Note: At Bouchercon? Join us at noon today near the lobby Starbucks for the Big Cozy Meetup!
It’s Opening Lines day. Add your opening line! Today’s pick:
Sherry: I felt guilty about taking all his money as he gently snored, so I put a few dollars back before I ran.
Edith: Great. He’d fallen asleep reading MY manuscript, and you wouldn’t believe the sway this guy has in the New York publishing houses. I stuck my last Benjamin in the jar and kicked his shin to wake him up before I slunk away to watch from behind the potted sweetbay magnolia.
Liz: Sweet – the potion the voodoo lady told me about worked. Now the guard was asleep and I could get on with the rest of my plan.
Jessie: Here’s a tip: that guys’s not asleep.
Julie: Only one way to get 7 hours of sleep when you work three jobs. Naps. Lots of naps.
Barb: “And on your left,” the tour guide’s voice came over the sound system, “you’ll see the town of…wait..don’t do that! Get away! HELLLLP!” I rushed toward his booth, but it was too late. Now he was truly…an unreliable narrator.
Readers: Add yours!
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