Type Cast

Heroes appear in all manifestations; sometimes, all it takes to find them is hitting the right key

Arpad Nagy
First Line Fiction

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A young army clerk sits hunched over a field typewriter. The background is a mash-up of the D-Day landing, the Vietnam War, and the 1956 Hungarian revolution
Image created by author using Night Cafe.

Author’s Note: Do you feel like telling a story but don’t know where to start? Let First Line Fiction send your fingers to the keypad. Each week, Liberty Forrest offers an opening sentence prompt; where it goes from there is up to you! Join this creative fiction pub and discover what stories rest at your fingertips!

Type Cast

He hadn’t planned on becoming a hero, but fate had other ideas. He had planned on a long, quiet and productive life, but a simple slip of paper detoured him from a serene, sun-facing window and a good wooden desk to a slow ship across rolling seas and into chaos.

He never imagined he would make such a difference.

It began on June 6, 1944. How he made it onto Omaha Beach or why he ended up atop the hill instead of lying at the bottom of the Channel in the watery graveyard of men and metal was one of life’s crazy mysteries. One day, you’re dreaming of writing the next great…

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Each week, I will give you a new sentence — the first sentence for you to write a piece of short fiction. From drabbles to several-minute reads — let your imagination take you where it will!

Arpad Nagy
Arpad Nagy

Written by Arpad Nagy

Shortlisted for 2024 Northwind Writing Award in NF/Fiction. New owner of First Line Fiction. Editor @ The Memoirist, AoE, Book Cafe, Short Place, Kitchen Tales.

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