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First Lines from BookLife Authors: August 2023
August 7, 2023
By PW Staff
This round, we've got blood, quantum entanglement, the tragedy of love, and more. To submit a first line, email booklifeeditor@booklife.com with the book title, author name, and subject "First Lines."
The Bucket of Blood Issue #1: A Darkly-funny Graphic Novel
Paul Malott
"Good Morning Detroit!!!"
The Quantum Entanglement Party: Adventures of the Miso Mice
The Secrets of Cinnamon Cinderguard
Annette Czech Kopp
“Time being a funny thing, the night of the party came up much more quickly than thought, and Kaame and the Miso Mice gathered on the mezzanine.”
Ruthless: The Legacy Continues (Book 2)
Kathryn C. Kelly
“Love was the most egregious of tragedies; even the truest never ended well.
Lara Lee
"There is a saying from the backwoods of the Samodivas forest that when all is lost, the future remains. For Cinnamon Cinderguard, all was lost, including herself.”
Anne Mortensen
"Kelly Blackwell sat cross-legged on the edge of her sofa and watched the anonymous whistleblower’s file drift, tissue-like, across her screen."
