dennis scharnberg

Reading is an indirect form of writing.

Benjamin Alexis,  Thriving Under the Influence.

One sign that a society is degraded:  partial credibility is valued.

Winifred Hissom,  Governing the Unknowns.

Pausing is what they fear.  If you pause, then you might have thoughts.  And that might lead to doubts about your happy ways.

Sondra Whittle,  The Long Lonely Winter Evenings.

Consider this:  that we deserve to be lied to.

Stephanie Muhundro,  Books and Doors.

Bumper Sticker:    CRIMINALIZE  ALL  THOUGHTS.

Todd Lapidus,  Headlines, Captions, and Other Schemes.

What does it signify when he boasts about his honesty?

Bronson K. Janda,  Turning Gold Into Lead.

For the psychic, it is more a matter of touching the photographs than looking at them.

Darla Givens,  The Mystery of Miss Pritchard.

“Could it be,”  asked Winthrop, “that the lady says one thing and desires another?”

Timothy Swofford,  The Corpse and the Candle.

Discrimination needs to extend no further than attitude—having the correct attitude.

Miranda Hughes,  The Sorrow in Sunlight.

First, reduce the world to a comic book.  Then, dwell.

Chalmers van Nest,  The Trivial Quadrivium.