1. The last flick of his lighter, the last gulp of beer down his throat, his final whispers into the air forty storeys above the ground.
2. Of the billion faces that surface in our lives, so few of them actually mean anything at all. But Jake Nicholson hopes that his face means nothing to anyone.
3. Esther feels a death grip on her right shoulder, sending shivers running down her spine.
4. Hiding among the bushes, Johnson has one chance left to turn the target into his victim.
5. A knock on the door brings Charlotte back into reality.
6. Cooking has never been this fun, tossing in spices and watching the slices of human meat swirl round and round in the pot.
7. “If you lie, you’ll lose all five fingers but if you tell the truth, you will only loose three.” the man stares at Jack coldly. What if he chooses not to speak? Does he gets to keep all of his fingers then?
8. Gore and blood fills Jane’s vision as she starts to trace the owner of the abandoned dagger.
9. Rudolph chooses to leave behind nothing but sand blowing in the wind.
10. Johnny has no idea that the telephone call he is about to pick up will change his mundane life forever.
11. Tonight, Lennon will begin his act of vengeance. There is no rehearsal and the script shall flow his way.
12. Henry confronts a fork in the road as he struggles to come to a decision.
I like your openers. Most are quite fresh and interesting with the exception of a few (Number 5, Number 12 – too general). I particularly like Number 4, very intriguing.