The First Line

by Robert New (editor)

This is a short story anthology by the Monash Writers Group. Each writer has taken the first line of a story they like and used it as the starting point for a new tale.
Some lines are famous, others obscure, but the works they have inspired are original and entertaining.
From historical fiction, drama, science fiction, mystery, adventure and literary there is a story in this collection for every reader.

Stories include:
Man’s Best Friend by Bishnu Addison
An Unusual Point of View by Mube Akinci-Desem
The Type Writer by Sasha Buntman
Mystery Lights at Sea by Stephen Ellis
The Howling by Ingrid Fry
Where There’s Life, There’s Hope by Ingrid Fry
Same Thing, No Difference by Sakuntala Gananathan
Fortitude by Margaret Hepworth
What a Coincidence by Marlene Laurent
Kicking and Screaming to Heaven by Sung-Ju Suya Lee
A Reconciliation Myth by Bala Mudaly
The Coat Hanger by Robert New
Tangle by Andy Russell
A Portrayal of Defeat, and Hope by Robert Sayegh
Snakes Alive! by Brook Tayla
The Test by Erica Tippett

112 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 20, 2018

About the author

According to his wife, Robert has spent too much of his life studying. She has a point as he’s earned seven tertiary qualifications. Robert has degrees in psychology, sociology, biology and education, all of which inspire his writing. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and two children. He likes writing stories which shift the perspective of the reader and make use of scientific concepts. Robert is mildly kosmemophobic.
When he was in high school, a dare escalated a little too quickly and Robert made the state final in an interpretive dance competition.