An even shorter anthology
- c_nordlander
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An even shorter anthology
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!
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!
Pretty little baby
Pretty little monster
Went to the good school
Left with honours
Brand new tycoon
Sitting with a harpoon
-- Mother Mother, "Business Man"
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Pretty little monster
Went to the good school
Left with honours
Brand new tycoon
Sitting with a harpoon
-- Mother Mother, "Business Man"
Now offering writing commissions! Fanfiction or original, PM me for more information.
- Gulliver63
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Re: An even shorter anthology
Let me give this a try; this actually came from a journal I wrote years ago:
"A journey not of my choosing."
"A journey not of my choosing."
"We are today's creatures, locked in tomorrow's double feature..."
David Bowie
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Re: An even shorter anthology
Wow, that's good!
Pretty little baby
Pretty little monster
Went to the good school
Left with honours
Brand new tycoon
Sitting with a harpoon
-- Mother Mother, "Business Man"
Now offering writing commissions! Fanfiction or original, PM me for more information.
Pretty little monster
Went to the good school
Left with honours
Brand new tycoon
Sitting with a harpoon
-- Mother Mother, "Business Man"
Now offering writing commissions! Fanfiction or original, PM me for more information.
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Re: An even shorter anthology
Quite a sad story behind that one...I'll have to share someday.
"We are today's creatures, locked in tomorrow's double feature..."
David Bowie
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Re: An even shorter anthology
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?
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?
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- c_nordlander
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Re: An even shorter anthology
Those are plain excellent, Tony. I don't have any words. Not even six ones.
Pretty little baby
Pretty little monster
Went to the good school
Left with honours
Brand new tycoon
Sitting with a harpoon
-- Mother Mother, "Business Man"
Now offering writing commissions! Fanfiction or original, PM me for more information.
Pretty little monster
Went to the good school
Left with honours
Brand new tycoon
Sitting with a harpoon
-- Mother Mother, "Business Man"
Now offering writing commissions! Fanfiction or original, PM me for more information.
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Re: An even shorter anthology
Honesty loyalty laughter generosity kindness...alicorn...
I can only apologise for that.
I can only apologise for that.
There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning....
And that, I think, was the handle - that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting - on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave....
So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark - that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.
Hunter S. Thompson Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
And that, I think, was the handle - that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting - on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave....
So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark - that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.
Hunter S. Thompson Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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Re: An even shorter anthology
Thanks Chris, no apologies necessary Alex.
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Re: An even shorter anthology
Amazing, you guys!
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Re: An even shorter anthology
Like. Share. Comment. Drink. Sleep alone.
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Re: An even shorter anthology
Hah, love it.
Pretty little baby
Pretty little monster
Went to the good school
Left with honours
Brand new tycoon
Sitting with a harpoon
-- Mother Mother, "Business Man"
Now offering writing commissions! Fanfiction or original, PM me for more information.
Pretty little monster
Went to the good school
Left with honours
Brand new tycoon
Sitting with a harpoon
-- Mother Mother, "Business Man"
Now offering writing commissions! Fanfiction or original, PM me for more information.