hook

I am trying to think of a hook for my query letter. But all I can think of is a haiku that I wrote a long time ago when I had to run database extraction programs on an overloaded server:

Very slow server.

If my program does not run,

I will kill you all.

Obviously, a few edits to make it more appropriate to this situation can be made:

Hate query letters.

If my book is not published,

I will kill you all.

That is what I will be thinking about the next few days: how to describe my collection of short stories in a few intriguing and inspiring sentences so someone somewhere will take a chance on me.

Possibly, I might still kill you all :p