Back in their November issue, Wired Magazine published more than 30 stories of famous authors (mostly sci-fi). You might wonder how they were able to fit so many stories in one issue of the magazine. Well, each story was limited to no more than 6 words, using Hemingway's famous, "For sale: baby shoes, never worn," as a model.
Here are some of my favorites, from silly to "too-gosh-darn-true":
We kissed. She melted. Mop please!
- James Patrick Kelly
The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly.
- Orson Scott Card
TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there …
- Harry Harrison
New genes demand expression -- third eye.
- Greg Bear
Dinosaurs return. Want their oil back.
- David Brin
Bang postponed. Not Big enough. Reboot.
- David Brin
Democracy postponed. Whence franchise? Ask Diebold...
- David Brin
Sum of all fears: AND patented.
- Charles Stross
The Axis in WWII: haiku! Gesundheit.
- Howard Waldrop
Weeping, Bush misheard Cheney’s deathbed advice.
- Gregory Maguire
Parallel universe. Bush, destitute, joins army.
- Steven Meretzky
Amazing - how much you can say with 6 words. I will have to write my own sometime...but for now I'll stick to the easy stuff, the novel.
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