Six Word Stories
In the latest edition of Wired magazine (am I the only one who will admit to reading it?
), there is a very cool section called Very Short Sci-Fi Stories, in which they asked a bunch of famous writers, artists, etc, to write a short story, as in only six words long (this is based on the famous Hemingway saga "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
In the latest edition of Wired magazine (am I the only one who will admit to reading it?
), there is a very cool section called Very Short Sci-Fi Stories, in which they asked a bunch of famous writers, artists, etc, to write a short story, as in only six words long (this is based on the famous Hemingway saga "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
Here is something new: I used every single word from the stories down below to create a Found Poem. You can read the poem here (I used Writely -- err, now called Google Docs and Spreadsheets -- to create and publish it) and/or you can listen to my narration of the poem. Thanks for donating your words to me.Let's create our own list of six word stories. Just click on Edit this Page, and add your story and your name.
And feel free to do more than one entry, if the energy strikes you.
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Girl...girl...boy. No more bedrooms. -- Daniel Rozmiarek, Maryland Writing Project
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"Inkless pen composes poem. Human deactivated." -- Kevin Hodgson, Western Massachusetts Writing Project, (Listen to Kevin read his story)
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Sadly mistaken, kiwi eaten with skin? - Barb Kuntz, Appleseed Writing Project, Indiana
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"He scratched escaping his own flesh."-- Janelle Quintans, Texas Bluebonnet Writing Project
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"Car locked. Keys lost. Stuck. Help!"--Cynthia Calvert, Alcorn Writing Project, Mississippi
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Time machine invented. Needed it yesterday. -- Sandy Hayes, Minnesota Writing Project
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Only God reads hopeful blogger's meditations. -- Scott Smoot, Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project (I nominate Sandy's as best of show, so far.)
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Poison kisses feed furious, frenzied fantasies.—Lynne Culp, UCLA Writing Project, California
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Picked his brain; there's nothing left. - Karen McComas, Marshall University Writing Project, West Virginia
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Watching him laugh made me cry. - Kelly Frankum, Texas Bluebonnet Writing Project. Texas
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CPM, IBM, email, www. RSS, next? - Donna Bragg, Lehigh Valley Writing Project, Pennsylvania
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Title: The End of the Affair (a short romance by Scott Smoot, KMWP) Listserv message. Lover hit "reply." Ooops!
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Got the call. Broke my heart. - Scott S. Floyd, Texas Bluebonnet Writing Project, Texas
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Online avatar secures freedom, files lawsuit -- Kevin Hodgson, WMWP
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No sky since it happened. Again. -- Matt Rolph, Plymouth Writing Project, New Hampshire
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BLOG consumes me...still I sit!! -Anthony E. Iannone, UNC-Charlotte Writing Project, North Carolina
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The lights dimmed...eclipsing her past. - Gail Desler, A3WP Writing Project, California (I second Sandy's nomination.)
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Frustration peaks. Then six words come. -- Tim Mathew, Northwest Indiana Writing Project
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Feckless? Hardly. But very little feck. -- Peter Kittle, Northern California Writing Project
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Without further ado, I freaked out. -- Brett Baxter, Oregon Writing Project at Eastern
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Chained to responsibility, free to dream. -- Randee Harcrow, Great Valley Writing Project
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Belly rumbling, hands fumbling, brain stumbling. -- Austen Reilley, Morehead Writing Project
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Mother-teacher-friend-wife, too many dashes, too fast life. --Diane Barrie, PA Writing and Literature Project (Did I cheat?) (naw -- we'll let you go ... this time
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Lights dimmed, eyes closing, still writing -- Tricia Scott, Delaware Writing Project
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He came, he stayed, I left. -- Katherine Barney, Texas Bluebonnet Writing Project, Texas
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Hamlet and Ophelia: "She reached. He turned. They died." - Chris Sloan, Utah Writing Project
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"Cattle out. Pen silent. Cowboy Up". --- Mary Meyer, Prairielands Writing Project St. Joseph, MO.
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Must see TV, Where’s the remote? -- Tonya Witherspoon, South Central Kansas Writing Project
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Before the leaves fell, winter began. -- Troy Hicks, Red Cedar Writing Project
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"Drooling, giggling, girl, delights daddy's day." -- Jason Shiroff, Denver Writing Project
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From a song: "He came, died, three-days, rise." -- James Cottrell, Yucca Valley, CA
So where are we from?
Head to the Community Map!!
CommunityWalk Map - SixWordStories Mapping
Top Secret Binary Code Message -- Can you interpret the message?
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Hint: It's all in the math. Decode by copying the code and using Digitalicious
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