First Lines

[Talysia]

The thread finally snapped, and with it went the hopes and dreams of a nation.

 

[Interference]

His belt finally snapped, and with it went the hopes and dreams of a generation - from the introduction to Elvis' newest biography

 

[Starbeast]

...just as a gulpped down another handful of creamy chocolate eggs, my eyes notice two rabbit feet, I panned my eyes upward and saw a pretty dressed little bunny. The candy bliss soured in my belly as she screamed, "You killed MY HUSBAND!"

While on my knees, I begged for forgiveness. In her anger, she kicked at my head, but her foot lodged into my mouth. I choked on her big toes until I passed out.....

 

[A. S. Behsam]

People keep saying you should trust your family, but it never worked for me.

 

[StilLearning]

In front of her the great wave closed: A single monstrous face of glass, higher than mountains.

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

When the talent agency advised me to drop my chicken juggling act, I should have listened...

 

[David Evil Overlord]

It was the best of crimes, it was the worst of crimes.

 

[subtletylost]

It takes two to tango, but only one to spark a revolution.

 

[David Evil Overlord]

I caused the apocalypse. There, I admit it! But there's no one left to hear me. No one left at all.

 

[reiver33]

Snowflakes drifted in the still air like lost souls, each following their own path to oblivion.

 

[David Evil Overlord]

Lost souls drifted on the air like snowflakes, oblivious to the approach of the soul-eaters.

 

[James Coote]

Heavy boots crunched on broken glass.

 

[Talysia]

Angering Mother Nature, he thought, wincing as the wind's icy fingers scratched across her cheek, had not been a good idea.

 

[subtletylost]

What cruel god have I offended this time?

 

[James Coote]

Picking myself up, I saw across the road, the circus was in town

 

[David Evil Overlord]

Chicken juggling was for amateurs. Chainsaw juggling was for professionals. I just wish I'd listened when they said, "Don't try this at home.".

 

[The Ace]

At 0825 precisely, my head was severed. It was going to be one of those days.

 

[Sho Pi]

Illuminated by the midday sun, its shadows shortened to squat stubs of their past and future selves, a brightly multi-coloured cottage-wagon trotted along on a little-used path through a forest.

 

[subtletylost]

All around the storm rages and nothing can quell the anger of the beast.

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

The next thing I know, I'm in Tijuana, Mexico, and had traded my mint condition Shelby Cobra for a donkey named Churro...