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Fun Stuff => CHATTER => Topic started by: -Karamazov- on 12 Feb 2009, 15:48
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Ernest Hemingway once bet his colleagues that he could write a complete story in just six words. He won with the story: "For sale: Baby shoes, Never worn." In 2006, wired magazine ran a contest inspired by Hemingway's short short story. It featured 33 authors, many were sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers. The results can be seen here. (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html)
My personal favorite from the ones listed:
Leia: "Baby's yours." Luke: "Bad news…"
I was wondering what sort of short stories the QC forums could come up with using this model. The rules are that you can write anything you want, as long as it is exactly six words long.
My short short story:
"Haha! Your cup contained the poiso-..."
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Above us, the stars went out.
(Not very original, I know. Also, those six words of Hemingway's are probably the best thing ever written in the English language.)
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"Well" he said, "I regret nothing"
Amidoinitrite?
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"Shut up mother fucker!" said Oedipus.
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Dog
Cat
Road
Scream
Car
Puppy
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also
I majored in English...need food!
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Time to switch on the LHC.
[Its already been said but nobody is going to beat Hemingway, that is such an excellent piece of literature for only six words.]
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"Oops!" he exclaimed as he wiped up the mess.
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"Why'd you stop?!"
"Uhh....it broke."
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So we're following the Wired rules of only six words? Might wanna make that a little more clear.
Above us, the angels started falling.
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"Indians!" he said, clutching the arrow.
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I knew her, so I thought.
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He didn't stop until he died.
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"Is it in yet?", "already finished."
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"They'd find my body at dawn."
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Spurned, she tries to sleep forever.
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Now that was a bad choice.
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Long story short, he's a dick.
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But you said you loved me...
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Edit: Failure to fucking read, I'm an idiot.
Here's my entry: I joined the QC webcomic forums
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All it said was "You're adopted."
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My feet, they smell of feet.
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to steal something from jodie:
"She is God's most fuckable angel"
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The sun rose. Again.
(Yeah, it's less than six words. But that's how I liked it. So there.)
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My final joke; there was nothing.
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Record
Rewind
Play
Pause
Rewind
Record
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I'll fight* anything!
Uh... except that.
(*switch fight with drink, fuck, ride, smoke, inject, knit etc. for personal preference.)
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Turn to page 118.
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You die.
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The sun rose. Again.
(Yeah, it's less than six words. But that's how I liked it. So there.)
That reminds me that max payne (the game) has one of the best six word lines.
"The sun rose with practiced bravado."
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Her touch, it broke me, again.
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Suck it Nikolai Tesla!
-Thomas Edison
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Can I have my sweater back?
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Your nanoatomic particle smasheriser? It's fucked.
(In the sci-fi spirit of the originals.)
(Also, this is my Favourite Thread.)
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As it turns out, nothin's gonna change.
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No, he said Levitra could help.
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"Buried alive, buried alive..." "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"
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I was never really there.
Five words, but whatever.
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Life sucks, then you die.
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That last mile, I forgot you.
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The bees, they're in my eyes!
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Still hope while he still breathes.
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Turns out the gun was empty
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An empty stomach won't wait forever.
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Last breath, last chance. Gone.
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She sat at the piano, waiting.
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Shortest Valentine's Day stoy.
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Lightning cut the sky in two.
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And now you will die, puppet
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The solipsist decided to disbelieve existence...
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God said, "Enough with this shit."
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Then she told me "get checked"
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tears in my eyes, i left
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Tripped, fumbled, molten copper meets genital
Edit for shitting up the rules
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Where the fuck did it go?
EDIT: Miscounted my letters, so I changed it.
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I kept asking you to
open up to me
then one day you
did
I h aven't slept sinc e
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he's gone. he took the mattress.
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Whelmed, gruntled and altogether alright.
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puppies! exclaimed the evil overlord gourmet.
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I f I lie d to you,
w ould you s tay ?
I lo v e yo u
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he had never been alone before.
