dennis scharnberg

out of bounds

All things are odd.  It is just a matter of looking at them.

Jackson Currothers III,  The View From the Cauldron.

back and forth

Not being able to stand looking at her.  Not being able to stand listening to her.  These are significant stumbling blocks to the appreciation of Meryl Streep, actor.

Jeremy Breedlove,  A Sardonic View of the Movies.

all at once

Dreams differ dramatically from the conscious world.  But they are more constrained—more limited—than that world.

Lawrence Rittle,  The Fundamentals of Confusion.

taunting flaunting haunting

“Gullible” and “stupid” are words that have been shriveled to nothing by the internet.

Theodore Gilcoyne,  Ten Paths to Erasure.

in saecula saeculorum

Comfort is the enemy.  How do we defeat comfort?

Algernon Webb,  A Speculative Autobiography.

a secret life

“Honestly,”  said the actress.

Charles Jeffrey Yett,  Writing in Miniature—Vol. Three.

break the stick

“Henceforth, I shall fear only those matters that are worthy of fear.”  Quentin was now all set and ready to roll.

Grayling Stott,  An Inventory of Characters.

spirals of logic

He liked things, of course.  But he hated liking them.

Maxine Davis and Douglas Pallisard,  A History of the Movement.

the dark side

The boundary separating fiction from nonfiction cannot be delineated once and for all.

Ellis Nobodaddy,  The Theory of Ice.

the greater good

A fragment:

—And your name, sir?

—Bill.  Bill Williams.  I’m the actor.

Jeremy Breedlove,  A Sardonic View of the Movies.