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First Page: Unnamed Fantasy

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** I am in Hell! Literally. I am a spirit, a ghost, drifting endlessly, aimlessly, from one end of Hades(…)

First Page: The Demon Hour

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Some women will say that time metaphorically stands still when the man of their dreams gets down on bended(…)

First Page: Unnamed Regency Historical

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Robert did not wake.  Rather, he became aware he no longer slept.  Moreover, he was not alone.  The softness of a woman’s(…)

First Page: The Feral Queen, genre Science Fiction

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** I had my leather armor on, buckling the straps before I realized I had decided to go outside. Part(…)

First Page: RESCUED BY A ROGUE paranormal romance

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** RESCUED BY A ROGUE Chapter 1 Maven cursed her sister for the thousandth time. With plenty of alone time(…)

First Page: Cat in the Dark, futuristic/paranormal (and multicultural)

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** A trunk full of contraband, a deadline, and the damn car won’t start. Vrzala grits his teeth and focuses(…)

First Page: Heirs of the Collective, Unnamed women’s fiction with a paranormal layer

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** “Forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.” Philippians 3:13 Chapter One(…)

First Page: Unnamed Steampunk

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Friday before Mardi Gras, 1849 Galveston Island, Province of Texas, Viceroyalty of New Spain   “Bloody cold up here,”(…)

First Page: Where the Boys Are (Futuristic Romance)

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Chapter One Conan’s waiting for me when I get home. Like always. He opens the door, takes my briefcase,(…)

First Page: Breath and Blood

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** The air outside the club was just turning frosty, crisp and cool, heady with the scent of late fall.(…)

First Page: Untitled Science Fiction

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** She’s crashing! I was vaguely aware of the commotion around me, people shouting and monitors beeping and rain pelting(…)

First Page: Unnamed Urban Fantasy

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** The spring sky was the color of pumpkin. Raw and stretched across the horizon, torn into bits and pieces(…)

First Page: Cupid’s Love (Working Title)

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Genre: Contemporary Romance with a paranormal twist Prue Harrison didn’t know which was worse, dealing with this bride or(…)

First Page: Unnamed Historical

Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** London December, 1845 She was beautiful, as far as whores went. Skin luminescent beneath a layer of artfully applied(…)

First Page Saturday: Unnamed Contemporary

“I am not disgusting.” Quinn stood naked in front of the mirror. She had four choices. A.) Hate her body B.) Love her body C.) Be reasonably dissatisfied D.) Indifference Naked was not a good look for everybody, but today she wouldn't consider option A. Option A had almost killed her plenty of times. She'd(…)