First Lines Meme

[klward]

Via korman , a meme where writers post the first sentences of their works and works in progress.

Complete but unpublished

Secret Paths
"This can be our world," said Kerstin, "It's about time we made our own world."

Erina Hearn and the God of Death
It was the scream that caught Erina Hearn.

The Land of Dreams Gone Bad
The parties have all gone on too long
and the girl who hid too well
peers out of the cracks, waiting for the game to end.

(No one specified prose!)

Reading the Game
It can be disconcerting for the player of role-playing games to read a novel or watch a film and see her hobby depicted in a way that she barely recognises.

(No one specified fiction!)

In Progress

Necromance
As she stepped into Martin Place, the clocks were striking six and the dead men were closing in.

Cursebreaker
"In all my time as a cursebreaker, this is the single most apalling mess I have ever laid eyes on."

The Cat's Cortege
See the Mademoiselles Felix approach along the crowded hall; young, slim and neat in black coats and white gloves, huge eyes glancing this way and that.

The Hand of Shepenwepet
On the third day after her death did they bring the Lady Nefetari to the Place of Beauty and Hor the master embalmer was greatly wroth.

Thelema Dwight: Occult Secretary
From out of the east, as the sun approaches the horizon, Thelema Dwight approaches the door.

Comments

[ashamel.livejournal.com]

Catchy.

[kylaw.livejournal.com]

Why thank you sir!

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

The first line has grabbed me, I now want to read Necromance very badly, closely followed by The Cat's Cortege, Reading the Game, and The Hand of Shepenwepet

I like the occult secretary. There's already an occult librarian. His name is Rex Libris (http://www.slgpublishing.com/prev_rex/prev_rex.html).

[xnbach.livejournal.com]

The first line of my current work in progress used to be "God was a lot nicer before he got his hand bitten off", but that didn't actually work in the context of the plot structure, so now that line doesn't occur until midway through the book.

Shame though, because that was a great first line. I actually came up with that before I came up with the actual plot and setting of the book, lol.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

These are magic. Can't wait for "The Hand of Shepenwepet"!

[kylaw.livejournal.com]

Given what I know of your work in progress, is God dyslexic?

[xnbach.livejournal.com]

Nope, he just has anger management issues :)

[kylaw.livejournal.com]

Rex Libris is indeed cool. Especially when the demon samurai can't handle the Dewey decimal system. Now, because I can't resist, the second line of "Reading the Game".

Such as when Inspector John Coffin encounters miscreants playing “Vices & Virgins” in Gwendoline Butler’s "Coffin Underground".

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm now hooked. May I have the third line?

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

Which is one of hte reasons I refuse to believe in Him/Her/Whatever.

[kylaw.livejournal.com]

Or when the Greatest American Hero attempts a game of “Wizards & Warlocks” only to end up on a mini-golf course.

Everything in this article is genuine.

[kylaw.livejournal.com]

Nyaarrgh! It stalled a novel ago at about 8,000 words and I've still got no idea what fraction of the whole that is!!!

[murasaki-1966.livejournal.com]

Good lord.