F3 Week 3: This Could Be the Start of Something Big

Stephen King said about the first sentence of a story:  “An opening line should invite the reader to begin the story.  It should say:  Listen.  Come in here.  You want to know about this.”  This week, let’s focus on opening lines.  Below are five choices.  Your task is to choose one to begin your story with.  Make your story grab us, pull us in, and refuse to let us go.  Here are your choices:

1.  ‘I always knew there was something not quite right about Harold.’

2. ‘Why, on this night of all nights, must it begin again?’

3. ‘When she opened the door, she couldn’t believe it was really there – waiting.’

4. ‘When he awoke and looked around, nothing in the room seemed familiar.’

5. ‘The light shone brightly through the crack in the roof, and they all became very frightened.’

Got one picked?  Great.  Then, get started!

Prompt:  Wow us with a story beginning with one of the listed opening lines.

Genre;  Open

Word Count:  1,500 or less

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Deadline:  Thursday, September 17, 2015

Post your story on your blog or website and provide a link to it in the comment section of this prompt.