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First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Twin Tides by Hien Nguyen

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Twin Tides by Hien Nguyen

Twin Tides by Hien Nguyen, two different girls facing away from each other with one screaming
I lie in the bottom of the riverbed. My eyes are shut as I pretend to sleep, but my skin, punctured and tattered, feels everything. The wake of fish zipping above. Tiny, microscopic beings. In the bowels of the river, the bed load layer is full of heavy grit and gravel too coarse to float. The sharpness grates along my skin. Here, the velocity of the water is slow, so whatever makes its way to the bed load is in for a lifetime of languid rotting.
I know this water well. It’s my home.
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Dreaming of a Cowboy Christmas by Ann Einerson

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Dreaming of a Cowboy Christmas by Ann Einerson

Dreaming of a Cowboy Christmas by Ann Einerson, a cowboy and a girl in red dress kissing in a desert with snow and a cactus that has pressies underneath
“Is there a reason you have two ten-inch dildos in your carry-on?” the TSA agent asks, holding one up with his gloved hand as if it’s evidence of a crime.
My cheeks flush as several travellers whip their heads in my direction, judgement screaming from their expressions. It doesn’t help that the agent dumped the bag of toys I meticulously packed into a pile next to my suitcase, adding to my public humiliation.
Two nuns who’ve just passed the security checkpoint look at me as if they want to douse me in holy water, and a mother shields her toddler from view while she waits for her bag to be checked.
I don’t blame them.