Best First Sentence Contest: Winner Announced
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Best first sentence for a novel about a modern-day prophet who does not believe in God …
And the winner is C-CAT:
“Thank God for atheist cops,” she said with a wink to the cross-wearing parking attendant who had, quite reasonably, been persuaded to spare her.
I chose this sentence first for its paradoxical nature and the quality of the writing. I chose it next for its cleverness.
Stay tuned for the next contest.
My thanks to you all.
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She knew the contest was over, yet she still waited under the tree for a sign, a whimper or wheeze from the roots over which she stood, and when it never came, she conceived a thought of such force and overwhelming weight, that it shook the pillars of the future itself.