First lines meme!

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Stolen from moetushie. It's supposed to be "the latest 21 stories", but I don't actually have many more than that, so I am doing them all.


First, everything I have written since my return to fandom, excluding drabbles:

1. "I cannot leave now!" Glorfindel stepped back from the window. "It has started snowing."
   
   
2. Finwë entered the hut precisely at the appointed time, as always: his talent for keeping track of mundane detail truly was impressive.
   
   
3. My Dearest Amarië, I wish, more than ever, that you were here beside me -- or, at least, that you could read and respond to these letters.
   
   
4. “The things you talk me into...”
   

Then, WIPs I currently have open (which may or may not be finished.)

1. “Mother! Mother! Where are you?”
   
   
2. Finrod rather enjoyed being a model guest.
   
   
3. When, in the four hundred and sixty fifth year after the rising of the Moon and the Sun, Amarië of the Vanyar felt her beloved die a violent death, she cursed the powers that allowed her people's gift of insight to work across the distance, the impassable seas, and even the mists of the Doom of the Noldor itself.
   
   
4. It was only in the evening, as they rested after the hunt, that Beleg noticed Turin's usually withdrawn mood
   
   
5. Glorfindel stood by the tunnel entrance and watched the people go in.
   

Finally, existing, posted stories.

1. "But you cannot reject me!" the dangling actor said.
   
   
2. The vanguard's runner took a moment to catch his breath.
   
   
3. As I wander through the Halls of Mandos, I have nothing but my memories to amuse me.
   
   
4. Ecthelion hated Glorfindel.
   
   
5. This is the tale of Suethien, Luthien's twin sister, and Ereinion, the Son Of Kings.
   
   
6. "Fëanaro! Come out of this forge at once!"
   
   
7. When I was young, I liked to mimic voices.
   
   
8. "I have worked it out," said Glorfindel.
   
   
9. The checker-board lies flat and horizontal on the table.
   
   
10. Salgant's throat was dry as an old musical scroll, his skin damp with sweat.
    
    
11. "Oh, curse these mists!" Tuor swept an arm over the table, scattering maps and star charts.
    
    
12. The peak towered over the rest of the mountain range, reaching far past the clouds, all the way into the sky.
    
    
13. Ecthelion and Glorfindel were arguing.
    
    
14. The hidden city of Gondolin dazzled the eye.
    
    
15. "…continue meeting in the spirit of deep but appropriate friendship."
    

I actually don't hate most of them, even if they aren't all huge attention-grabbers. I think most of them work for setting up a story, anyway. There is a lot of dialogue, which is fine considering how it puts one right in the center of things, some close POV feelings and observations, a few scene-establishing shots... I guess thirteen is weak and not really necessary.