Field guide No. 1621
Side effects
One drop at a time
A rusted water tower on legs stands in a grassy plain with a fat glass spout full of amber liquid sticking out of its side. The tower dispenses by the dropper.
Field noteWater tower sprouts a glass spout of amber, a pipette left in a field.
Also possible, also breaking scale
Bobbing apples in the flooded aisleApples are carved here like pumpkins and grown to a pumpkin’s size. Big fruit, no paradox.
Endless cord, tiny phoneA very long phone cord is still a cord. The other receiver can wait at its far end.
Elongated dryer drums in a shabby laundromatDryer drums stop at the machine’s back panel; these run out across the floor like pipeline.
Under lock and leafGardens shrink to fit almost anything. Glass padlocks are rarer, and lock very little.