Jordan Dotson

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Blunt knives without appetite

September 7, 2015 By Jordan

The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year’s loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt knives without appetite, with a lazy indifference.

…from Street of Crocodiles, by the strange, frustrating, and inimitable Bruno Schulz, who saw no difference between prose and poetry.

Filed Under: Things I wish I'd written Tagged With: Bruno Schulz, Street of Crocodiles

A whole pack of demons!

November 11, 2014 By Jordan

The stove roared and whistled, as if a whole pack of hounds or demons were held captive in it.

…from The Street of Crocodiles, by Bruno Schultz, who by all accounts was a pretty weird dude.

Filed Under: Prose Porn, Things I wish I'd written Tagged With: Bruno Schulz, The Street of Crocodiles