singsorrow

two mockingbirds -philosophical discussion on my fence posts

Standard Punctuation: Dialogue Sometimes we read dialogue so often, punctuated in so many different ways, that we either forget what we've learned (if that was anything memorable to begin with) or we rely on instinct to guide us.  A common example of this can be seen in the opening dialogue of darksouldream's piece, Bobby: ‘No,’ replied Cindy `I think his sister Becky is staying with her, but she keeps muttering about parents out living children. The doctors been keeping her pretty sedated.’ Most Americans will cringe at this.  Why?  Well, double quotation marks are the more acceptable usage (th

- At the end of a frazzled rope hung a man, daggling by a few blistered fingers and a little hope. He looked down, staring into the black abyss below, wondering if it would hurt, and if there was a bottom. Only a half an inch, he slipped, but it felt like forever in an instant. He breathed again. In short, quick bursts, as sweat beaded his brow. The rope wiggles a little and looking up he sees her, knife in hand, slowly sawing and smiling. “I know you said you loved me, but I thought I told you good bye.” -

There is a false spring here, and the sky yellows around the edges, where the hills are molten cowpats steaming over the bay. Butterflies erupt from a south facing wall, and bees sway leaden to oozing flower beds. At the end of Wood Lane the air is quiet and birdshit rots aborted leaves in a puddle above a drain. Barefooted, the foxes avoid it by a good two yards. Flies, who once batted suicidally within frosted panes, waft carefree around the concept of glass, to roam over tanned masonry unhindered until next week’s snowfall, after which just the naked footprints of foxes and masochists remain.