Challenge
Opening Sentence
You know how they say the first few lines of a novel or short story are the most important ones, as they should grab the reader's attention? Well, here is a challenge for you: share with us no more than 3 sentences of your either already existing or soon to be written novel/short story, and let us guess the plot.
The most impactful one will be crowned the winner.
(Please no more than 3 sentences & remember to have fun!)
The last one standing
I walked slowly down the stairs, my hands sweeping against the warm wooden railing, as the last step creaked loudly in the deafening silence of the house in the dark stillness of night. My heart beating hard and my forehead glistening with sweat in the hot summer , I walked to the door and gripped the handle tight with my tremulous, sweaty palms and pulled it open harshly. A blast of freezing cold air hit my face as my eyes grew wide at the site of utter despair and desolation that stretched in front of me, bathed in the small yellow light from above.