Jan 08, 2021
This month, we’ve got Cupid, whales, snakes and lovers, and more. To submit a first line, email booklifeeditor@booklife.com.
Elegy to Murder
Priscilla Royal
“In the fickle light of an ashen moon, Crowner Ralph struggled to glimpse even a hint that the boat he hoped to see was approaching the shore.”
Emancipation
Michael R. Lane
“On a bright dog day beneath Kaufmann’s Roman-numeral clock stands a long-whiskered, head-bowed man in a seedy black wool coat and unfastened galoshes.”
First Quiver
Beth C. Greenberg
“It occurred to Cupid as his fingernails slipped off the edge of Mount Olympus that Mother had finally called his bluff.”