Six Word Stories

[TheLamb]

And your bruises I will heal.

 

[bluntforcemama]

There are also these, from Wired a while ago: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html

Mine:

When she spun, her insides smiled.

Oh, the power of orange knickers.

 

[Saint Peter]

...in Niagara Falls?

Admired the vessel
for its symmetry.

 

[drown]

...in Niagara Falls?

"you saw nothing...!"

her glare, icy.

 

[Moonlust]

Oh, the power of orange knickers.

hee

 

[drown]

She sold the only thing owned.​

the pearls
had been her dowry

 

[breakwall]

"you saw nothing...!"

her glare, icy.

step by step. inch by inch.

 

[bluntforcemama]

the pearls
had been her dowry

The pearl...

 

[Equinoxe]

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn." is perhaps the only decent thing Hemingway ever wrote. It is genuinely brilliant, though.


I don't think my story, in six words or in six million, is particularly interesting; I suspect it will go: "A lot of nothing; then nothing."

 

[bluntforcemama]

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn." is perhaps the only decent thing Hemingway ever wrote. It is genuinely brilliant, though.


I don't think my story, in six words or in six million, is particularly interesting; I suspect it will go: "A lot of nothing; then nothing."

I agree. I otherwise dislike Hemingway, mostly for his one-dimensional female characters.

I believe everyone can make something charming, even out of "nothing."

 

[drown]

The pearl...

absolutely.

haste
again
made me careless.

 

[naughtycakes]

You people make my head spin

 

[bluntforcemama]

You people make my head spin

We are, every bit, like you.

 

[Saint Peter]

Primus lyrics sank like a stone.

 

[bluntforcemama]

Primus lyrics sank like a stone.

Primus, itself, sinks like a stone.

 

[drown]

step by step. inch by inch.

yeah,
dem strong wimins stories...!

hot!

 

[Equinoxe]

I agree. I otherwise dislike Hemingway, mostly for his one-dimensional female characters.

I believe everyone can make something charming, even out of "nothing."

He was a journalist who wrote news stories that never happened.

One hopes.


There was a thread like this a while ago on the AH, although it wasn't specifically biographical stories, and to make it easier the threadstarter expanded the challenge to ten word stories, I believe.

 

[Saint Peter]

Primus, itself, sinks like a stone.

I have seen
your music thread!

 

[bluntforcemama]

He was a journalist who wrote news stories that never happened.

One hopes.


There was a thread like this a while ago on the AH, although it wasn't specifically biographical stories, and to make it easier the threadstarter expanded the challenge to ten word stories, I believe.

Probably around the same time the story aired on NPR. I wrote a blog about it several months ago, but I don't think I ever brought it here. Then this morning, I thought of it again while taking things off the wall for the impending move and decided to see how it fared.

Ten words is almost too much. I can't count well.

 

[naughtycakes]

We are, every bit, like you.

Layers upon layers of complex simplicity

 

[bluntforcemama]

I have seen
your music thread!

Oh, snap. Which one(s) pray tell.

 

[bluntforcemama]

Layers upon layers of complex simplicity

We're like onions and ogres: layers.

 

[Equinoxe]

Probably around the same time the story aired on NPR. I wrote a blog about it several months ago, but I don't think I ever brought it here. Then this morning, I thought of it again while taking things off the wall for the impending move and decided to see how it fared.

Ten words is almost too much. I can't count well.

I believe so, yes. It is an interesting challenge to see how people fare.

I agree, I made a couple of entries, which I limited to six words, because that is the real challenge. I'll have to find them.

Edit: Oh, here was my entry from that earlier thread: "Parents murdered, funeral today. Coronation tomorrow." (I'll leave it to all to decide for themselves whether 'tis biographical or not.)

 

[breakwall]

The bottle slipped from his fingers.

 

[Saint Peter]

LMAO, lol, brb, kthxs and AOL.