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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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
First Lines Contest 2018: Avarice and Charity
First Lines Contest 2018
Avarice Licciardi stepped through the partially broken, wooden, swinging doors of ...
First Lines Contest 2018: Shrouded Passions
First Lines Contest 2018
“You stupid bastard!” George Fanti yelled at his older half-brother, David Higgins...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
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
First Lines Contest 2018: Vampyrie
First Lines Contest 2018
“Where in the blazes am I?” Phoebe mumbled under her breath, afraid someone might ...
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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
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...
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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...