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.
Friday, 3 May 2013
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.
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