Field guide No. 743
The egg that cracked steel
The egg is fine.
A plain white egg rests on a sheet of brushed steel that has cracked open around it in long jagged lines. The egg shows no interest.
Field noteEgg against steel has one known result. Here the shell is unmarked and the plate is in pieces.
- Specimen
- No. 743
- Genus
- Generated
- Kind
- Impossible (the round square kind)
- Where it doesn’t exist
- A brushed steel worktop.
- Nearest existing relative
- A hen’s egg.
- Filed in Fresh slop as
- Objects
Also impossible, also breaking material
Paper thin sheets, heavy shadowsSheets of paper cast shadows that drape off the table like heavy cloth.
Koi swimming through woodA fish swims through liquid. A floor that is liquid for fish and solid for chairs is both.
Moths biting an amber sunbeamMoths eat wool. These eat light, and the beam keeps the bite marks as if it were cloth.
Flames trapped inside hailstonesEach hailstone contains a visible flame. Ice has become a lantern without making room.