First Lines

[Wybren]

George had not intended wake up this morning and find that he was dead, frankly he was quite shocked at this revelation...

 

[Alurny]

Some say he lacks rationality, and it appears, yet again, they may have been right.

 

[Talysia]

Falling had never been a particular fear of his - he was far more afraid of landing - especially when he was plummeting after being sucked out of the burst-out door of an aircraft during the flight.

 

[BowieGirl400]

Georgia found the alien hiding in her barn after she finished picking green beans for tonight’s supper.

 

[Talysia]

Good one, BowieGirl! Welcome to the Chronicles!

(and another first line from me- to stay on topic, as it were)

Not everyone found gardening interesting, although when he dug a hole for the roses a little too deep, he was shocked to see the hidden chamber, and even more so to see the sepulchral tomb inside it.

 

[ice.monkey]

At an impossibly early age of only two year's old his daughter spoke her first line - "Talk to the hand, Dad."

 

[The Ace]

Raising the camera to my eye, I turned the focus ring and watched two faint images become a single solid one.

 

[Talysia]

The clasp was undone: The book that should never be read was open.

 

[Dwarf of Moria]

Sometimes, being a four-foot troll can really be the pits; especially when forced to fight your ten-foot tall brother.

 

[Talysia]

Finding that there is someone who looks just like you is always a problem, but what happens when that person wants to kill you? - that was his main concern now.

 

[ice.monkey]

He stared blankly into the steaming cup of tea as tears streamed down his cheeks and the wind rattled the rain streaked sash window.

 

[SterlingRitu]

[FONT=&quot]It was pitch dark and cloudy, about [/FONT][FONT=&quot]3 am[/FONT][FONT=&quot] in the night when Mohan Nagpal woke up as he stumbled against the garden swing in a strange villa. [/FONT]

 

[ice.monkey]

She felt her life drifting away like the fleecy clouds passing lazily overhead.

 

[Troo]

George had not intended wake up this morning and find that he was dead, frankly he was quite shocked at this revelation...

You know, my editorial eye couldn't help but twitch at this one. It would be so very much stronger if it were just:

George had not intended to wake up this morning and find that he was dead.

 

[Pravuil]

The gleam of steel caught in the folds of the beach-blonde preacher's trench coat. As he approached the dictator the man of god thought to himself 'this has gone on long enough.'.

 

[Dwarf of Moria]

Sabrina was looking at his brother's message when the room exploded.

 

[ice.monkey]

He blinked hard but the smiling angels had refused to vanish.

 

[Talysia]

Everyone hated papercuts, that was a common fact, but when you accidentally cut your skin and found highly advanced circuitry and wiring, then it was reason for concern.

 

[crystal haven]

There could never be a good day really, for sinking up to your neck in mud.

 

[Dwarf of Moria]

John learned the hard way that death isn't sweet.