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Re: "And then the murders began"'
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d-lien University of Minnesota <[log in to unmask]>
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"It was a dark and stormy night. And then the murders began"

Apologies to Madeleine L'Engle
****************

And to Snoopy, I'd hope.

This also works for poetry, with perhaps some fudging on what counts
as a first/second line:

"Awake!  For morning in the bowl of night
Hath flung the stone that puts the stars to flight,
And then the murders began."

"Whose woods these are, I think I know,
And then the murders began."

"Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediements, and then the murders began"

"How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways:
And then the murders began."

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On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Baird, Jane H.
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> "It was a dark and stormy night. And then the murders began"
>
> Apologies to Madeleine L'Engle
>
> Jane Baird
> Anchorage Public Library
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fiction Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Scott D'Accordo
> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 10:25 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: "And then the murders began"'
>
> "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.  And then the murders began."
>
>
>>
>> --Todd Mason
>>
>> http://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2017/03/fridays-forgotten-books-and-
>> magazines.html
>> http://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2017/02/fridays-forgotten-books-link
>> s-to.html
>>
>> On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:23 AM, Becky Thacker wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> A facebook pal posted a link to an article titled, 'Improve any novel
>>
>> by changing its second line to "And then the murders began"'
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