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Head down, eyes shut. It's time.
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burn it down, burn it clean.
or
Lightning struck, his wife wept.
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This story has no plot whatsoever
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The puppies found a red ball.
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Turns out I was right. Damn.
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Fuck... Fuck! Fuck, those fucking fuckers.
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I looked up. We had arrived.
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Another year passes. I lie awake.
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we watched the sun burn out
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I'll leave, my hands are bloodied.
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he placed the ring on her finger
(fuck you word limit)
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But the word limit is what makes all these stories, y'know, six word stories?
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But the word limit is what makes all these stories, y'know, six word stories?
his creativity will not be leashed
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This body, mine. Steel, not flesh.
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This sentence has only six words.
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God arched an aged eyebrow.
"Oops."
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I killled him, and everyone else
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she kissed him and said goodbye
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We waited. The sunrise never came.
(Shit this one is actually a lot like a bunch of other people's sunset/sunrise stories. I did not notice that before I posted.)
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Well, damn, looks like we're boned.
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The pterosaurs stopped moving. Thank God.
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We waited. The sunrise never came.
(Shit this one is actually a lot like a bunch of other people's sunset/sunrise stories. I did not notice that before I posted.)
i think that the sun is just so universally applicable when it comes to the human condition that everyone is goddamn lazy
also there's no such thing as originality so you know what just go buck wild
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We waited. The sunrise never came.
(Shit this one is actually a lot like a bunch of other people's sunset/sunrise stories. I did not notice that before I posted.)
i think that the sun is just so universally applicable when it comes to the human condition that everyone is goddamn lazy
also there's no such thing as originality so you know what just go buck wild
Lacking ingenuity, we went buck wild.
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Blog thread should be six words.
(seriously, I'd probably read a lot more of it if it were)
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Well, damn, looks like we've boned.
That is how I read your post. It made me giggle.
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please take it outta my ass
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the doctors shook their heads "no"
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Blog thread should be six words.
(seriously, I'd probably read a lot more of it if it were)
Do you mean like:
Bad morning, day, soon sex (yes!).
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Blog thread should be six words.
(seriously, I'd probably read a lot more of it if it were)
Do you mean like:
Bad morning, day, soon sex (yes!).
woke, ate, boozed, fainted, rinse, repeat
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And then there was only a mattress left
(shush it's 6 words I swear)
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haha i like the six word blog idea:
woke, smoked, joked, toked, stoked, broke.
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All I could muster, a single tear.
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Met God once. He seemed busy.
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Blog thread should be six words.
(seriously, I'd probably read a lot more of it if it were)
Do you mean like:
Bad morning, day, soon sex (yes!).
That's exactly what I mean.
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A bloo bloo bloo bloo bloo!
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What cometh be undone again still.
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I like this thread very much
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So grandpa was Hitler all along.
The future sucks so bad. Dystopia.
Stared at his hands, poop-covered.
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A bloo bloo bloo bloo bloo!
weep the weepy weep way, wuss
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She didn't like Mission of Burma.
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I hate that girl so much.
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She didn't like Mission of Burma.
She's not not not your academy.
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Christophe owns this thread, you guys.
Rivers edge, she kept on walking.
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Didn't know I was that good.
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I think that works both ways...
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"Hey, what's this button do?" "NOOOOOO!"
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"It's the children I feel for."
Well, I guess I'm alone now.
"I swear, I will find her!"
My life flashed before my eyes.
"We wont forget him you know."
Can't breath...vision fadeing.... goodbye everyone
No pulse, I'm sorry he's gone
well that was a tad morbid
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"Don't turn this rape into murder."
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6 word horrible memes.
"And I Jizzed in my pants."
"So I heard you liek Mudkips."
"HAHAH Disregard that, I suck cocks."
And now, for something completely different. (Hey, that was one too)
"See Spot run. Run, Spot, run."
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smart people win against communists, tripe (Atlas shrugged)
fainting, wet shirt, bodices, love forever (Sense and Sensibility)
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I'm tempted to always post thus.
