Awl the King's men were punched.
I didn't do it. Honest, officer!
I could have but I didn't.
A message to home: "Help me."
One More
Anthem For
Doomed Youth
6 word short stories
imploded words loosed his earthly thoughts
6 word short stories
Life's trippin' but I'm not fallin'.
I have two!
Woman seeking sensitive partner. Heterosexual. Screwed.
Parachute for sale. Used once. Repaired.
An encounter in the supermarket, delicious!
Okay, so no offense to anyone or anything, but I don't think some of the people on here get it. 6 word short stories are supposed to be just that...stories. People are posting statements, and trying to pass them off as stories.
For example, let's take Ernest Hemingway's story:
For sale. baby shoes. Never worn.
This tells you a whole story. It tells you that the person was expecting a baby, so they got all excited and prepared for it, but for some reason, did not get the baby they expected (miscarriage, adoption fell through, etc).
It's not just "A bomb explodes as I flee," or something like that. That's only part of a story. Or maybe something like "Don't hate the player, hate the game." (That's not 6 words, but you get the point.) That's not even a story. It's just an order. That's why this is so difficult, though. Because you have to tell an entire story in only 6 words.
Okay, hopefully I enlightened someone. Helped them improve their stories. Of course, some of you may not mind that you're not writing stories exactly, since it's just for fun. And that's fine.
I grabbed BA and pummeled him.
How about: "I'm gonna miss your southern drawl"
or
"Baby's footsteps in an empty hall"
*I didn't write those- Shawn Colvin did- those are the lines of a song that I really like- and everytime I hear them, I think of this thread.
I think those lines are at least the beginning of a short story- don't you?
I love your screenname by the way- that tells a story in itself.
Yeah, I was being a little harsh. It's not really up to me to decide what are stories or not, but I would definitely agree with "Baby's footsteps in an empty hall" being a story. It tells you a lot. It tells you that someone had a baby, but left/died. And the first one...yeah, I guess it is. It tells you both that he had a relationship with a southern person, and that it ended.
And thank you.
farmerman wrote:I grabbed BA and pummeled him.
a) I can pummel you harder
b) pummeled her**
c) Nice job. That's a story. A short, boring one. But it's a story.
Found a pedant. Now I'm bored.
Bored at home. Traversed left field.
Corked bat; the ball went splat.
man eats legs; frog on crutches
