Last week, I talked about verbs which masquerade as other parts of speech. For the sake of being thorough and keeping things together for our new readers, I’m bringing Perry Participle back for another round. If you read this last year, you’re free to decide whether the refresher will benefit you or no. Cute, fuzzy […]
Speculative Fiction: Mike Dellosso: Horror and the Bible
Peter Ryan wakes up on a typical morning only to find his house empty, his wife and daughter nowhere to be found. His world is shattered after a phone call to a friend confirms the impossible: his wife and daughter died in a car accident he does not remember. Haunted by faint memories and flashes […]
Speculative Fiction: In Which Jess Evander Breaks Down the Space-Time Continuum
Her blood holds secrets she never knew existed.Despite the fact that she acts as a parent to her alcoholic father, Gabby Creed feels pretty normal. But her life is turned upside-down on her seventeenth birthday when a bracelet appears on her wrist and sucks her back through time. Turns out she’s not even a little bit […]
When Verbs Go Incognito: Participles, Gerunds, and Infinitives
‘Ello, loves. Today’s Get Your Grammar Fix(ed) features three infiltrators. Sometimes, verbs be sneaky. They masquerade as other parts of speech, sneaking into adjectival and adverbial roles, relishing the danger and inherent risk of undercover work. They look like verbs, but they play other roles: Participles.Gerunds.Infinitives.I won’t take long.Participles are verb forms with either progressive -ing endings […]
Spec-Fic: Realm Makers
Have you been enjoying the Spelunking Speculative Fiction series? It’s one of our very favorite (cavernous) genres to edit. If you’ve missed the previous posts, you can click on the author’s name below and catch up. So far, we’ve heard from Aaron Gansky (twice) Carla Laureano Autumn Kalquist Amanda G. Stevens Susan Kaye Quinn Serena Chase […]
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