Friday 3 May 2013

GREAT FIRST LINES: #003 in a series

From Andrea Barrett's short story, "Servants of the Map":

He does not write to his wife about the body found on a mountain that is numbered but still to be named: not about the bones, the shreds of tent, the fragile, browning skull.

GREAT FIRST LINES: #002 in a series

From T. C. Boyle's "The Love of My Life":

They wore each other like a pair of socks.

GREAT FIRST LINES: #001 in a series

From Elizabeth Graver's short story, "The Mourning Door":

The first thing she finds is a hand.