Field guide No. 1488
Sleeping dog with fallen spots
Shedding, very selectively.
A spotted dog asleep on concrete, pale patches on its coat where black spots have dropped off onto the ground beside it. They are fluffy.
Field noteSpots are a pattern in fur, yet here they lie on the ground as loose things that left pale gaps.
- Specimen
- No. 1488
- Genus
- Generated
- Kind
- Impossible (the round square kind)
- Breaks
- Category
- Where it doesn’t exist
- A cracked concrete yard in the afternoon.
- Nearest existing relative
- A Dalmatian.
- Filed in Fresh slop as
- Surreal
Also impossible, also breaking category
Water from a thirsty shadowA dark shadow pours over the edge like water. It has stopped behaving like shade.
The horizon comes looseThe horizon is where the ground appears to end. A thing that only appears cannot peel.
Three kings, one impossible boardChess has two sides and a king each. A third king means the game contradicts its own rules.
The lighthouse’s black ink beamA beam is light by definition. This one is black liquid, splatters and drips, and still comes out of the lamp.