“A man’s subconscious self is not the ideal companion. It lurks for the greater part of his life in some dark den of its own, hidden away, and emerges only to taunt and deride and increase the misery of a miserable hour.”
P. G. Wodehouse
Oct
4
Thanks to The Indie View for giving me yet another opportunity to have people dislike me. Assess the damage yourself here. “I find profanity, racism, sexism, homophobia and the mentally challenged inherently funny.” A real quote from the interview.
Oct
12
“Do you want your receipt?” asked the young man behind the counter. “No thanks” replied the older businessman. “Are you sure?” the young man asked again. “Yes. You can chuck it.” There was a long pause but instead of depositing the receipt into the trash as requested the young man hesitated, looked at the receipt […]
Oct
10
I would start this by saying “there once was a girl” but the truth is although there once was, in the sense that she did previously exist, she also exists now so it would be more accurate to say that “there is this girl”. Although that doesn’t sound much like the beginning of any fable […]
Oct
9
All you had to do was have one of your quarters stay on the little glass pedestal to win. Even though you saw the guy manning the booth walk by and blast the top of the pedestal with some sort of no-stick spray every now and then it appeared to be a winnable proposition. Put […]
Oct
8
It starts with a weird question that only she would take seriously. Not even a question as much as an idea that led to several pressing questions. “It would be hard to design a theater for pufferfish.” Simple. Eloquent in its stupidity. It assumes so many things about pufferfish and evolution and their desire to […]
Oct
7
She was the most dangerous woman on the planet. A wonderful first line for a story but not really accurate. Like the title. It sounds like an awesome story but it really has nothing to do with the imminent narrative. I’m just sick of readers expecting great titles and great opening lines. And when I […]
