A SENTENCE BY KINGSLEY AMIS
His face was heavy, as if little bags of sand had been painlessly sewn into various parts of it, dragging the features away from the bones, if he still had bones in his face. Boy knew from hangovers.
His face was heavy, as if little bags of sand had been painlessly sewn into various parts of it, dragging the features away from the bones, if he still had bones in his face. Boy knew from hangovers.
In this picture, Rita, who happened to be the easiest person to hypnotize in the Western Hemisphere of the 1960s, has just read a few sentences of Svengali hypnotizing Trilby in the George DuMaurier novel. She had to be doused with several flagons of ale to bring her out of the trance.
Rita is holding the book: a. How to Hypnotize Friends and Influence People b. How to Hypnotize Enemies and Steal Souls c. How to Hypnotize Animals and Subsequently Eat Them d. Trilby
My father was an unrepentant ptarmigan, my mother a card-carrying bat. Raised in a snowbound cave, I naturally craved justice, and found none. Therefore, it, and when I say it I mean the local death pig, behooved me. Behooved, I made my way into the world of crime via baking. I discovered soon enough that […]
He’s that globe looking cactus dealie at the lower right. His name, 6fge5i8jn5tfe3, translates to Ron in English. And yes, your eyes deceive you not. Those are tribbles at the lower left. Maintained by the triffids in suspended animation, they have been hauled here to be reanimated and released when the actual triffid world dominance […]
George passed through the ocean with the silent dignity of a torpedo. That George, ladies and gentlemen, is clearly one very fine swimmer in a story written 100 (+ or – 2) years ago.
Scene – Curtain up reveals ready room of Admiral’s flagship. The Admiral, a grim visaged chipmunk, is seated. Facing him, standing stiff at attention is as fine a chipmunk as ever sailed the seven seas. Admiral: At ease, Captain. Report. Captain: Yes, sir. She’s almost ready. Admiral: Almost isn’t good enough, Captain. You must have […]