Wednesday, January 09, 2008

The Greatest Sentence Ever Written — Lead sentence to a crime-news story in the NY Daily News, by reporter Scott Shifrel:

“A baby jammed in a shoebox amid a swarm of cockroaches, a pile of drugs, and a loaded handgun was well cared for and loved, her teenage mother insisted as she was released from jail yesterday.”

An entire novel in 36 words.
By at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

On Francisco Franco

On Francisco Franco written by  Charles Few Americans know much about Francisco Franco, leader of the winning side in the Spanish C...

  • winners never quit
    my jail shoes on the well kept cemetary lawn both of them weeping their one good son now was gone the irony to see my dad down on his knees ...
  • What I Learned Today
    A Fly urinates every 4.5 minutes.
  • The Beard does rounds
    Klamath Falls, Or. As part of my training I have been assigned friday night rounds at the local medical center. During this time I shadow...