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Being Chief Conjurer of Oldbridge, Massachusetts, is like knowing a #quake is coming: you can't stop it but you can prepare so that when it happens, you'll be ready to help ... unless it swallows YOUR house.

#2WordPrompt #FirstLine
Being Chief Conjurer of Croatoan, Texas, is like learning to #track someone without a #digital footprint: few people are interested in learning how to do it, and even fewer are willing to master it, but those skills make you invaluable when they're needed.

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Being Chief Conjurer of Oldbridge, Massachusetts, is like Odysseus listening to the #siren song: the power might drive you mad, but you have to face it while keeping everyone else from hearing it so they stay safe.

#2WordPrompt #FirstLine
Being Chief Conjurer of Croatoan, Texas, is like being on a #express train: its speed can't #compare to a jumbo jet but you can see where you are ... and that gives you the illusion of control.

Here is the first line of my ghostly MM romance The Paranormal Detection Agency.

What You Get:
*Crazy ghosts
*British MCs & Snark
*A very feisty aunt!
*Spicy romance

Available as a paperback & Kindle (FREE with KU) at Amazon & as an audiobook narrated by Sean Catto.

#mmromance #firstline

#vss365 #FirstLine
Being Chief Conjurer of Oldbridge, Massachusetts, is like being a kind of #sin eater: you do the hard things and darken your soul so nobody else has to, without even a cake or a bit of bread as recompense.

#2WordPrompt #FirstLine
Being Chief Conjurer of Croatoan, Texas, is like being a big dog pestered by little dogs trying to #assert their dominance: sure, you could crush them like the chihuahuas they are, but the people to whom you are #subject might have to put you down, and nobody wants that.

Here's my view on the first line of It's Not What You Think by Clare Mackintosh 😀

#firstline #books #readers

#vss365 #FirstLine
Being Chief Conjurer of Oldbridge, Massachusetts, is like being EVERYONE on Gilligan's #Island: as smart as the Professor, as good as MaryAnn, as attention-grabbing as Ginger, as assured as Mr. Howell, as proper as Lovey, as forbearing as the Skipper & as enthusiastic as Gilligan.

#2WordPrompt #FirstLine
Being Chief Conjurer of Croatoan, Texas, is like exploring the #wreck of a pirate ship on vacation: you #yearn for a different life (scuba diver, treasure hunter, maybe pirate) but your responsibilities call you back to reality and leave your dreams as just that ... dreams.

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Being Chief Conjurer of Oldbridge, Massachusetts, is like having a #sail *and* an engine for your boat: it takes twice as much time to learn how to use both correctly, and twice as much time to maintain both, and you *still* might end up having to *row* the damned thing.

#2WordPrompt #FirstLine
Being Chief Conjurer of Croatoan, Texas, is like bowling: the #pattern is easy enough - 4 steps, release ball along a set line with force and spin - but sometimes you just can't get a #strike ... and a 7-10 split can wreck your whole night.

#vss365 #FirstLine
Being Chief Conjurer of Oldbridge, Massachusetts, is like watching people prepare for a #hurricane which might come close: some board up their houses if it gets a little windy, others stand outside making "content," and everybody buys way too many loaves of bread.

#vss365 #FirstLine
Being Chief Conjurer of Oldbridge, Massachusetts, is like watching ships come into your #harbour: you never know for certain if they'll be immigrants or traders or pirates until they dock, but nothing will stop them docking so you have to be ready for all of them.

#2WordPrompt #FirstLine
Being Chief Conjurer of Croatoan, Texas, is like having a #herd of tourists heading toward the water park, ready to #produce their expired discount coupons, and hoping tempers stay calm because this is Texas and you can never tell who's carrying.

#vss365 #FirstLine
Being Chief Conjurer of Oldbridge, Massachusetts, is like fishing: sometimes you're the fisherman putting an attractive #lure out there to catch something, but sometimes you're the fish just trying to get dinner without dying.

#2WordPrompt #FirstLine
Being Chief Conjurer of Croatoan, Texas, is like being trapped in an amusement park: on the one hand, being #unable to #escape can be stressful but, on the other, you get to ride all the rides when no one else is around and mess with the rigged games so they're not so rigged.

Leigh buckled the urn into the backseat beside her.
“The hell?” Rory said when he caught sight of it in the rearview mirror.
“Well, I wasn’t going to put him in the trunk,” Leigh retorted.

#FirstLine #FirstLineFridays #ShortStory
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#2WordPrompt #FirstLine
Being Chief Conjurer of Croatoan, Texas, is like being the #star bird in a nature documentary: sometimes, you #hover like a hummingbird with bright colors, getting oohs and ahhs; other times, you mercilessly add hummingbird to your diet; either way, you have to keep flying.

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Being Chief Conjurer of Oldbridge, Massachusetts, is like climbing a #mountain: you could die trying to climb up to the top, or you could die trying to climb back down to the bottom, but you don't dare stop climbing if you want to survive.