Writing Joke of the Day: Comforting a Grammar Nazi
Q: What do you say when you are comforting a grammar nazi? A: There, Their, They’re English Professor “In English,” he said, “A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as...
View ArticleFamous Thoughts on Grammar and Usage
1. “You can be a little ungrammatical if you come from the right part of the country.” — Robert Frost 2. “Word has somehow got around that the split infinitive is always wrong. That is a piece with the...
View ArticleUnlock Your Inner Story
They say, “Everyone has at least one good book in them” and while I think book might be a bit of a stretch, I wholeheartedly believe that everyone has at least one good story in them. The natural...
View ArticleOf Air Returned (1988)
i. I burned my soul to ash but the pain paled in comparison to the terror that struck my heart like a match, anticipating her arrival and the tirade she would carry in tow. An unwarranted fear, as she...
View ArticlePersonal Space
“Piece by piece, I fed my wardrobe to the night wind, and flutteringly, like a loved one’s ashes, the gray scraps were ferried off, to settle here, there, exactly where I would never know, in the dark...
View ArticleBeast of the Illusory Moon
He leaned against the chain link fence, covered in less blood than he first imagined and prayed to the moon. Not Luna, the other one, Mǣnōn, the illusory moon that sat back and to the left. The moon...
View ArticleThings Kept Precious
My mother warned me to guard the things I held precious by keeping them hidden inside me. The only thing I held precious was her and I found it impossible to place her inside my body. I was too young...
View ArticleThe Anniversary Meal
As Amantha carefully diced the spleen, she caught herself. Lost in the preparation of the meal, she absently sang a song under her breath. Normally, this wouldn't have been a problem but she was doing...
View ArticleThe Folds of Love
When the delivery truck pulls up outside the shop, neither of us look out the window. We know exactly who it is. 12:15 pm on the dot means Department of Tissue Waste Removal. Light load today. Driver...
View ArticleOne Hell Of An Offer
Modestine was aware of the gap in her memory, the section of consciousness that was removed and two separate events seamlessly spliced together in a non-jarring, dream jump cut fashion.
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