Saturday, December 31, 2005

six words

Shamash Says and So Many Books quoted the July/August 2005 issue of Utne Magazine's reprint of a BlackBook where they asked 25 well known authors to submit six-word stories ...

Here are the stories they mentioned ...


    • For sale: baby shoes, never used. -- Ernest Hemingway
    • “Forgive me!” “What for?” “Never mind.” – John Updike
    • Eyeballed me, killed him. Slight exaggeration.-- Irvine Welsh
    • Satan- Jehovah- fifteen rounds. A draw. – Norman Mailer
    • I saw. I conquered. Couldn’t come. - David Lodge
    • Oh, that? It’s nothing. Not contagious.- Augusten Burroughs
    • She gave. He took. He forgot – Tobias Wolff
    • He remembered something that never happened. -- AM Homes
    • Poison; meditation; skiing; ants - nothing worked. -- Edward Albee
    • My nemesis is dead. now what? -- Michael Cunnigham
    • Mother's Day came, doubling Oedipus's pleasure. -- Bruce Benderson

Shamash's contribution:

He came. He conquered. She survived.


And here's my attempt ...

She smiled. His broken heart carved.


Feel free to add to the list!

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