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4th November 2006, 8:50pm
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#1 | | Tannhauser Gate Veteran
Join Date: May 2001 Location: On the moral high ground - And armed!
Posts: 25,959
| Six Words
From Wired: 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.
"Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so.
- Joss Whedon"
Longed for him. Got him. ****.
- Margaret Atwood
Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket.
- William Shatner
Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time
- Alan Moore
Internet “wakes up?” Ridicu -
no carrier.
- Charles Stross
Alan Moore's is the best.
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4th November 2006, 8:57pm
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#2 | | Pillowpants Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Granny Land
Posts: 16,226
| Re: Six Words
Ate cheese. Vomited. Out came Jesus! | |
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4th November 2006, 9:07pm
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#3 | | Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2001
Posts: 11,963
| Re: Six Words
Self-congratulatory* bullshit? Hemmingway? Get out!
*Two words? One? For those who disagree with me;
Self-congratulatory bullshit? From Hemmingway? Get out!**
**Also, I know it's not a story. I wasn't trying to write a story.
This should be a new post, but it won't work as it'll merge the previous one.
Anyway, here's a real attempt.
Lost possessions. Found enlightenment. Still homeless.
Last edited by TheCastrator; 4th November 2006 at 9:08pm.
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4th November 2006, 9:15pm
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#4 | | Better not to err
Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Glesgae
Posts: 28,413
| Re: Six Words
Hate, hate, love, hate. Worth it? | |
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4th November 2006, 9:50pm
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#5 | | Tannhauser Gate Veteran
Join Date: May 2001 Location: On the moral high ground - And armed!
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| Re: Six Words
Here's an adaptation... Haven't thought of a story of my own yet:
Found ship. Alien killed. Killed Alien. | |
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4th November 2006, 10:18pm
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#6 | | the opium of the people
Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: In yer area!!!
Posts: 3,033
| Re: Six Words
"Not suicide," said detective. "Wanking accident." | |
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4th November 2006, 10:48pm
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#7 | | Tannhauser Gate Veteran
Join Date: May 2001 Location: On the moral high ground - And armed!
Posts: 25,959
| Re: Six Words
"He signed up, advertised... got banned."
"Fish evolved into men, then left."
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4th November 2006, 10:50pm
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#8 | | because we care
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: nr livingston
Posts: 12,930
| Re: Six Words
drank some, danced some, left alone
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4th November 2006, 11:01pm
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#9 | | Athiest Otter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 15,817
| Re: Six Words
Beans for dinner, farted, still single 
__________________ Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like hard work. Thomas Edison. | |
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4th November 2006, 11:10pm
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#10 | | Tannhauser Gate Veteran
Join Date: May 2001 Location: On the moral high ground - And armed!
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| Re: Six Words
Julie phoned at ten. Still on. | |
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4th November 2006, 11:11pm
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#11 | | because we care
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: nr livingston
Posts: 12,930
| Re: Six Words
superman. a right bastard when drunk
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5th November 2006, 12:37am
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#12 | | Kingpun
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Outer Heaven
Posts: 12,345
| Re: Six Words
My Wife Is Dead, High Five.
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5th November 2006, 2:09am
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#13 | | The Dude abides...
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sin City
Posts: 2,124
| Re: Six Words
Still alive. But really shouldn't be.
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5th November 2006, 2:11am
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#14 | | because we care
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: nr livingston
Posts: 12,930
| Re: Six Words
born, lived, breathed, drank, fucked, died
my autobiography 
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5th November 2006, 2:45am
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#15 | | Kurwa
Join Date: May 2001 Location: Merton Hotel
Posts: 21,586
| Re: Six Words
Not for me thanks. I'm Jewish
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