An art critic from the 25th century visits struggling poet David Dantziger and his totally unappreciated painter friend Morniel Mathaway.
So we indulged in the twentieth-century custon of shaking hands with him. First Morniel, then me—and both very gingerly. Mr. Glescu shook hands with a peculiar awkwardness that made me think of the way an Iowan farmer might eat with chopsticks for the first time.

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  1. “The Discovery of Morniel Mathaway” by William Tenn, in Galaxy, October 1955.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by William Tenn