The sentences meme

[muninnhuginn]

So that'll be ten years hard labour, then?

If you happen to be working on some creative writing project, fanfiction or NaNoWriMo or what have you, post exactly one sentence from each of your current work(s) in progress in your journal. It should probably be your favourite or most intriguing sentence so far, but what you choose is entirely your discretion. Mention the title (and genre) if you like, but don't mention anything else. This is merely to whet the general appetite for your forthcoming work(s). Courtesy of fleetfootmike and/or loligo.

World Split Open (fantasy, possibly young adult)

"D’you know what the equator is?" Matthew’s new friend asked him out of the blue.

A Catch, Dropped (generally referred to as "the Tudorbethan fantasy")

If she later saw the coney wrap itself in its own discarded skin and lope out of the clearing, it could only have been in her dreams.

Dragonspirit (need I say, fantasy?)

The phoenix was borne in on a golden platter, flames of brandy licking around the roasted flesh.

The Frog Princess

In her dreams, the prince--all squinty eyes and protruding ears--loomed beside the well and planted a kiss before she had the chance to run.

Wallesdeep (fantasy, again)

His father hamstrung him on the first night of his initiation.

Unholy Band (fantasy)

In the midst of the filth and squalor, lying across a large but apparently still sound table, whose previous contents formed a scattered layer of abandoned meats and broken crocks overlaying the debris on the floor, was a half-naked man.

Wiegenleid (horror)

She hadn’t reckoned on child-birth being boring.

Think I'll stop there. Can't add a sentence from Jester's Prospect. 'cos I've detailed plans and character sketches, but no actual text, which, since it was begun in 1990, isn't bad going.

Oh, and one of them's a lie, to resurrect another meme.