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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Book Beginnings Friday: Nevermore by Kelly Creagh


 Edgar opened one eye to a slit.

The passenger car jostled, and there arose from beneath, one long metal-on-metal cry. The sound squealed above the clatter of the tracks, then faded with the hot sooty belch of smokestack steam. It merged at last, with the staticky whispers had awoken him.

"Does he sleep?"

Edgar felt his muscles clench. He took pains to stay calm, to not move, to keep his breathing steady, measured. --Prologue 1849, NEVERMORE by Kelly Creagh 


Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Becky at Page Turners. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading.

2 comments:

Alyssa Kirk said...

Fun meme - I love reading good first lines!

Tales of Whimsy said...

Ooo that is one heck of an opening sentence :)