Wired (a great magazine) gives us Very Short Stories: We’ll be brief: Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words (“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”) and is said to have called it his best work. So we asked sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers from the realms of books, TV, movies, and games to take a shot themselves.
A sampling:
Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so.
– Joss Whedon
Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
– Margaret Atwood
Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses.
– Richard Powers
Amber Nicole Brooks 
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Consumed pretzels, browsed internet. Day wasted.
Hee hee – neat idea. Joss Whedon’s is definitely my favorite. This SCREAMS in-class writing workshop exercise, no?
Philip K. Dick had a great story he wrote in five words. He later turned it into the title of one of his books: “Now Wait for Last Year.”
Another story-turned-title he wrote in six: “Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said.”
Great stuff. Keep them coming please.
Here’s one, inspired by one of my favorite movies:
“Bones don’t go in the woodchipper.”
I also like haiku that tells a story. Here’s one I wrote ages ago:
The sign says shortcut.
I decide not to take it,
Bones hold up the sign.