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I mentioned this thread in an IRC channel I go to and here are some that a couple people there made up:
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Amy opened opened her door and she saw her ex-boyfriend holding a dead baby Unicorn. "It's April already?"
If he'd scored 20,000 points, he'd still have his hands. He had gambled against the Terrorist Arcade Club, and lost.
She hadn't finished memorizing the entire soliloquy, but as the bombs dropped she felt compelled to recite what she knew.
He had never cussed in front of his parents before, but if there was ever a time, it was now.
As she kissed him, she tasted blood. Most people would stop, but she knew time was running out.
"And that's how you can make a zillion dollars in five seconds."
One of the other writing sites I belong to [Absoutewrite] has a very interesting and fun writing exercise going called 'Hook me in 20 words or less'. The object is to create a one line opener designed to grab a reader's attention, and make them really, REALLY want to read more. It's good practice to come up with short, catchy first liners, because slow or boring openers are common problems for unpublished authors. So I thought we could try it here, at CF, providing anyone is interested. To start off, here is an opener I thought up:
Im not a vampire, Alia drawled, with a lazy smile. I just have unnaturally long incisors thats all.
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