The Unforgotten Country

The following are the first lines from all of the original fiction postings from the August 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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11 - Good may have won the day, but Evil cannot be killed, only contained. (Fantasy)

9 - The river was half crusted with ice, the snow trampled where various wildlife and villagers had come for water. (Fantasy; Traveling Songs)

6 - It wasn't healthy, but she couldn't bring herself to give up what little hope had made it through the war. (A Candle in the Window; Fantasy)

5 - It's grown while he was gone, enveloping the house in coppery-green leaves glinting in fading sunlight. (Ashes of the Fire; Fantasy)

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