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Saturday, August 3, 2013

Vote For Your Favorite First Line!



The Roses of Prose will be writing holiday short stories again this December, and we need your help! Each story will begin with the same first line, and our readers get to decide what that line will be. Please leave a comment to vote for your favorite.


1) He wore nothing but a Santa hat and a smile.
2) He wore the ugliest Christmas sweater she'd ever seen.
3) How would she ever make it through the holidays now?
4) In a few swift snips, she'd reduced the Christmas stocking to red and
green confetti.

5) In place of her hunky boyfriend, Cassandra stared into the beady
eyes of the Christmas Mouse. "What have you done to Troy?"

6) Nina burrowed deeper into her fleece jacket and took a step back,
assessing the red and silver garland she'd draped over the headstone.

7) She was pretty sure this was NOT the gift she'd asked for.
8) The cat knocked over the tree and the dog is eating ornaments--
can anything else happen?

9) This was the last place she ever expected to spend Christmas.
10) Too often, holidays were like cheap pantyhose, irritating and
cumbersome.


We're looking forward to discovering your favorites!