Very, very short stories read. Enjoyed!
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 - 12:06pm
Wired asked a bunch of SF writers to submit 6 word short stories ... I liked 'em so much I figured I'd share them.
http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html
Too many good ones to list my favorites, let me know what you guys think.
[EDIT]: Somehow I missed this one the first time:
Leia: "Baby's yours." Luke: "Bad news"…"
- Steven Meretzky
I have to admit... this one made me laugh.
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I think Charles Stross' "Osama's Time Machine: President Gore Concerned" was particularly good.
This is the internet! In our natural environment, atheists run in packs and have dictionaries! --- JoeBeDurndurn
That one made me grin.
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David Brin certainly submitted a lot. Must be bored.
Ummm....
For Free: Baby booties, never used.
-Hemingway
NOTE: This is not a doodle bug.
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It has been said that those are the saddest words ever written.
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I liked this one.
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing noise they make as they fly by." -- Douglas Adams
I liked one told by Arnold Rimmer in the old Red Dwarf series: "Look out for that bus. What bus? Splat!"
I can't tell if you're correcting the article or if you didn't read it. According to Tar Intarwebs, the article is correct; it's "For sale: baby shoes, never used." (No snark intended, I promise!)
"Today's Tom Sawyer, he gets high on you, Kat. You." - Haakon7
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Awesome one.
Dorothy: "f*ck it, I'll stay here."
- Steven Meretzky
I'm not lost. I'm locationally challenged.
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We did writing exercises based on this Hemingway story (which the Wired article got wrong, it's actually "For Sale: Baby shoes, never used") in an Imaginative Writing class I took.
I'll have to try finding my stories, wherever they are.
EDIT: D'oh, missed Kat's post.
EDIT the second: Found them, plus the original sheet with some other stories from some pros:
Shiva destroys Earth: "Well, that's that." - AG Pasquella
Tossed remorsely, whiffle balls sure hurt. -JT LeRoy
Mother's Day came, doubling Oedipus' pleasure. - Bruce Benderson
"You? Her? No dice, fat boy." -Pickney Benedict
Saigon hotel. Decades later. He weeps. -Robert Olen Butler
"Forgive me!" "What for?" "Never mind." -John Updike
Angry wife. Locked door. Dog house? -Me
Didn't know the bear was awake... -Me
Half empty, half full... Waiter! Refill? -Me
Classroom's full, the students are restless. -Me
"I'm absolutely retarded. Not 100% sure why." - atom
"Dhelor + intarwebs = Great ideas." - wordsmythe
"Do I what I do: hate everyone." - Quintin_Stone
Knives hurt. Especially in the abdomen.
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4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42.
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Mile high. Pulled cord. Pots, Pans. -Me
Boop, boop, boop, beep! Go, go! -Me
I love doing stuff like this. (Hey that works too!)
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Oh hell, I'll take a stab at this...
Feel the power of my Boomstick.
Earth to Paris: "Shut it, skank."
Bored at work, surfin' the GWJ.
Cubicle... jail cell without a door.
Job -noun: Legal long term torture.
Lobster's Mom: "Football team? No problem!"
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In Russian Sub. Toilet broke...again.
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In Soviet Russia... you!
All this science I don't understand. It's just my job five days a week.
All finished, where's the toilet paper?
When in doubt, reboot it.
Wont work? Read the f*cking manual!
I'm not lost. I'm locationally challenged.
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Yeah, but it's pretty typical for Hemingway. He wrote about birth a lot and it never ended well.
And Kat, I didn't read the article, I was quoting from memory. Hemingway does seem to be more of a "shoes" than "booties" kind of guy.
NOTE: This is not a doodle bug.
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Hope doesn't grow in cubicle farms.
Plumber stomps mushrooms, turtles grab hammers.
Staring into the abyss staring out.
News flash: words limited, thoughts constrained.
Donkey punch. 15 years. Donkey punched.
Stroud, Peterson, Hayward out. Texans win.
Ally Lobster. Lobster destroy. BACKSTAB LOBSTER.
Dilfer to Carthon: "You suck balls."
Win: yay Coughlin! Lose: blame Coughlin!
Can not afford PS3. No discipline!
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His penis snapped off; he's pregnant!
- Rudy Rucker
O_o ?
Lag used to be a lot worse back in the day. Hell, it took Jesus 3 days to respawn.
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Goojerstan is born. The world trembles.
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Stan's ego forbids. Welcome to Stanistan!
All this science I don't understand. It's just my job five days a week.
Laughing hysterically. Coworkers think I'm weird.
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I win lottery. Sun goes nova.
- Steven Meretzky
Just genius!
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What lasts forever? Death and taxes.
"Now witness the awesome lethality of the Alan Parsons Project!"
-Dr. Evil
Duke Nukem. Eternity longer than development.
Lag used to be a lot worse back in the day. Hell, it took Jesus 3 days to respawn.
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I knew how it would end.
He saw eternity and went mad.
Just think; he was normal, once.
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