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Destruction by consequences of Promethean gift.
Guess which book.
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The nerd's a wizard. Shit happens.
(Pretty obvious one, really).
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Superheros? Nahhh, losers. Oh, real one?
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why this gotta be a thing?
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kids die, blood, stupid guy wins (Battle Royale)
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"Pants so tight they caused riots"
"There are no easy ways out."
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No longer shall I shag midgets.
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Oh fuck, I'm on fire. Fuck.
Our Band Could Be Your Life (guess which book! :-D)
Killed a guy, don't know why. (The Stranger)
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Roland's Horn sung out: Dark Tower
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I procrastinate but everyone still dies.
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poke the egg, and you're fucked.
nobody's listening, why don't you quit?
the writer stopped writing and lived
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Am I depressed, or just hungry?
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eaten by vagrants, their rapturous delight.
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She cheated. I sold her stuff.
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Am I depressed, or just hungry?
I ask myself this fairly frequently.
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Red wine, potato chips, my life?
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The ship sinks at the end.
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darkness closed in: rape was imminent.
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Two eggs, over easy. what the....?
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They danced then; both were overjoyed.
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Tears of joy she cried, alone.
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I really think the power in the original is that it evoked something so specific and so powerful with so little.
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You have a point, Slick. But this is too much fun to stop now! So:
He fired his gun. Why me?
She left this world, still smiling.
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Just observing, he said, again misunderstood.
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the writer stopped writing and lived
Too close to the bone, dammit. Too close to the bone.
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I want immortality, everything is fleeting.
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hee thanks inlander!
The rapper sat down and wrote
Fish dream of an ocean planet
Dog sleeps, eats; dreams of more
The Sun weeps as Earth laughs
The world ends without a bang
Boy bands finally fucking grow up
I see the darkness and smile
snake coils around arm, finally content
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Hollywood: shithole, filled with shitty people. (The Day of The Locust)
Mississippi river trip begets emotional maturation. (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
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Goddam people are goddam phonies. Goddam. (Catcher in the Rye)
It's all about the fucking leads. (Glengarry Glen Ross)
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I probably should have kissed her.
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Oh wait this isn't the blog thread
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I procrastinate but everyone still dies.
shinji from neon genesis evangelion!!!!!
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this is shinji in six words, in chronological order
love. hate. sex. confusion. insanity. nirvana?
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"I mustn't run away. I mustn't!"
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Me man. Me mighty big man. (Frank Miller's entire oeuvre)
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Blue dress, red dress, biiiiiig cleavage! (Wheel of time, book 6-10)
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We fucked, wasn't great, still friends.
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"It's Complicated". Spent day with friends.
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She waltzed on her counter, disaster.
The envelope dropped, before her body.
Denial always creates destructive societal tendencies.
At Bishop's gate, he unwillingly pinned her.
You have grease on your thighs.
She just got lonely, that's all.
He was the straw that broke.
Weeping, she ignored the body above.
The pencil touched the paper, writing.
Man, everything I want to write.
Is always just one word more.
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Liked it, put ring on it.
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If I liked it, I shoulda
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Give me my damn shoes, bitches. (Wicked)
Give me my damn ring, son. (LotR)
Give me my damn vampire already. (Twilight)
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Fuck Grendel and fuck his momma (Beowulf)
Fuck punctuation, its the goddamn apocalypse. (Cormac McCarthy's The Road)
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Even superheroes are dicks, some times. (Watchmen)
You would not believe my life (Forrest Gump)
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Universe is terrible place. Oh well. (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
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Wedding chapel doubles as funeral home.
Divorced over cold supper and laundry.
Ghosts seeking happiness in underground boxes.
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"Is that all you want?"
"No."
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Old people should just kill themselves. (Boomsday)
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You would not believe mah life (Forrest Gump)
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angst angst angst I'm an ass (Catcher in the Rye)
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Cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt cunt.
