressure loss

Water droplets hung on the bare branches.  As if they belonged there.  They never seemed to fall.

Victoria Salt, A Compendium of Opening Lines.

doomed mountain climber

Clarissa and Thomas spent entire afternoons sharing nuggets of wisdom from contemporary Feminism.

Anderson Culpis, Rex and Rhonda—A Short Novel.

wild new novels

Arguments are circular.  Just give them a chance to show it.

Rollo Marquardt, Dwelling in the Cupcake World.

meat and potatoes

“I don’t even sleep anymore.  Because I am just too concerned.”  Raymond hoped that this sort of statement would be just the way to impress the young Marxists at his school.

Jason Starling, ed., Adventures in Narrative Parsimony.

out of hand

“Your shortcomings are obvious!”  Dexter was scolding the birds again.

Grayling Scott, An Inventory of Characters.

opening the box

Progressivism:  centers on the notion that society is an adventure in creativity.

W. Karl Bavinger, The Misanthrope’s Way With Words.