First Lines

[Pyan]

All she really had wanted to do was to see the crater for herself.

 

[HardScienceFan]

When the cops came to my door and asked if I knew a "Pyan" or
"Talysia",I knew I was in trouble.

 

[JDP]

The blow caught Fred high on the cheek, sending him reeling backwards.

 

[daisybee]

As far as clues that something was horribly wrong went; the sun not rising this morning was pretty conclusive.

 

[Rothgar]

Under normal circumstances I wouldn't tolerate someone trying to kill me. Today however was anyting but normal, and she was the most beautiful assassin I had ever laid eyes on.

 

[Talysia]

When the cops came to my door and asked if I knew a "Pyan" or
"Talysia",I knew I was in trouble.

It started when I saw my name mentioned in a thread I was posting in, on an internet forum...

 

[JDP]

FILE 33XI4-2HT

TOP SECRET: Under no circumstances should this document be shared with anyone lacking Level Omega security clearance.

 

[Talysia]

The scars of the war were everywhere - from the massive cracks in the face of the earth to the fact that the sky was bleeding.

 

[JDP]

The Gulag reeked of blood, sweat and death; Eynlé clasped the handkerchief to her face and struggled through the throng, fighting the urge to vomit.

 

[Interference]

"This sucks."
"Never mind, keep trying," she said and it was her encouragement that made the difference.

Okay, two lines, but I couldn't leave it at the first, you'd have wondered if I was being unnecessarily rude and abrupt.

 

[HardScienceFan]

So let me tell you my story:how I came to hold a gun against a man's head,ready to kill for what I believed was right:that the infernal device known as Fat boy shouldn't be dropped on thousands of unsuspecting people....

 

[Culhwch]

They say the devil is in the details; well, I'm the Devil, and these are the details.

 

[Quokka]

Nice one, Culwch

Not overly original but I always liked the opening to a piece I put together for critiquing ages ago:

Still reeling, Jarvin turned to face his attacker.

and somethig new:

I've always avoided disguises, with a life expectancy like mine the last thing I need is a false sense of security.

 

[Matt010]

Here's the first line of the book i'm starting, i've only written the prologue and two chapters.

Graham couldn't remember being this tired when he was alive.

 

[Culhwch]

Ramalan. How he hated that city, and everyone in it.

 

[Talysia]

There was no escaping the fact that if he wanted it back, he had to go into the lair of the beast to get it.

 

[JDP]

It burned like hellfire, hotter than black rage; it took all the determination Alit had to hold on despite the stench of his own flesh burning.

 

[Talysia]

In all the years she had known him, she had never seen this side of him.

 

[JDP]

The moist coolness of Geldrik's tongue cleansed first one eye, then the other, then the other.


This is the first line of a hook I've written on the hooks: Let's write 'em thread. Thought I'd kill two birds with one stone, hee hee heeee.

 

[The Ace]

I touched the chill, moist stonework, this city was old, so old the word had little meaning.