Over at Terrible Minds, Chuck Wendig held a Flash Fiction assignment to use an opening line from those submitted by readers. Had to be under 1,000 words (mine actually is exactly at 1,000—who would have thought?!). Here's my little contribution...
Someone once told me bourbon was great for removing blood stains. But I’d be damned if I was going to let a bottle like Blanton’s Single Barrel be used for a piddly little blood stain. Hell, I was surprised to find a bourbon this good in this shit joint. Even more surprising was the fact that the Deliverance jackass that had just hit me had been the one drinking it. In his get-up, I was surprised he could even afford the bottle, let alone know how good it was. Maybe the bartender was daft and was selling the Blanton's for a buck a shot. I had seen crazier things in my line of work. Which, come to think of it, I should probably get back to.
