Still the most brilliant line ever penned, IMHO, from the 2010 Bulwer-Lyton fiction contest: "As Holmes, who had a nose for danger, quietly fingered the bloody knife and eyed the various body parts strewn along the dark, deserted highway, he placed his ear to the ground and, with his heart in his throat, silently mouthed to his companion, “Arm yourself, Watson, there is an evil hand afoot ahead.” — Dennis Pearce, Lexington, KY