dennis scharnberg

a manmade nimbus

I can recall the odd line or two from memory. At least sometimes I can. But it seems there was something about “an endless bathing in selfhood.”

Will Bestwyck, Letters from Mr. Palindrome.

backward and forward

Every moment is coincidence. And there are no moments.

Gaddis Gann, Essays on the Pre-Socratics.

develop stop fix

“He’s a newsreader, Emily! A mannikin.”

Will Davies, She Would If She Could.

dossier dossier dossier

“Welcome to the Lone Star State,” said Julie. “Hop in.”

Stephanie Biggers, Cat Farming in Nigeria.

falling into place

By what faculty do we recognize that the truth of a proposition is self-evident?

Benedict Symes, A Meditation on Periodicity.

hocus pocus locust

I never guess.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

hurling a stool

“No, Davies. Your interpretation is okay. In fact, it is quite good. It just happens to be wrong, that’s all.”

Kiefer Sythe, The Detective Club.

down the hill

“Nearly every expression in the English language is a pun!” shouted professor Edmunds, in a futile attempt to restore the group to order.

Anson Trimm, Carlos the Forgetful.

beasts are good

…[Sherlock Holmes] is all about noticing. The interpretations are strictly secondary. They are acquired.

Amanda Willcoxen, ed., The Literary and Philosophical Fragments of Gregory James Sallust.

stream of payments

Labor a Tory

Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.