#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl #2026Reads
This week my first line comes from 'Antarctica', a collection of short stories by Claire Keegan that was first published in 1999. The first line is from the first story also titled 'Antarctica'.
Every time the happily married woman went away she wondered how it would feel to sleep with another man.“
I'm also reading for challenges: #26Shorts2026 #3BookChallenge2026 #192030
Bodies fell from the sky like stars that had lost their grip on the galaxy.
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Ginny calls around ten, just when I‘m hanging up with a client. She sounds urgent. “Margo , it might be perfect.”
“Never underestimate what a little bit of boredom, a global pandemic, and a chance meeting with Santa Claus can do to change the course of one‘s life.”
Even though this delightful book is geared toward artists, I‘m finding a lot of wisdom that applies to me as a writer.
#ChristmasBookHaul
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“The parties at the Tuñóns‘ house always ended unquestionably late, and since the hosts enjoyed costume parties in particular, it was not unusual to see Chinas Poblanas with their folkloric skirts and ribbons in their hair arrive in the company of a harlequin or a cowboy.” #firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl
"The alarm clock woke me this morning at the ungodly hour of eight."
Indeed it did, though it was six for me...
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@Birdwing @Gatita play along! ?
#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl. A fire that destroyed the city‘s oldest Negro church has led to the discovery of a wild slave narrative that highlights a little-known era of American history.
They were full of envy at the office when Meg told them she was going to Australia for a month on December 11th.
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A delightful collection stories with some set in Australia.
"Leonard was raised by his mother alone with cheerfully concealed difficulty, his father having died tragically during childbirth."
A rather late #FirstLineFridays offering ⌛ @shybookowl
"My name is Otto Ringling, ( no circus jokes, please) and I have a strange story to tell."
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