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sledge · 3598 days ago · link · · parent · post: Can you come up with the first line of a novel/story?
The black swipe of bathroom graffiti announced, "Albert Fowler bites the heads off birds." -- I am sitting on steps that lead to Blessed St. Mary of the Benediction's south entrance, beyond a chained-up gate that I scaled an hour ago. -- A gritty, salty cold descended from the frosty clouds, enveloping people, cars, animals and trees with an intensity none of them were accustomed to in the past few years.