Wednesday, May 16, 2007

The Six Word Story

Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in six words. It is said that he considered his result to be his greatest work. So,

For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

Here are some other six word stories that I dig on...

Eyeballed me, killed him. Slight exaggeration.

-- Irvine Welsh

Satan--Jehovah--fifteen rounds. A draw.
-- Norman Mailer

Oh, that? It's nothing. Not contagious.
-- Augusten Burroughs


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


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

go run and hide; it's pointless

Anonymous said...

Does this look infected to you?