Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth.- Vernor Vinge


Hemmingway once wrote a really short story. It goes like this:

"For Sale: Baby Shoes. Never worn."

Wired Magazine asked authors to write a 6-word short story. Here are some of my favs:

Longed for him. Got him. Shit. - Margaret Atwood
Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket.- William Shatner
Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?- Eileen Gunn
Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so.- Joss Whedon

Then I tried some of my own:

Submerged crocodile licks lips.
“Romantic swim?”

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Broken vows generate escape velocity.
Freedom.

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Tequila in Minneapolis?
Breakfast in Tijuana.

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Here he comes! Run for your—

OKAY, your turn.

6 comments:

Voix said...

You didn't post my favorite one by Margaret Atwood!

I'll have to come back and try my hand at this later. My coffee hasn't soaked in yet.

M said...

Oh, I meant to post that one, too. There--I just revised. That one's fabulous.

Brian Farrey said...

I love the Broken Vows one. Sheer brilliance.

Anonymous said...

arrived Sydney
no work visa
bye

Claire said...

Those are great. Here's a couple of mine:

Studies constantly, has yet to learn.

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"Jump!"
"Now?"
"Yes. Time to go!"

Alex said...

Another day down. Is this it?