Thad Takashima

“For any true stickler, you see, the sight of the plural word “Book’s” with an apostrophe in it will trigger a ghastly private emotional process similar to the stages of bereavement, though greatly accelerated. First there is shock. Within seconds, shock gives way to disbelief, disbelief to pain, and pain to anger. Finally (and this is where the analogy breaks down), anger gives way to a righteous urge to perpetrate an act of criminal damage with the aid of a permanent marker.”
― Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

“The blast of hot air lifted Tazeem from his feet and threw him onto his back in the road. He blinked up into the night sky; raindrops glowed orange as they fell towards the earth.”
― R.D. Ronald, The Zombie Room

“... a safe haven, a place where the oppressed, the different, the fearful could exist, untroubled... hence its name, ‘Narytusca, home of the Circus’.”
― Trevor Alan Foris, The Octunnumi Fosbit Files Prologue

“Her lips silently formed three words, oh my love.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Steel Blood