Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Opening Lines

 Post (C) Doris McCraw aka

Angela Raines


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I thought it might be fun to share some opening lines from books I've read over the years. Some are recent, while others date back a long time. What do you think of how these various authors begin their stories?


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"The drenching cloudburst ended as abruptly as it had begun."  A Pride of Men - Peter Dawson, Bantam Books


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"He was asleep and then he was awake." Utah Blaine - Louis L'Amour, Bantam Books


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" "What do you care, anyway?" asked Reeve-Howard philosophically."  The Lure of Dim Trails - B.M. Bower, G.W. Dillingham Company


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"The pendulous lip of rock overhang cast a silhouette of sylvan shade down across the walls of the Spruce Mountains and out in a pointed, arrowhead shape over the range of Reno Balfor." Terror Trail - Lauran Paine, Leisure Books

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"My father spread his homesickness like a disease." My Heart Lies Here - Laurie Marr Wasmund, Lost Ranch Books



"The horse herd broke and began its run right after topping the crest of the pass." Black Rock Desert - L.P. Holmes, Blackstone Publishing


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"It was a time of great and exalting excitement." The War Prayer - Mark Twain  


What are some opening story lines you remember, or perhaps like or dislike, excluding "It was a dark and stormy night."

Until next time.

Doris

 

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