Apparently inspired by a 6-word short story penned by Ernest Hemingway ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn."), Wired Magazine asked a bunch of writers to submit their own 6-word masterpieces. Some of the results are brilliant, others hilarious. Here's a sampling:
From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings.
- Gregory Maguire
Gown Removed Carelessly. Head, less so.
- Joss Whedon
Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
- Margaret Atwood
Wasted Day. Wasted life. Dessert, please.
- Steven Meretzky
It’s behind you! Hurry before it
- Rockne S. O’Bannon
Kirby had never eaten toes before.
- Kevin Smith
TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there …
- Harry Harrison
Bush told the truth. Hell froze.
- William Gibson
Dinosaurs return. Want their oil back.
- David Brin
Will this do (lazy writer asked)?
- Ken Macloed
Cryonics: Disney thawed. Mickey gnawed. Omigawd.
- Eileen Gunn
2 comments:
These are awesome. It just goes to show you what a difference 5 words can make: Yoko Ono wrote a one-word poem, "water," which might be thirst-quenching but is hardly as entertaining as "Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so."
This is fantastic. Can we get drunk and try it?
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