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'What were we thinking?'

I should be a writer when I grow up...

Meet Stephen Krkzk Author of 'Why Conspiracy Theories Are Nonsense'

Tesseract of the D'Urbervilles.

"Regarding the plot of your novel ... what on earth were you thinking?"

A man with Dwarfism is reading Little Women.

"Is this fiction, non-fiction or historical fiction?"

"Hmmm, this might just be not funny enough for The New Yorker."

Book Shop Plot Spoilers

"Devi's brew?"

"Mark, you have to stop calling John's gospel 'Fan Fiction.'"

"That's just the end of the panel, girl."

"It all happened so fast. 'Notable Book of the Year' to the remainder shelves to HERE in just six months!"

Gulliver's other travels.

"Yes, could you discuss the inspiration for the protagonist? Specifically, the motivations which propel the direction of his narrative?" "I would prefer not to." "Bartleby, the author."

Frankenstein's Ancestry

With the mine closing down due to Emission concerns...somone had to shake their booty to keep food on the table.

"And Jasper, dear Jasper, with his soulful eyes and great sagging jowl, would be stretched upon the floor, his tail a-thump when he heard his master's footsteps." Penny loved Daphne Du Maurier's 'Rebecca'.

"I wish you would actually sell one of these novels...all these returned manuscripts are giving me backaches!"

"It's a blood curdling novel about the brutal murder of a publisher who rejected a book about the brutal murder of a publisher..."

"I'd just like to congratulate you on how skillfully you've hidden my novel!"

Other Fiction

"The whole thing is basically fiction. But I just thought my resume could use some spice."

Escaping a desert island

Keri Hulme

Louisa May Alcott

Book Shop.

"Just sign it 'To the Lucky High Bidder.'"

'I like reading romance novels: They always leave me with a warm feeling inside...'

'I see dumb people wearing 'I see dumb people' shirts.'

"And yet, I too am a still life."