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An even shorter anthology

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:18 pm
by c_nordlander
You've probably heard this one. Ernest Hemingway once wrote a story in six words: "For sale: baby shoes. Never worn." (Though Snopes tells me it's possible that he didn't write it.)

Here's my own anthology of very, very short stories, each comprising 6 words.

1. The agony made me someone different.

2. Satyrs lived on those beaches now.

3. She injected heroin into the cake.

4. Horns poked through her auburn curls.

5. The first resurrection happened last month.

6. Those things passed, so may this.

7. Hospital. Home. Kindergarten. School. University. Hospital.

8. If you can read this, help.

9. I married Johanna from the morgue.

10. Even as Pope, I had problems.

11. My second child, Simon, also died.

12. Young, blonde, killed someone with tapioca.

13. I know it is true, Lucifer.

14. You start feeling cold when dying.

15. One novel: love. Another novel: death.

16. The final resurrection happened last Sunday.

17. She left novels on bus tickets.

18. You sing and do not know.

19. The A-bomb's glare twisted like tentacles.

20. The shadow below wasn't mine.

21. I passed out in the cave.

22. Pyrokinesis was hard, creating explosions easier.

23. Damaged: my memory encompasses ninety days.

24. Unexpectedly, you could dream in Hell.

25. Light. Stumbling. Light. Pain. Light. Blank.

26. I endeavoured to smother him painlessly.

27. Drink up; we will die simultaneously.

28. My brother joined the other side.

29. Hero's ascent, climax, hero's descent, fall.

30: Schooling; love; madness; children; death; escape.


Feel free to add your own!

Re: An even shorter anthology

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:36 pm
by Gulliver63
Let me give this a try; this actually came from a journal I wrote years ago:

"A journey not of my choosing."

Re: An even shorter anthology

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 8:41 am
by c_nordlander
Wow, that's good!

Re: An even shorter anthology

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 8:14 pm
by Gulliver63
Quite a sad story behind that one...I'll have to share someday.

Re: An even shorter anthology

Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 8:24 pm
by Tony_Baritone
I'm in class with her again!
This marriage won't last two years.
One more and I'm in Washington.
It's too cold for late August.
My leg just broke. That's painful.
Days and nights are mixed up.
This program might be worth watching.
Can I face the world again?
This idiot's in real trouble now.
She's dead, and it's not reversible.
Can you believe that went in?

Re: An even shorter anthology

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:53 am
by c_nordlander
Those are plain excellent, Tony. I don't have any words. Not even six ones.

Re: An even shorter anthology

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 4:43 pm
by fellranger
Honesty loyalty laughter generosity kindness...alicorn...

I can only apologise for that.

Re: An even shorter anthology

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 5:07 pm
by Tony_Baritone
Thanks Chris, no apologies necessary Alex. :)

Re: An even shorter anthology

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 12:56 am
by missy_misery
Amazing, you guys!

Re: An even shorter anthology

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:51 am
by SirMustapha
Like. Share. Comment. Drink. Sleep alone.

Re: An even shorter anthology

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:04 am
by c_nordlander
Hah, love it.