The First Line

Monash Writers Group

ISBN 10: 0648327337 / ISBN 13: 9780648327332

Published by Tale Publishing, AU, 2019

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Line
• Publisher: Tale Publishing, AU
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0648327337
• ISBN 13: 9780648327332
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Illustrated.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 12.7W x 0.99H x 20.32D centimeters 12.7 centimeters width by 0.99 centimeters height by 20.32 centimeters depth
• Weight: 191 grams

About this title

Synopsis

This is a short story anthology by the Monash Writers Group. Each writer has taken the first line of a story they like and used it as the starting point for a new tale.
Some lines are famous, others obscure, but the works they have inspired are original and entertaining.
From historical fiction, drama, science fiction, mystery, adventure and literary there is a story in this collection for every reader.

Stories include:
Man's Best Friend by Bishnu Addison
An Unusual Point of View by Mube Akinci-Desem
The Type Writer by Sasha Buntman
Mystery Lights at Sea by Stephen Ellis
The Howling by Ingrid Fry
Where There's Life, There's Hope by Ingrid Fry
Same Thing, No Difference by Sakuntala Gananathan
Fortitude by Margaret Hepworth
What a Coincidence by Marlene Laurent
Kicking and Screaming to Heaven by Sung-Ju Suya Lee
A Reconciliation Myth by Bala Mudaly
The Coat Hanger by Robert New
Tangle by Andy Russell
A Portrayal of Defeat, and Hope by Robert Sayegh
Snakes Alive! by Brook Tayla
The Test by Erica Tippett