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The Unburied Past
I have submitted to The First Line a few times over the years. It's an intriguing concept -- every story in a particular issue starts with the same first line.
I finally cracked the market with a story called "The Unburied Past," which will be in the upcoming summer issue. The opening line is "Thomas hadn't expected to be alive when the town's time capsule was opened."
Funny thing -- the story I submitted to them was originally written in 1999 and called "Time Capsule." I didn't submit it anywhere for several years and whittled it down from over 6000 words to around 4800. I started sending it out in 2007 or 2008 and racked up something like 10 rejections.
I only had to tweak it slightly to suit the requirements, and now it has found a home.
I finally cracked the market with a story called "The Unburied Past," which will be in the upcoming summer issue. The opening line is "Thomas hadn't expected to be alive when the town's time capsule was opened."
Funny thing -- the story I submitted to them was originally written in 1999 and called "Time Capsule." I didn't submit it anywhere for several years and whittled it down from over 6000 words to around 4800. I started sending it out in 2007 or 2008 and racked up something like 10 rejections.
I only had to tweak it slightly to suit the requirements, and now it has found a home.
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