2014 Bulwer-Lytton winner: ‘When the dead moose floated into view the famished crew cheered…’
by Anorak | 12th, January 2015
And the winner of the 2014 Bulwer-Lytton contest is:
“When the dead moose floated into view the famished crew cheered – this had to mean land! – but Captain Walgrove, flinty-eyed and clear headed thanks to the starvation cleanse in progress, gave fateful orders to remain on the original course and await the appearance of a second and confirming moose.” — Elizabeth (Betsy) Dorfman, Bainbridge Island, WA…
The contest challenges entrants to compose bad opening sentences to imaginary novels and takes its name from the Victorian novelist George Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who began his Paul Clifford (1830) with “It was a dark and stormy night.“
Spotter: B3ta
Posted: 12th, January 2015 | In: Books Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
