the first line of yer novel

There is never a second chance to make a first good impression - she knew that it was over already.

the memories burned not in her mind, but in her heart

The pigeon's aim was perfect, Rusty never saw it coming.

SPLAT!

a word that sounds exactly as the action

One night in 1873, the Tortoise of the Baskervilles made its way across the lawn to Lady Winterbourne's summer pavilion.

The trick failed and Rusty screamed as he was sawed in half.

-Removed-

@lemondrop said
you couldn't find room for me?

As she followed her prey, melding with shadows from building to building, she rounded a corner and ran into an odor she had not smelled since her early training, back in Nanda Parbat... the rancid aroma of desperation.

@lemondrop said
you couldn't find room for me?

@lemondrop said
The pigeon's aim was perfect, Rusty never saw it coming.

@very-rusty said
Trust me lemon if I had seen he was going to drop one on you, I would have let you know, maybe! 😉 😛

-VR

To my dear granddaughter whom I shall never meet, by the time you read this letter I shall have been hanged 18 years ago for a crime I did not commit of having killed my wife, your grandmother.

@moonbus said
To my dear granddaughter whom I shall never meet, by the time you read this letter I shall have been hanged 18 years ago for a crime I did not commit of having killed my wife, your grandmother.