Great First lines of short stories in the Anthology The Brave New World

[Selma Carvalho]

Here are the great first lines of short stories featured in the anthology "The Brave New World of Goa Writing & Art 2025."

That evening, Jani was asleep in the hollow Grace left behind...

By Selma Carvalh in Jani is Asleep

A good match is what you call a girl with a large dowry and a tolerable education...

By Jose da Silva Coelho as translated from the Portuguese by Paul Melo e Castro in Senhor Pantaleao's Electoral Campaign

I left in the middle of bullets coughing and bombs screaming...

By Venita Coelho in The Crossing

It's a beautiful June morning. One of those mornings when the sky is neither white nor blue...

By Nathanial D'Costa in Snapper

The rains had passed, the earth no longer drank but let the water fester in shallow pools...

By Nilanker Das in The Shawarma Conspiracy

Does misogyny have an origin, or is it ingrained in people’s DNA, he often wonders...

By Nilanker Das in Summer of Love in Aldona

Caitu and Piedade reclined in cane chairs on the balcão, helping Bostiao finish his fresh supply of urrack.

By Jessica Faleiro in Bostiao Makes a Change

At the corner where the lane comes down from the Chapel of Santa Anna and joins the main road before it sweeps around the hill, stands a 200-year-old banyan tree. 

By Aniruddha Sen Gupta in Forsu's Dogs

No sooner had he reached home, Dumingo took the spade swung across his shoulder and placed it in a quiet corner. 

By Menino Almeida as translated from the Konkani by Glenis Mendonca in Dumingo's Fields

In a tiny clearing in the middle of the park, hidden by a bend in the path, Peter d’Almeida watched Deepak dance alone. 

By Steve R E Pereira in Another Zoo Story

I was sipping wine and about to start on a plate of oysters on the half-shell when the glamorous Patricia walked by my table...

By Victor Rangel-Ribeiro in Rescuing Patricia

It was rather fortunate for the security of our nation that the CIA and its covert partners knew nothing of the existence of Alwyn Miranda..

By Manohar Shetty in Apple Pie

Edited by Selma Carvalho, published by Cinnamon Teal

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All best wishes,

Selma

Selma Carvalho

Author of "Sisterhood of Swans" and "Notes on a Marriage" both published by Speaking Tiger, India.