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Who has got the BEST First Liner?
Can you make us thirsty for an entire novel by writing your BEST first line? Write the BEST first line to the next story that you never knew you wanted to tell. Sell us on your big idea in forty (40) words or less, no more. Draw us in by saying everything to overwhelm our minds with excitement or say just enough to lure us in and have us lusting for the next four-hundred pages. Any Genre is allowed. The object is to grab us at the beginning and to make us never want to let go. Must be done in one sentence. Happy writing!
Ended March 20, 2023 • 50 Entries • Created by ChrisSadhill
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Who has got the BEST First Liner?
Can you make us thirsty for an entire novel by writing your BEST first line? Write the BEST first line to the next story that you never knew you wanted to tell. Sell us on your big idea in forty (40) words or less, no more. Draw us in by saying everything to overwhelm our minds with excitement or say just enough to lure us in and have us lusting for the next four-hundred pages. Any Genre is allowed. The object is to grab us at the beginning and to make us never want to let go. Must be done in one sentence. Happy writing!
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MichelleLavoie in Flash Fiction
• 45 reads

Enough

Bare yourself to the world and let them be offended if offense is what they choose.

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Who has got the BEST First Liner?
Can you make us thirsty for an entire novel by writing your BEST first line? Write the BEST first line to the next story that you never knew you wanted to tell. Sell us on your big idea in forty (40) words or less, no more. Draw us in by saying everything to overwhelm our minds with excitement or say just enough to lure us in and have us lusting for the next four-hundred pages. Any Genre is allowed. The object is to grab us at the beginning and to make us never want to let go. Must be done in one sentence. Happy writing!
fs3870 in Flash Fiction
• 18 reads

Strangers

We are all surrounded by our loved ones; ones who are there for us in times of sorrow and happiness, but isn’t it funny how only one moment can reveal so much about them that they turn into complete strangers.

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Challenge
Who has got the BEST First Liner?
Can you make us thirsty for an entire novel by writing your BEST first line? Write the BEST first line to the next story that you never knew you wanted to tell. Sell us on your big idea in forty (40) words or less, no more. Draw us in by saying everything to overwhelm our minds with excitement or say just enough to lure us in and have us lusting for the next four-hundred pages. Any Genre is allowed. The object is to grab us at the beginning and to make us never want to let go. Must be done in one sentence. Happy writing!
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akitoyu in Flash Fiction
• 27 reads

Scarlet

I will never forget the condescending smirk on his soft, rosy lips or the way his sharp, taunting eyes bore into my soul as I scrambled to collect myself... and the scarlet pages of my journal strewn across the floor.

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Who has got the BEST First Liner?
Can you make us thirsty for an entire novel by writing your BEST first line? Write the BEST first line to the next story that you never knew you wanted to tell. Sell us on your big idea in forty (40) words or less, no more. Draw us in by saying everything to overwhelm our minds with excitement or say just enough to lure us in and have us lusting for the next four-hundred pages. Any Genre is allowed. The object is to grab us at the beginning and to make us never want to let go. Must be done in one sentence. Happy writing!
ErJo1122 in Flash Fiction
• 35 reads

Break the Cycle

Every Christmas Eve since the recession, a poor soul or two sat between the railroad tracks by the Iron Bridge, waiting for the headlights to silence the noise. Maybe this year I could break the cycle.

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Who has got the BEST First Liner?
Can you make us thirsty for an entire novel by writing your BEST first line? Write the BEST first line to the next story that you never knew you wanted to tell. Sell us on your big idea in forty (40) words or less, no more. Draw us in by saying everything to overwhelm our minds with excitement or say just enough to lure us in and have us lusting for the next four-hundred pages. Any Genre is allowed. The object is to grab us at the beginning and to make us never want to let go. Must be done in one sentence. Happy writing!
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thePearl in Flash Fiction
• 26 reads

You’ll never see a better sunset than when the world is on fire: ash particles suspended in the air capture light. If you look long enough, the sky and earth become one– and in their oneness, they both burn.

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Who has got the BEST First Liner?
Can you make us thirsty for an entire novel by writing your BEST first line? Write the BEST first line to the next story that you never knew you wanted to tell. Sell us on your big idea in forty (40) words or less, no more. Draw us in by saying everything to overwhelm our minds with excitement or say just enough to lure us in and have us lusting for the next four-hundred pages. Any Genre is allowed. The object is to grab us at the beginning and to make us never want to let go. Must be done in one sentence. Happy writing!
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rosetempest in Flash Fiction
• 24 reads

Between Life and Death

He emerged from the darkness and for a moment, he was nothing more than an empty, weightless being, but then he realized that he was floating above the middle of a busy intersection where a nasty car accident just happened.

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Who has got the BEST First Liner?
Can you make us thirsty for an entire novel by writing your BEST first line? Write the BEST first line to the next story that you never knew you wanted to tell. Sell us on your big idea in forty (40) words or less, no more. Draw us in by saying everything to overwhelm our minds with excitement or say just enough to lure us in and have us lusting for the next four-hundred pages. Any Genre is allowed. The object is to grab us at the beginning and to make us never want to let go. Must be done in one sentence. Happy writing!
Some1sDaughter in Flash Fiction
• 18 reads

Red shoes

Tyler is throwing up into the toilet with his red Converse shoes still on, Dad went to go scream into the garage, Mom’s sitting outside in the rain, and I’m just trying to get the dog to look at me.

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Who has got the BEST First Liner?
Can you make us thirsty for an entire novel by writing your BEST first line? Write the BEST first line to the next story that you never knew you wanted to tell. Sell us on your big idea in forty (40) words or less, no more. Draw us in by saying everything to overwhelm our minds with excitement or say just enough to lure us in and have us lusting for the next four-hundred pages. Any Genre is allowed. The object is to grab us at the beginning and to make us never want to let go. Must be done in one sentence. Happy writing!
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yousufrizvi4 in Flash Fiction
• 31 reads

Giddy Up

To make the local haunted hayride as entertaining as it could be while similarly as terrifying, the on-site attractions manager decided to hire an unexperienced driver who was known to have epilepsy.

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Who has got the BEST First Liner?
Can you make us thirsty for an entire novel by writing your BEST first line? Write the BEST first line to the next story that you never knew you wanted to tell. Sell us on your big idea in forty (40) words or less, no more. Draw us in by saying everything to overwhelm our minds with excitement or say just enough to lure us in and have us lusting for the next four-hundred pages. Any Genre is allowed. The object is to grab us at the beginning and to make us never want to let go. Must be done in one sentence. Happy writing!
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CharlieWrites in Flash Fiction
• 18 reads

Apocalypse

The camping trip was only supposed to last three days.

Well, today marks day 156, give or take.

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Who has got the BEST First Liner?
Can you make us thirsty for an entire novel by writing your BEST first line? Write the BEST first line to the next story that you never knew you wanted to tell. Sell us on your big idea in forty (40) words or less, no more. Draw us in by saying everything to overwhelm our minds with excitement or say just enough to lure us in and have us lusting for the next four-hundred pages. Any Genre is allowed. The object is to grab us at the beginning and to make us never want to let go. Must be done in one sentence. Happy writing!
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BJLeCrae in Flash Fiction
• 21 reads

What I Did Wrong

You only wish you had my problems--seven-figure tax liability, which servant stole my Rolex, flat tire on my Rolls--heed these warnings, friends, from a truly idiotic man whose life has been turned upside-down ever since I won that damned lottery.

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