My first sentence is just bad and I don't care. The entire thing about first sentences is overrated, I feel, especially in a web novel setting, although I do see the value but not to that extent. XD 
Anyhoo, here is mine: 

The city of Amravati never felt more alive.

I started my story with a poem made by someone who is very key to the world and lore that takes place. The open itself makes sense on its own but will hold double meaning for the history, power system and culture of this world as the story goes on but for now, it's a neat tone-setter. But I guess that's not the start of the story proper. 

The real first line of the book is one both laying down the high physical and emotional stakes of the scene to come with the wish of trying to save someone she knows by killing someone else.

Quote:"Before he could dirty his hands further she must pass judgment."

Wicked Honey - It's surprisingly difficult to say goodbye to my face.

Mirefall - The beast hasn’t noticed me yet.

Lunarborn (starts with an “excerpt” from a fictional religious tome) - And so true was the All-God’s love for humanity that it freed us forever from the prisons of our flesh of dirt, and gave us instead flesh of starlight, through which we could live infinite lives in infinite worlds.

Stormstruck - With one cold fingertip I trace a sigil for luck onto the glass of my balcony table.

The Persephone Variant - The King of the Evernight wears his exhaustion like a heavy crown. 

Tails of a Cyborg Fox Girl - I really gods-damned f**king hate this client.

Together, we stood on the crest of a low ridge and looked out over the ruin of Oklahoma.
~ A Standard Model of Magic

Ooh, what a great idea for a thread! For Frostbound:

Quote:Of all the myriad ways there were to die in the savage ice-wastes of Tagaya, T’aakshi never thought he would be the reason his father died. 

Quote:It all began at a cliffside city wedged between sea and sky.

The rules were written on the crinkly tag on the inside of the indestructible sky-blue unitard:

1. UPHOLD JUSTICE
2. DESTROY EVIL
3. DO NOT MACHINE WASH

From Scions of the Super-Wizard!

From the prologue of my currently-unreleased project, A Sharper, More Lasting Pain, which is framed (as you can see) as recovered and transcribed audio logs from a now-dead magic scientist.

Quote:The following is the last recordings of Dr. Chloe Duval, transcribed in accordance with the applicable sections of the Laws for Miasmic Interaction. Copies of the transcribed vocite provided with permission by the Arcane Collective for Academic Study (ACAS)

Followed by the transcription of an audio log, which opens thusly:

Quote:We’ve touched down ahead of schedule. Gods willing, we will be up-river and studying the ruins of Idune by the end of the fortnight. There’s a wealth of miasma there, ripe for the sampling.

There's also the opening line from my soon-to-be-published short, Within These Twisted Vines.

Quote:Isabella was missing. That’s what the officer kept telling me from across the living room.

"Every world had its grim realities."

Hello to everyone who loves reading books in the Romantic Drama genre! I wanted to share with you my book that I've been writing for two months now! I hope you enjoy reading it or at least give it a try.

Quote:"You and I need to declare to them that we are dating."

• Teen/Drama. Going through their inner problems, they are looking for peace to feel real. It so happens that they find themselves in the same literary club, and their lives begin to gradually change.

• If you enjoy dramas with elements of psychology brought to the storyline about several students from Tokyo, this film will suit you just fine.

Quote:"Why does one's happiness not return with a coin…? Why should I endure it for more than a decade? Did I do something wrong?" she said quietly, leaning on her knees.

It was the cycle of her life.

Link: Over the Bridges to Singing Waterfalls, Webnovel

"In the cold dew of morning, nothing seems real or deadly."
-The Chains That Join Us

Quote:This was it, wasn’t it? The Pen that collected the names of the Mortal Souls that had passed on.

-Affairs of Demons and Men; Crime Horror Urban Fantasy 

Quote:"Do you have any information on dimension six, sir?" Katie inquired. "You will be placed on a planet full of jungle growth" Guidance explained.

I wanted to get straight to the point of what she does and the world they live in. I dont think it's the best start but only time will tell.

“People have been disappearing for weeks now and no one gives a shit! I'm not talking a couple of people either, entire towns along the outskirts of the forest have gone quiet!"

A desperate plea for help on my end, not sure if its the best start but I like it.

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"It was with little gentleness that I wrenched the door open, toppling inside with a dry mouth and a heavy heart."
-From the perspective of Rakta Velbrun, recently a father. 

My Children From Another World

"Odion Biobaku stared at the kitchen knife in his hand and wondered if murdering his twin brother was the answer to his problem." 

The first sentence for Shifting in Love is just short and sweet.

Quote:
"The world changed."

Alrighty then.  First one doesn't make sense without the other three.

Quote:Well, it has come to this. My last post on the system net. Seven years since the fall.  Seven years of homo zombicus wandering the globe.

From Dr. Z's Zombie Apocalypse.

Quote:It was a small ship. Petite, even, measured against the mighty bulk of her sisters in death.

From A Return To Sol.

Certainly no "In a hole in the ground lived a Hobbit," but my hooks aren't for everyone.  Maybe when I get to be a better writer they'll be closer, though.  

Crimson waves danced in Morley's eye as the metallic crunch of the flintlock's hammer bounced off the walls of the damp cavern.