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May 12, 2019
First Lines Contest 2019: Wrath and Mercy
First Lines Contest 2019
Finley Helmer stood in the lush garden surrounding his father’s large estate house...
July 01, 2019
First Lines Contest 2019: salvaging truth
First Lines Contest 2019
A buzz split the dark silence of Riley’s room and jerked her away from fondling th...
September 25, 2018
First Lines Contest 2019: Federal City's Secret
First Lines Contest 2019
Alexandra Russell lay like a battered rag doll with haunted lifeless eyes staring ...
May 12, 2019
First Lines Contest 2019: Point and Shoot for Your Life
First Lines Contest 2019
I focused the lens of my Pentax-K 500 and saw the heaving creamy breasts bobble ov...
September 23, 2018
First Lines Contest 2018: Indulgence and Temperance
First Lines Contest 2018
Beth Meridian stepped from the carriage onto the platform on Denison Street, her s...
September 23, 2018
First Lines Contest 2018: Avarice and Charity
First Lines Contest 2018
Avarice Licciardi stepped through the partially broken, wooden, swinging doors of ...
September 23, 2018
First Lines Contest 2018: Shrouded Passions
First Lines Contest 2018
“You stupid bastard!” George Fanti yelled at his older half-brother, David Higgins...
September 23, 2018
First Lines Contest 2018: Lust and Chastity
First Lines Contest 2018
“It’s all sorted then,” Gordon Avery said, raising his glass to seal the agreement...
May 12, 2019
First Lines Contest 2019: Deceit & Devotion
First Lines Contest 2019
Emily Holtz stood at the large oak desk that once belonged to her father, her eyes...
July 01, 2019
First Lines Contest 2019: Mariah’s Revenge
First Lines Contest 2019
Sage moved quickly through the wooded areas well beyond the hospital. He hadn't b...
May 12, 2019
First Lines Contest 2019: Apathy and Vigor
First Lines Contest 2019
The sun was shining high in the sky, its rays beating down with force on any and a...
May 12, 2019
First Lines Contest 2019: Heart of Stone
First Lines Contest 2019
Ruben Stoneheart stood in his office along the shipping yards, his hands in the po...
June 28, 2019
First Lines Contest 2019: Winter's Rain
First Lines Contest 2019
My name is Winter Cheyne and eight hours ago I killed a man. He was a ruthless ani...
May 10, 2019
First Lines Contest 2019: October Snow: The Series
First Lines Contest 2019
Jo knew it was coming. She had known for weeks.
She balanced her phone on her shou...
June 21, 2018
First Lines Contest 2019: Story Time with Ava
First Lines Contest 2019
The traveler is a nameless man with an ambiguous past. No one knows when he's comi...
Fiction
April 10, 2018
First Lines Contest 2018: Impostor Assassin
First Lines Contest 2018
The elderly man switched on his night lamp and got out of bed. His wife was still ...
Fiction
June 15, 2018
First Lines Contest 2018: Vampyrie
First Lines Contest 2018
“Where in the blazes am I?” Phoebe mumbled under her breath, afraid someone might ...
Fiction
March 26, 2018
First Lines Contest 2018: Shattering Truths
First Lines Contest 2018
There was no blood. I was dead inside, but not bleeding. Zipping my shorts in a da...
Fiction
June 04, 2018
First Lines Contest 2018: Midnight Owl
First Lines Contest 2018
Heather North had felt as if someone was following her for a while now, weeks to b...
Fiction
March 09, 2018
First Lines Contest 2018: A Summer of Secrets
First Lines Contest 2018
Sophia knew Cathy wouldn’t like it, but instead of driving her six-year-old goddau...