dennis scharnberg

the end time

“It’s trouble in the making, Susie. He’s been cruising with those two delinquents we saw yesterday. Hamp Fancher and Chick Farfisa.”

Burdyce Goode, Philosophy of Vegetables.

worth the candle

“That’s just his way, Christina. It is definitely a message. But it’s not altogether clear what the message is.”

Gladys Huizinga, Hard-Luck Dennis.

his final bow

“She thinks she is in a movie, David. And she is not alone in that regard.”

Diana Moone, Living Well.

no longer available

term in nation

Andrew Tertullian, Pandora’s Ponderous Puns.

it approaches zero

Ease is toxic.

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

driving old cars

There is no factual Nietzsche. There are only interpretations of Nietzsche.

Baldwin Tavinger, Toward a Rhetoric of Number.

coeli et terra

Criteria are post facto.

Godfrey Tooke, Collected Aphorisms.

friendly splashing dolphins

“It was gossamer, Dan. Pure gaseous frivolity. Diffusion of nothing at all.”

Augustus Bligh, Crawlspace.

to and fro

He dabbled a bit too casually in matters of business. For a while, it was what he referred to as “old coins.” And then there was the wholesaling of damaged fruit. Regardless of what he tried he always managed to lose his shirt. And he always had to start again from zero. At least that’s how it appeared to those who knew him best.

Harold Nickleby, Captain Hugo and the Case of the Mystic Rhymes.

hey diddle diddle

“He reminds me,” replied Brenda, “of the comedy writer I once knew. So clever. So wonderful.”

Chadwick Graves, One Damned Thing After Another.