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Saturday, January 2, 2021

...," He Said, Ernestly: 20+ Questin's (sic) or The First (Last...?) Annual 'Oscar Wilde' Nonsense Short Short Story Invitational: Potential (i.e., Oulipo-Urged) Shenanagram-Prompted Purple Prose Passages and Picture-Postcard-Painted Patois

     'Oscar Wilde': every 
anagram prompts a poetic 
plot. So...? Get on with it, 
you "potentielle" Queneaus!

O, S, C, A, R, W, I, L, D, E
A, C, D, E, I, L, O, R, S, W
A, E, I, O, C, D, L, R, S, W
C, D, L, R, S, W, A, E, I, O

A solid crew  X 
A cowl dries  X 
A crow'd isle  X 
A deco swirl  X
Air'd "Le Scow"
Air'd Lew's CO  
Alice words
Alice's word  X 
Ali's Roc Dew
Ali's Roc Wed  X
Ali! We scor'd!  X
al'ows cider
a slow recid
A word slice
Alice sword
A wordsicle  X
A row, sliced

Cold Ears, WI  X 
Cilea Sword  X
Clas'...? "Widower."  X 
Cold, I swear!  X 
C.O.D. air slew
Cried Sal: "Wo'!"  X 
CA rides low.
Car's oil...? Dew!  X
(C): A Wild Rose  X
Cora is lewd.  X
"Cor!"...? Wel' said!  X
Coward lies.  X   
Coward's lie
Cows derail! 
Crowd aisle!
Cawdor Isle  X 
Cries, "A wold!"  X 
Crowe's Dali  X
Carol's wide.

DCI Al swore.  X
Driscol' awe
DA cries, "Owl!"  X 
Dear ol' Wics:  X
Dire Slaw Co. 
Doric Wales  X
DOW's a relic.  X
De laws o' Ric  X 
DWI! Leo's car...?  X
Do eclairs w____...?
Dice...? Or laws...?  X
 
E. coli wards  X 
"'e cwasi, Lord!" 
El Cid...or was
Eric...? S! Aldo...? W!
"...'eld i' ascrow." 
El Cid saw Ro-...
"...ears...lid...cow!"
Erica's wold
Eric's a wold. 
Eric was old.  X

Ilsa Wecord 

Ideal crows 
I draw Cole's  X
I'd wear clo's  X
I also crew'd.  X
I do Al's crew.
I draw close.
I raced...s  l  o  w  X
Is Lear cow'd...?
I slew Draco.  X
I saw ER Doc L.  X 
I -- cold! -- swear. 
I was colder.
I lose...? Ward C!  
I scared Owl.  X 

Lear is cow'd  X  
Law code, sir!  X
Lois Cardew
Low cars die.
Low C, raised  X 
A lower disc.  X 
Le Disco War   x 
Low sidecar
Lo! Icewards!
La Screw...? Dio!
Lew...? Cora...? Sid...?  X

Oil Ace Rd., S.W.  X 
Or slaw iced  X
Old Wis'acre  X 
Ol' Deric saw.
Or, dis a clew
O, scar'd wile!
Ow! d'Arc lies!  X
(O) Sliced raw
Ow'd eclairs  X 
Or El Cid was.  X
Or El Cid saw. 
Oscar Wilde
Owl Sidecar 
 
Raid Lew's CO  X 
"Rowli**cades"  X
re: a soil'd WC  X
Reads, "Wilco!"  X 

Scrod wi' ale
Scio 'wad'ler' 
So weird, Cal!  X 
Scowler Aid
Seward Coil 
Sie World, CA  X
Sacred owl...? I...?
Sac' o' rildew  X
Sid...? Lew...? Cora...?
Sired a...clow...?  X
"Soldier...?" "WAC!"  X
So, El Cid: war...? 
Sailor, WCed
Saw roc...? Lied.
S read: "Wilco."  X
"...," said Le Crow. 
Sri de la Cow
Slower acid
Soiled craw  X 

Wade, Cloris! 
Wid' col' ears 
Worse: Cali'd!  X 
Woc lids are  X 
W card...? I lose. 
Wid' escarol'  X
Walid's core
Waldo cries  X 
Wide ol' cars  X
Waldo's rice.
W: "La...si..." "C: "Re...do!"  X
Weird colas  X
"We's cordial!"
We...? Sic Roald...?     
We'd sic Arlo. 
We soil'd Arc. 
WC read soli.     
Wide corals
Wails, "Credo..."  X
Wace is Lord!  X 
We roal'd (sic).  X
Wed Lorca...? Si!  X


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