6-word stories

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:32 pm

Wired magazine asked a bunch of famous writers for a story that was exactly 6 words long. Hemingway wrote a 6-word story once which inspired the idea. Some of the ones the magazine got back were really terrific. Here are a few examples. First, Hemingway's original, (which in my opinion none of the others even touches)

For sale. Baby Shoes. Never worn.

Now here are some of my favorites from the Wired article:

It's behind you. Hurry, before it
- Rockne S. O'Bannon

I'm your future child. Don't cry.
- Stephen Baxter

Lie detector eyeglasses perfected. Civilzation collapses.
- Richard Powers

Rained, rained, rained and never stopped
- Howard Waldrop

Easy. Just touch the match to
- Ursula K. LeGuin

...and my personal favorite:

machine. Unexpectedly, I'd invented a time
- Alan Moore

Now, here are some that I came up with:
Stop! Freeze! Oh my god. Darling?
Everything's going to be fine. Ow.
Klingons! Fire phasers! Clean miss. Ahhhhhh!

Here are two from my wife:
His eyes opened as he fell.
Criminal jumps. Parachute opens. Over jail.

It's fun. Anyone care to try?

jack · Post by **jack** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:15 pm

Songfight? The vote is flawed. Songfight!

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:47 pm

The dead rose. The living fell.

GlennCase · Post by **GlennCase** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:39 pm

That's how I met your mother.

(You could credit that one to Bill Cosby's dad)

ROCK!

Glenn Case

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 8:16 pm

Didn't take my pills. Feel bad.

Erwin Cloibhofer · Post by **Erwin Cloibhofer** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 8:27 pm

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Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:05 pm

Resume? CHECK!
Tie? CHECK!
Pants... uh-oh.

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:20 pm

Finnegan's Wake tightened up a bit: "riverrun back to Environs along the".

I guess that rips off the Alan Moore one a bit.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:36 pm

Saw mugger. Saw victim. Did nothing.

jack · Post by **jack** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:02 pm

Drink beer. Bed spins. Bad hangover.

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:39 pm

I hate you guys so much.
-- Eric Cartman

Mfl mrf mf, mf mfff mrfm.
-- Kenny McCormick

I am not a good writer.

The dog said, "I can't talk."

Open window, closed door, stained rug.

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 10:46 pm

You can all suck my cock.

jack · Post by **jack** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:06 pm

Start Thread. Denyer posts. Goes south.

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:28 pm

jack can suck my cock twice.

erik · Post by **erik** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:22 am

David:

I never loved you.

---Allison

Post by jb » Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:28 am

Leave your key in my mailbox.

Post by jb » Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:29 am

JB wrote: I am a pussy.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:44 am

I don't have tourettes. Cocksucker! Slutwhorecunt!

rone rivendale · Post by **rone rivendale** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:54 am

The sky opened, the end begins.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:45 pm

"Saturday Night"
Get online. Beat off. Fall asleep.

"Cheese Sandwich"
Bread. Cheese. More Cheese. Cheese. Bread.

drë · Post by **drë** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:31 pm

Here, I’ll summaries at least 50% of the novels out there for you in 6 words.

Boy. Girl. Decision. Boy picks girl.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:48 pm

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
Bald. Lonely. Whaaaah. Tea and crumpets.

Anything by Henry James
Look at me: wordy, pretentious, prick.