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Come with me. To the horizon.
S
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Pooped in a crate. Sent it.
Got some poop. What the fuck?
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Cut a hole in the box
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Cut a hole in the box
put your junk in said box
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Killed his dad, fucked his mom.
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And they lived happily ever after
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Guess I didn't need my spine
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She epitomised self-destructing elegance, once.
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Nobody needs a cabana boy nowadays.
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Again, he turned to the bottle.
S
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Dunk alone... Stop judging me, bitches.
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Why are her toenails so long?
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Zombies coming soon. One bullet left.
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Sometimes, I wish I were Batman
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For your smile, I would kill.
Life. Tears. Smile. Love. Tears. Death.
naive love, broken hearted, cynical understanding
Monsters only claw at closed windows.
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"Who's that?" "Your mother." "Well, shit."
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Finally a light! Oh, a train.
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Sobering thought: I'm out of bourbon.
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The cat never came back again.
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Why don't you all shut up?
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Everyone died.
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A bird hit the window. "Curse you windex!"
Discount laser eye surgery. How reliable are seeing eye dogs?
A bird? A plane? Superman!
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Once a Capulet, always a Capulet!
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I was drunk. Her too. Baby.
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Cash or Credit? Jizz in pants.
Corpse was found, both nipples missing.
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This story is six words long
This thread is too much fun
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The Kenny was too. Padded postcounts.
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Time for the Death Parades again.
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This was supposed to be the world's shortest horror story:
The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
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What about:
Zombies ate my baby's brains?
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Praying for eternal love, he died.
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Well, damn, looks like we've boned.
That is how I read your post. It made me giggle.
Can...can I change my contribution? That is all kinds of awesome that my *actual* contribution wasn't.
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I don't see why not!
I am so going to say that if I ever get some. Hopefully they think it is as funny as I do.
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That day, everyone learned to count.
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Arrogant pharaoh's statue was destroyed. HA!
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Now bring me that horizon.
That was only five words. Boo.
They're taking the hobbits to Isengard. (LoTR)
When counting, fingers make funny noises.
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Notice: your actions are being monitored.
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Arrogant pharaoh's statue was destroyed. HA!
Look on my works, ye mighty.
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Loads of shit happens. The end.
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Arrogant pharaoh's statue was destroyed. HA!
Look on my works, ye mighty.
I see your house from here.
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I fucked your mum. ha ha.
wait has that been done yet?
I own your arse bitch boy!
yeah, take it like a man
sorry, really, im a nice person.
no, no, i lied. sorry, bleh.
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Everybody ends up dying. The end.
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We're all the same exact person.
I couldn't give an inch, so...
Suits and ties as crumbling facades.
You've been here all day? Man.
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Then, suddenly, your mother totally exploded.
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Jesus came back. Placed in asylum.
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Jesus came back. Placed in asylum.
Win.
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Excellent; you could fit another chapter in, though:
Jesus returns; pronounced mad; abandons humanity.
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The rules were more like suggestions
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toothpaste for dinner had a good one today:
"for sale: hemingway book, never read."
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The bombs began to fall. *Sigh*
I just couldn't stand any more.
I'll leave if you want, dear.
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The thread had run its course.
Thread is all archin' its back
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That's how you know it's time.
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please do not kill us all
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Don't usually post here. Oh well.
I should have stopped her sooner.
Too late now; no more chances.
World is still. Stars burn on.
A baby cried; a mother died.
Blood stains on their hands, forevermore.
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"Donde esta mis pantalones?" "No se..."
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We must break the thread rules!
:wink:
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This thread shall never die, Greg!
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Gental caress, intimate embrace... gone forever.
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I wish I didn't enjoy cutting
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Greg!
I got something to show you!
(http://i42.tinypic.com/zk5sw8.jpg)
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Gental caress, intimate embrace... gone forever.
I completely miread that first word
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I got something to show you!
*picture*
That is quite obviously 1,006 words.
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Yours includes a numerical figure. Touché!
