I'm glad this essay mentioned the opening line of 1984. It's one of my favorites: "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." I

I'm glad this essay mentioned the opening line of 1984. It's one of my favorites: "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." I looked up some of the author's writings. She had an interesting opening line in one of her short stories, entitled "Endangered":[1] "The artists were kept in cages." [1] https://americanshortfiction.org/endangered https://americanshortfiction.org/endangered