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McAnally's (The Community Pub) => Author Craft => Topic started by: Dom on October 26, 2006, 06:54:27 PM
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So, I saw an article on 6 word stories on slashdot (http://games.slashdot.org/games/06/10/25/2214254.shtml). I was reading the comments, trying to see if anyone had any good ones, and it struck me...although the authors in the Wired article managed to make 6 word stories, very few of the people responding to the article did. I saw a lot of opening lines, and phrases, but very few "6 word stories".
What do you guys think?
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Shortest story I ever read was by Larry Niven, in an anthology of his. It was entitled "Unfinished Story #2"" I think. The text of it, according to my best recollection, is as follows:
"There are some things Man was not meant to know."
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My life is an enduring travesty.
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teh best one eva.
"I came, I saw, I conquered"- Julius Caesar
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Of course: There is no spoon.
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teh best one eva.
"I came, I saw, I conquered"- Julius Caesar
There's an SCA household whose motto is:
Vidi, Vici, Veni. ;D
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Of course: There is no spoon.
You have no idea how often that can get used. :D
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Huh, I recall seeing this in Neil Gaiman's blog not too long ago. Should have investigated it earlier now that I look at it. Lots of these are amusing.
"Spork dies. Spoons cry, forks rejoice."
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From Aliens: "They mostly come at night, mostly."
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Amazing that swords are that sharp.
Nixon of course was an alien.
Finding lost dogs makes me grin.
The cannons made my ears bleed.
I thought of these in the last few minutes. One of these days I will actually write something.
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I shall write a book.
Later.
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My mornings always start with blood.
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That's a great book opening sentence.
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The Sun Rises, The Moon Falls
The Pope Died and I'm Afraid
The Rebellion Was Crushed by Dawn
Man Lives, World Dies , God Cries
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He died doing the right thing.
Misers die wealthy; Philanthropists live richly.
God gave us this drink: Beer.
Democrats win both House and Senate.
Dinosaurs ruled the earth, then vanished.
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It all started with the rubarb.
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6-word SF story ?
"The sun rose in the west."
[ It would not surprise me at all if that's already been thought of, but it just came to me independently. ]
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My computer crashed. I lost EVERYTHING!
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Something bad happened--I fixed it.
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I don't like six word stories.
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"(This Song's Just) Six Words Long"
;)
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I learned an very important lesson.
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The Donjon broke, and heroes arose..
and one from TV
"Save the cheerleader, save the world"
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I fought, rescued, saved and scored.
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Eventually the squirrels did him in.
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Defenestrated he figured out flight, almost.
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Death was just a beginnig.
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Days like today should be forgotten.
It doesn't pay to be me.
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My morning: the vagaries of existence.
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Immortality achieved. Chronic boredom sets in.
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As I recall, I had amnesia
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Death by wordprocessor is unusually awkward.
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It was an audience of silence.