First Lines Meme

First Lines Meme

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. [I chose to interpret "lines" to mean "sentences".] Choose your favourite opening line. Then tag 10 authors!
tagged by: no one, but came across meme via lirazel
tagging: anyone who wants to do it

Note:
E-rated fics marked with *
Fics with Archive warnings marked with #

Maze was in South Los Angeles when she found her.
(*Remember Me New)
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Roundup: Five Figure Fandom Exchange

Five Figure Fandom Exchange is, as the name implies, an exchange for works over 10,000 words. It’s one of three exchanges required to qualify for the Triple Crown of 10K exchanges. (The other two are FicInABox and Heart Attack Exchange.)

I signed up as a pinch hitter and wrote two related works, which I placed in a series:

Games Gentlemen Play (https://archiveofourown.org/series/2230302)

I’ve written other >10K works, but this pair was the most challenging. I’m happy with what I wrote, though, especially the Sherlock Holmes pastiche. I wanted to try my hand at that because Watson’s is one of the voices that lives in my head. (I’ve been reading the Holmes canon since childhood.)

The Case of the Christmas Crackers (13452 words) by firecat
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I have qualified for the Triple Crown! (*bounce*)