The Entries so far:
| A Birthday to Die For (NEW) | Is it wrong to want to kill someone on her birthday? I suppose I could just wish she'd never been born... |
| A Pound of Cure (Revised) | All I ever wanted was peace and quiet. And I thought I had found it, until Jennifer showed up. |
| Anthony's Lament | Lucas and Palmer shoved each other in the backseat. "Quit it. It's my game!" |
| Augmented (Revised) | Garth Lambert had been anxious for the reception to begin at the BioMed conference. |
| Aunt May's Curse | "If you leave me, Jack, I swear—I'll kill myself." Those haunting words were the last I heard... |
| Broken Rose | ~56 days earlier~ "Sister Rose. Sister Rose!" I heard over the clattering of plastic jump ropes. |
| Burning Daylight (Revised) | "Daylight's burning, McKenzie, let's do it." Coming in from the north there was plenty of cover. |
| Deep Wounds Leave Lasting Scars (NEW) | She stood on the hillside, just under the tree, and out of sight, as she watched them all file into their seats |
| Devil's Bane (Revised) | Kevin trudged his way through the mud that grappled with his boots, desperately trying to suck him into ... |
| The Dollar Club | The Dollar Club formed during the filming of a truly bad low budget movie called Steel Legions. |
| The Door | Harry poured over the calculations again. He did the same thing day in and out. Test calculations... |
| Doubting Thomas | The death of Brian's mother on a stormy afternoon late in May of 1985 could have been the turning point.. |
| Drake | He sat upon the balcony ledge of his sky rise, wondering how he came to be there. Such a long life... |
| Exceptional Lies | Rose dropped the sterling silver toe rings in the box alongside her car keys and walked through the metal... |
| Ferdinand the Frog | Angela Brown poked her head into Tim's cubical. "Isn't your phone working? I've been messaging you." |
| Forget Me Not | Phone calls first thing in the morning are never good, even when they're expected. |
| The Gypsy's Mercenary (revised) | Kane located the ornate, enclosed wagon without difficulty. The other wagons of the caravan stood in... |
| Hemlock Tea (NEW) | Sue wasn't sure how she'd expected the hemlock to taste – certainly not like her stepmother's spaghetti... |
| How Donuts Saved the Planet Earth | Herbert Walker was sitting down to watch the required amount of Cheneyvision. |
| Jar Jar Binks Must Die: A Musical | Yeah yeah. We'll get to the Jar Jar Binks stuff! Can't you see I'm choking! Yeah, you! The reader. |
| Infiltraitor (Withdrawn - Author's request) | |
| Lioness | "Steve, they keep getting stranger and more vivid every night. Last night, I--well I think it was supposed |
| Long Days Ending | The early 90's and all was well in my world. I'd recently made the decision to turn my back on the college... |
| The Miracle Mile (Revised) | I used to think I had life pretty well figured out. I mean, my life anyway. I work freelance for a local... |
| Mistaken Betrayal (Revised) | Drew grabbed his right fist with his left hand and pulled both against his chest. Yet another way people.. |
| Muzio's Muse | He sat staring at the fire. The theme in his mind would not leave him alone. He had written it down long |
| Night Voice | He preferred the night. The darkness became his friend, shielding him and protecting him. Guiding him. |
| Night Whispers | Fear can be a garrote, twisting the gut, cutting off air from wheezing lungs. It can wrap tight around throat... |
| Pieces Of Mind | Blind dates were the work of the devil, and Presley Gordon's best friend was the devil's apprentice. |
| Pupils | On Matty O'Claire's seventh birthday, there was an explosion in her left eye. She suffered no pain... |
| Rebound Girl | My life is over. This is it. End of story. The ceiling has crashed down on my head and sent my heart flopping.. |
| Shadows of the Heart | Soft rumbles and brief flashes of lightening were all that remained of the violent thunderstorms... |
| Sisters In Common | Dee adjusted her carry-on bag against the wall of the bus then leaned her head on the cool glass... |
| Stolen Existence | I closed my eyes, letting the bitter cold water stream down my face, distorting my features. |
| The Obsidian Eye (Revised) | Kane's aversion to caves was legendary. How could a man who spent his days crawling around in pyramids... |
| The Stygian Night | It was a dark and stormy night. Silas Slovotsky leaned back in his chair and studied |
| They Killed Like Men | "They killed like men." Janine Hart didn't move from the fetal position. She didn't look up. |
| Ties That Bind (revised) | Sydney pulled a pillow over her head in a vain attempt to muffle the blasting. 'Can't you widen the road at... |
| TODAY.02 | Jodie Morrison will not die again today. I don't know the girl. I shouldn't have to. All I know is.. |
| Untitled 1 | The women of Amsterdam, recent prostitutes, poor, look upon us with contempt. |
| What Happens In Boca (Adult language) | What the hell happened to my c*ck? was the first thought to cross Jack Creswell's mind. And the second. |
| Wildcat Hills (Revised) | Sitting high on the ridge, careful to stay back in the shadows of the tree line, Logan Hickman surveyed... |
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Comments: 31
When will you post the contestant names?
Thanks for adding the first lines. That really helps. I'm one of those that keeps a spreadsheet to remember what they are! This is a great contest idea. Are you going to do it again?
Pat and Beth: I'm glad the first lines helped. I've got to admit that I was having trouble keeping entries straight myself until I did that.
Good Luck everyone!
Thanks for organizing this, Dale, and thanks to all the talented participants. You done good!