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He blew out his final candle.
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Fuck that wasn't even supposed to be a six word sentence. Heh.
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"So very tired, can't go on..."
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Bumped for:
http://www.onesentence.org/
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I'll write one of these stories!
My story in six words: I
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I wish I had more words
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I mean come the fuck on
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Six is not nearly enough words
[EDIT] triple posting is funny, right guys?
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"Don't," he told the closing door.
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Snow carried "Whoops!" down the mountain.
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Steering was hard. Braking was harder.
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Haven't we all done this already?
This thread has run its course.
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I didn't do it the first time! I haven't written fiction in years.
Why do you have to hate, Paul. Why do you have to be a hater.
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Haven't we all done this already?
This thread has run its course.
I see what you did there.
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cage did finally close for me.
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Why do you have to be a hater.
I like yours better than many. A story, even in six words, is not just a statement or description of a situation, but should contain some progression, an indication of change that turns it into a story.
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These stains just won't come off!
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It ended for me that day.
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Shit I thought this thread died
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Not until everyone's had their say.
Even when their say is dumb.
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A story, even in six words, is not just a statement or description of a situation, but should contain some progression, an indication of change that turns it into a story.
About three people in here did it right.
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Ringtone audible from the dog's stomach.
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You rotten hack. Already been done.
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Didn't read all stories. Stupid me.
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off topic: I was referring to this. (http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/09/dog-bites-and-swallows-cellphone/) Meant as a joke.
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Posting belatedly, but I don't care:
I love her, dead or alive.
Has anyone noticed that many of the stories, especially the ones that succeed as stories, involve death or the end of the world. I think it's because you need something with finality to get away with only using 6 words.
My personal favourite here is an exception to the death but perhaps not to the finality:
Liked it, put ring on it.
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It hurts more if you struggle.
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This thread's mother is fat
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i met my husband in here.
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My personal favourite here is an exception to the death but perhaps not to the finality:
Liked it, put ring on it.
About Single Ladies, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mVEGfH4s5g) what the fuck
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off topic: I was referring to this. (http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/09/dog-bites-and-swallows-cellphone/) Meant as a joke.
So you mean someone hasn't done the same story I did? Hooray, I am not a rotten hack!
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Elsewhere, the world continued to turn.
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If you don't lie, I will.
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Smith and Wesson beats four aces.
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Intro-Opening Tension-Tension Increase-End
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I believe we have a winner.
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Ass. Bare breasts. Flaming ejaculations. Hallelujah.
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HA HA HA HA HA HA
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I think flaming ejaculations equals gonorrhea?
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Thread started badly; deteriorated. Locked soon?
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Thread started badly; deteriorated. Locked soon?
Dont be silly, show your willy!
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I don't think you're helping here...
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Like your posts do any good
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The rocks fell, and everybody died.
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No fat chicks in here, please
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What's this ancient thing? "The Sandbox"?
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you are just confusing me now.
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'Twas a forum way back when.
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Inlander, dealt their end... Thread Bomb.
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Something smells of blood in there.
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It's just your mother's period, darling.
:wink:
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Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon in emoticons
:cry:
:?
:cry:
8-)
:laugh: :roll: :evil:
:angel:
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The reader of Dinosaur Comics:
:-)
:-D
:-D
:-D
:-D
:?
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Kill, kill, kill them all god!
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What's with all the snakes, Sammy?
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Dashboard melted, still had the radio
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"Sky looks kinda green today, huh?"
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Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon in erections
is what I originally read.
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Here is a story for you:
Chris thinks about my cock lots.
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He has blogs dedicated to it
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Guy so awesome, dick so small.
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Girl so awesome, tits so saggy
Two people can play this game, baby.
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Girl so awesome, tits so saggy
Two people can play this game, baby.
fixed
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What this thread is not:
"The Six Word Post Thread"
edit: "It's The Six Word Post Thread"
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someone came, saw and ruined fun
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Ultimately, this is all I am.