10 October 2006

Six-Word Stories

Marginal Revolution has posted this interesting piece about six-word stories.

Hemingway's was "For sale, baby shoes. Never used."
Norman Mailer, David Lodge, Robert Olen Butler, and others try.
Caterina asks her readers. My favorite from the comments is:

She watched the world end.
Again.

I'll try "Demand sloped up, Harry is naked."

I think I might give it a try, as well. And hopefully you will, too. Especially those readers who are, after all, writers. And damn good ones, to boot. (See, now you cannot resist! I have called you out and complemented you - there shall be no resistance!

Okay, here goes my first attempt:
Man eats dog. Stomach rumbles. Shit.
More later if I can find it in me.

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