"Here are a few of those “6-Word Stories” that “Ricky’s Kids” wrote; I’m quite proud of these guys…of course, I had to spell a few words for them (and keep repeating, “6 words, 6 words only, no more than 6 words, no less than 6 words), but…"
My Mind Wanders; Hope It Returns
“Perfect” Takes Time I Don’t Have
Life is Fair; People Are Not
Others Are Losers; I Found You
We Are a Lack of Words
She Fears No Evil; She Lies
He Dies Every Day Doing Nothing
Can’t Stop Loving, But He’s Bogus
….and my 2 favorites
What Happens Here Stays on YouTube
American Dream Running Out of Time
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Six word stories belong to a recently-named genre called "flash fiction" or "microfiction" and originated with a story that may or may not have been written by Hemingway: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
There is now a website called Six Word Stories that has a collection of these stories categorized by author and subject. Here are a few I found under my favorite subject "word play":
The day unfolds. I fold laundry. - R. Armour
Girl on fire. An old flame? - nihualahain
Love triangle. You get the point. - Dan
P.S. "Brevity is the soul of wit" is a line from Shakespeare's Hamlet that just happens to be six words.
Nice.
ReplyDeleteIt's one of those things that I think everyone should do daily, like haiku or that sort of short, manageable literary exercise... I didn't know it was a sort of "established" literary genre, though.
Keep up the great work!
GMB
Thanks for reading smuggledwords. I agree; Six Word Stories make for a great daily literary exercise (or nightly, if you are having a hard time falling asleep).
ReplyDeleteI made a brief comment and cut and paste for my Facebook to my ESL students (adults that cannot always attend class). Flash fiction is great! Love your blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks Candace. Keep on reading.
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