First Lines

Take one of these starting points and write a short story.

1. There is something that you need to understand: I am not the person you think I am.
2. Just on the edge of vision; it twinkled and glimmered, promising something beyond this darkness.
3. Looking down at the blood on her hands, she tried to convince herself that she'd done everything right.
4. "I'm sorry doesn't cut it anymore," she whispered as she turned her back to him.
5. The chair stood empty in the corner, covered in dust and reminding her of him just the same.
6. He closed his eyes and wished everything would just go away.
7. There were so many candles lit around her that she could feel the heat of their flickering flames.
8. Rain poured down and he imagined that it washed away his sin.
9. "Why now?" she asked, cocking her hip to one side and planting a fist on her waist.
10. There was nothing left to so about any of it, so she just got back to work.