dennis scharnberg

beg borrow steal

Clarissa needs to realize that she cannot reason him out of this disposition if he didn’t reason himself into it.

Rubina Malcolm, The Black Box.

predicting yield point

In life, it is always the obvious that is true.  But how do we find the obvious?

Algernon Webb, A Speculative Autobiography.

one dreadful abyss

“I am, therefore I think,” urged a certain Mr. Bob Sawyer.

Agatha Vox, When Everything Was Singing.

dollars and scents

I sink, therefore I swam.

Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

fold spindle mutilate

Colton’s “radical rebellion” consisted of little more than being morose and uncooperative.

Darko Rivenbark,  Snapshots.

do not fold

“No, Alice, you’re wrong.  You are completely wrong.  They don’t think you’re crazy.  They think you are vapid.”

Gladys Huizinga, Hard-Luck Dennis.

high eastward hill

“You sound like an actor, acting,” said Hugh, briefly.  “Congratulations.  It’s quite an accomplishment.”

Trent Bendix,  The Dejected Bird.

no rough magic

Juvenal delinquent

Tacit us

Andrew Tertullian,  Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

concerning door hinges

“Here,” stated Dalton, “we have diagenetically consolidated sedimentary facies.  Commonly referred to as a rock.”

Mildred Cummings, Murder and Poetry.

carthago delenda est

“One simply cannot prevent people thinking things,” answered Brenda.  And there was an unmistakable note of exhaustion in that voice.

Myrtle Mawby,  Cabinets and Drawers, a Novel.