Thirty First Bird Review

June Micro-Fiction - Fictional First Sentences

Title: Even Bleaker                                                                                                               Author: Leah Hampton                                                                                                         First Sentence: "Poughkeepsie."                                                                                             by Leah Hampton of Western Carolina University 

                                                                                                                                          Title: Along the River Bluffs                                                                                                   Author: Janet Yung                                                                                                               First Sentence: "It wasn’t the bleakness of the place, crumbling brick and peeling plaster, that unnerved Julia as she entered through the large, ornate front doors of the isolated building perched atop the windiest hill just outside the city limits, nor the fact it once housed patients deemed unfit for any other institution, but rather the overwhelming sense of doom and hopelessness engulfing her the moment she was admitted."                                                         by Janet Yung

Title of envisioned novel:  God
Author:  Beate Sigriddaughter
First sentence:  Whether you exist or not, you are who I have always hoped for, a prince in a boat, a knight in a forest, a dancer on stage, and I envy those who see you everywhere because I have so far lived my entire life just in case. 

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Title: Fortunes Found
 
Opening Sentence: "Is it possible for one to knowingly live a lie for two years without part of it becoming true?"
 
by Sebastian Hesse