First Lines

[Talysia]

"My new home," I thought morosely, looking at the fiery gates in front of me, "but what on earth did I do to end up here?"

 

[Brev]

I lay on the bed, my fingers drumming impatiently against the headboard, where the hell was my sheep!

 

[Kiercoria99]

Jenna took the day off and drove down early Friday from the Bay area to Santa Barbara, treating herself not to a trip, but to a killing.

 

[Kiercoria99]

“I would like to tie you up,” Katsumi said, as the little bell over the coffee shop door tinkled.

 

[Kiercoria99]

We got swept off our land first by the drought then by the law.

 

[Interference]

There were six exits - seven if you included the cellar, which he didn't as it was a dead end. He opened the hatch and climbed down the ladder.

 

[Talysia]

The Fate smiled as she took up one of the threads from the Great Loom. "Well," she mused, tapping her chin thoughtfully, "perhaps just this one time..."

 

[Interference]

Each strand was a life, each life was a treasure and each treasure was now hers. She reached for the scissors.

 

[Langadune]

As he tumbled uncontrollably through the thick vegetation, Corporal Mason couldn't help but to wish he had gotten a little further away before his ride home exploded.

 

[Freelancer]

The silver knife glints in the dim light as the sharp edge cuts deeper and deeper into the soft, white body that slowly opens in my hands. A wide grin envelops my face; the zipping sound is music to my ears. I enjoy every moment as I cut and open the envelope. (Pale Moonlight)

 

[paranoid marvin]

Churchill's jaw dropped, a half-smoked cigar falling to the ground.

 

[slack]

For exactly one minute William Baker was not standing in the lobby of Station Terminal Seven.

 

[Glen]

"It was a dark and stormy night," exclaimed Arbuthnot Winnebago Trowel.

 

[reiver33]

I know how this will end, and it will not end well.

 

[GreenKidx]

This is where the word ends and your journey begins...

 

[wookie8472]

Deep within his brain, a small blood vessel popped and the tall man fell, dead before he hit the ground.

 

[Phoenixthewriter]

Cresting the peak of the back hills she finally found her target; this man would be dead by sundown.

 

[Abernovo]

Even though he knew this one would get him burned, it was a job he could not walk away from.

 

[Interference]

I consulted my diaries. I had indeed already seen one of these. Relieved that my record still stood I turned and said, "Thank you, but I had already seen everything before this...."

 

[Flugel Meister]

It seemed an odd way to start a conversation, pointing a gun at my head. But all he'd done since reminding me of my mortality was bombard me with questions about my relentless headaches.