Daryl Scroggins


Lexilalia

Bitter:  A German rite involving the eating of postage stamps.

 

Cattle guard:   A rubbery sound.

 

Hinge:  To cause two legs of a child’s pole swing to lift off the ground by over swinging.

 

Kale:   A gust of false happiness.

 

Leisure:   A delicate reptile that decorates itself in hiding with drops of dew.

 

Morose:   A drunken flower vendor.

 

Talent:   The limp tangle made when stick candles are piled in direct sunlight.




Daryl Scroggins has taught creative writing and literature at The University of Texas at Dallas, The University of North Texas, and the Writer’s Garret, in Dallas. He now lives in Marfa, Texas. He is the author of Winter Investments, a collection of stories (Trilobite Press), and This Is Not the Way We Came In, a collection of flash fiction and a flash novel (Ravenna Press). One of his fictions was selected for Best Microfiction 2020.