6 Word Short Stories
Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket. ~ William Shatner
Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer? ~ Eileen Gunn
Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so. ~ Joss Whedon
With bloody hands, I say good-bye. ~ Frank Miller
Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth. ~ Vernor Vinge
We kissed. She melted. Mop please! ~ James Patrick Kelly
I’m dead. I’ve missed you. Kiss … ? ~ Neil Gaiman
The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly. ~ Orson Scott Card
TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there … ~ Harry Harrison
Tick tock tick tock tick tick. ~ Neal Stephenson
Epitaph: He shouldn’t have fed it. ~ Brian Herbert
Nevertheless, he tried a third time. ~ James P. Blaylock
I saw, darling, but do lie. ~ Orson Scott Card
We crossed the border; they killed us. ~ Howard Waldrop
He read his obituary with confusion. ~ Steven Meretzky
Kudos to Wired.
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