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June First Lines (16)
Jul. 1st, 2008 08:00 amThe following are the first lines from all of the original fiction postings from the June 2008. These are friends-locked posts sorted under my Writing filter, as I have no desire to spam those on my flist who aren't interested. *grin*
Please comment on this post in order to be added to the filter or check out my archive: Unquiet Bones (www.UnquietBones.com).
Note: The number is the date of the entry and the stuff in parenthesis is the genre and/or working title of the universe in which the story snippit took place.
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20 - There's a rock near the shore of a green-blue sea, and every night when the tide rolls in she perches on it, just high enough above the waves that she can see to the top of the hill. (Fantasy)
19 - "Alright, so think about it like this: if you don't do what I want, I'm going to kill your dog." (No Category)
14 - Time travel in an of itself wasn't that hard, it was dealing with the invariable slip-ups that caused problems. (Science Fiction)
13 - The world was full of things that 'should not be', that pinged the senses as inherently wrong, inherently divine. (Fantasy)
12 - "Could you at least pretend to be embarrassed?" (Real-world/Urban Fantasy)
11 - The one mercy is that it's not a wasting sickness, the infected are dead in twenty-four hours. (Science Fiction)
10 - Once long ago and far away, there was a young girl who was heading off into the world to make her fortune, even though it's not very original of her. (Fantasy)
9 - "Rather an-," he searched frantically for a less insulting word than 'uninspired' and finally had to settle on "-unpleasant way to die, don't you think?" (Real-word/Urban Fantasy)
8 - A week was a long time to wait for anything, but when you're sitting around twiddling your thumbs and waiting for rescue... it seemed like forever. (Fantasy; The Nine Kingdoms)
7 - Very little was left to be said, at least what could be said in mixed company, but she felt like she had to keep trying. (Fantasy)
6 - "There are worse things than happy endings." (Real-word/Urban Fantasy; Into Darkness)
5 - "Is there anything you wanted?" (Science Fiction)
4 - To humans, all Goldens look alike. (Fantasy, Songs of the Summer God)
3 - "Everything dies, sooner or later, we just got it over with a bit earlier than most." (Fantasy)
2. There's a trail through the low desert --where the scrub brushes still outnumber the cacti and there's life under every shadow-- but it never leads the same way twice. (Fantasy)
1. When he looks up from his book, there's a shadow on the lake, cast from a cloudless sky. (Horror/Dark Fantasy)
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Please comment on this post in order to be added to the filter or check out my archive: Unquiet Bones (www.UnquietBones.com).
Note: The number is the date of the entry and the stuff in parenthesis is the genre and/or working title of the universe in which the story snippit took place.
20 - There's a rock near the shore of a green-blue sea, and every night when the tide rolls in she perches on it, just high enough above the waves that she can see to the top of the hill. (Fantasy)
19 - "Alright, so think about it like this: if you don't do what I want, I'm going to kill your dog." (No Category)
14 - Time travel in an of itself wasn't that hard, it was dealing with the invariable slip-ups that caused problems. (Science Fiction)
13 - The world was full of things that 'should not be', that pinged the senses as inherently wrong, inherently divine. (Fantasy)
12 - "Could you at least pretend to be embarrassed?" (Real-world/Urban Fantasy)
11 - The one mercy is that it's not a wasting sickness, the infected are dead in twenty-four hours. (Science Fiction)
10 - Once long ago and far away, there was a young girl who was heading off into the world to make her fortune, even though it's not very original of her. (Fantasy)
9 - "Rather an-," he searched frantically for a less insulting word than 'uninspired' and finally had to settle on "-unpleasant way to die, don't you think?" (Real-word/Urban Fantasy)
8 - A week was a long time to wait for anything, but when you're sitting around twiddling your thumbs and waiting for rescue... it seemed like forever. (Fantasy; The Nine Kingdoms)
7 - Very little was left to be said, at least what could be said in mixed company, but she felt like she had to keep trying. (Fantasy)
6 - "There are worse things than happy endings." (Real-word/Urban Fantasy; Into Darkness)
5 - "Is there anything you wanted?" (Science Fiction)
4 - To humans, all Goldens look alike. (Fantasy, Songs of the Summer God)
3 - "Everything dies, sooner or later, we just got it over with a bit earlier than most." (Fantasy)
2. There's a trail through the low desert --where the scrub brushes still outnumber the cacti and there's life under every shadow-- but it never leads the same way twice. (Fantasy)
1. When he looks up from his book, there's a shadow on the lake, cast from a cloudless sky. (Horror/Dark Fantasy)
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