It was a dark and stormy night.
That’s considered the worst, most clichéd opening line in fiction. In honor of that author, Edward George Bulwer-Lytton and the opening line to his novel Paul Clifford, there is now an annual contest to pen the most horrendously bad opening sentence to a novel that you can imagine. And to make it even better, there’s a fantasy category. Below, for your delectation and delight, are the winning and runner-up from last year’s fantasy contest.
Winner: Fantasy Fiction
A quest is not to be undertaken lightly —
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