Lea Llanto showed me these 6 word stories. They're really galing. I'll just show the ones I'm aliw with...
Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time
- Alan Moore
It’s behind you! Hurry before it
- Rockne S. O’Bannon
Tick tock tick tock tick tick.
- Neal Stephenson
Easy. Just touch the match to
- Ursula K. Le Guin
whorl. Help! I'm caught in a time
- Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel
Thought I was right. I wasn't.
- Graeme Gibson
Deadline postponed. Five words enough...?
- David Brin
Will this do (lazy writer asked)?
- Ken MacLeod
Cryonics: Disney thawed. Mickey gnawed. Omigawd.
- Eileen Gunn
The Axis in WWII: haiku! Gesundheit.
- Howard Waldrop
Finally, he had no more words.
- Gregory Maguire
There were only six words left.
- Gregory Maguire
Steve ignores editor's word limit and
- Steven Meretzky
Dorothy: "Fuck it, I'll stay here."
- Steven Meretzky
Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket.
- William Shatner
Don’t marry her. Buy a house.
- Stephen R. Donaldson
See that shadow? (It's not yours.)
- Jim Crace
Bob's last message: Bermuda Triangle, Baloney.
- Elmore Leonard
"Apple?" "No." "Taste!" "ADAM?" Oh God.
- David Lodge
Megan's baby: John's surname, Jim's eyes.
- Simon Armitage
Stop me before I kill again.
- Hari Kunzru
The others that follow aren't mine... I just got them from a site. They didn't leave real names, so...
My story fits in six words.
Daddy? I don't gotta pee anymore.
OMG, WTF? ROFL, TMI! LOL, TTYL.
Someone set us up the bomb.
You reading this? You're too late.
Funny taste. What'd you put in--
Cheap computer: comes with free virus.
This is a very short story.
Born by accident, died on purpose.
END.
I really like the style and the ideas that come with it... Maybe I'll put it in a scene...
My attempts at 6 word stories:
VAGUE. Read between the lines. VAGUE.
A story with six words?! What?!
This sentence has six words. Not.
"She's really pretty..." "Sorry, she's mine."
"What's a cyclone?" "Go ask Dorothy."
"What's with these stories?" "I dunno."
I should be studying. Oh snap.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Very Short Stories.
Posted by Lee Ann at 1:36 PM
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