— simplest and strangest — it’s the name of a racehorse that never won, a jazz tune from 1947 no one remembers, or a character in a Faulkner story that got cut.
Here’s an interesting take on the name — which reads less like a single person and more like a collision of identities, a fictional character waiting for a backstory, or even an elaborate alias. anthony pierce penny barber
Want me to write a 200-word flash fiction piece starring Anthony Pierce Penny Barber ? — simplest and strangest — it’s the name