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23 Jul 2011, 6:03 pm

There’s an excellent article from 2006 on Wired.com about flash fiction, which Wikipedia describes as “a style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity.” Apparently the typical length of flash fiction is 300 to 1,000 words, but the Wired article is all about stories comprised of only six words. You can read the entire article here:

Wired 14.11: Very Short Stories

It has examples from lots of writers, and here are a few of my favorites:

Alan Moore wrote:
Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time


Richard Powers wrote:
Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses.


Steven Meretzky wrote:
He read his obituary with confusion.


Steven Meretzky wrote:
Dorothy: "f**k it, I'll stay here."


And here are my humble attempts:

Morning of September 11, Superman oversleeps.

Tried to write six word story. Failed.

Your turn. :D



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23 Jul 2011, 6:33 pm

my only child is a bee


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23 Jul 2011, 7:17 pm

Darkness. Stale air. Can't open the lid!


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23 Jul 2011, 7:25 pm

he was jerk. loved you instead.



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23 Jul 2011, 7:34 pm

Zombies end world hunger

Camp Crystal Lake: venue for church retreat

mass murderer gets PhD in prison


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23 Jul 2011, 7:36 pm

Quote:
Zombies end world hunger

Camp Crystal Lake: venue for church retreat

mass murderer gets PhD in prison


It's meant to be six words.



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23 Jul 2011, 7:38 pm

Fantastic melons you have there, Mavis


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23 Jul 2011, 7:41 pm

Moog likes to lick Mavis's melons.



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23 Jul 2011, 7:42 pm

8O
adult flash stories- don't belong here



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23 Jul 2011, 7:43 pm

OSB mistakes the meaning of melons.



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23 Jul 2011, 7:45 pm

blitzkrieg wrote:
Quote:
Zombies end world hunger

Camp Crystal Lake: venue for church retreat

mass murderer gets PhD in prison


It's meant to be six words.


Couldn't help myslef, I guess I got too into it :D


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23 Jul 2011, 7:48 pm

blitzkrieg wrote:
OSB mistakes the meaning of melons.
(that sounds like a rubbish book)


you're a wizard harry. magic happens.



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23 Jul 2011, 7:51 pm

Harry used his wand with impunity.



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23 Jul 2011, 8:26 pm

He was already dead, I think.

Liars... M&Ms melted in my hand.

The other vowels cast Y out.

“Stirred, not shaken,” Agent 700 said.



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23 Jul 2011, 8:35 pm

I planted a tree, it grew


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23 Jul 2011, 8:37 pm

Chopped down with a heavy axe.