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Wired's Very Short Stories

Wired's games blog Game|Life alerted me to a great feature on the main Wired site. Called Very Short Stories, the piece features the work of 33 well-known writers practicing their craft in six word chunks. Their work is combined with several talented graphic designers to generate some very creative works of art. Some of my favorites: "The baby's blood type? Human, mostly'. - Orson Scott Card
'Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses.' - Richard Powers
'Kirby had never eaten toes before.' - Kevin Smith"
The games blog makes a point to highlight the works of game writers Mark Laidlaw and Steve Meretzky. Laidlaw's contribution: ">Help! Trapped in a text adventure!" Alrighty, folks ... let's hear yours.

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  1. ew by Parrot+and+Duck · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Mario loved Peach, but fancied Luigi.

  2. Re:and the sixth word is by strider44 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not all Anonymous Cowards have humour

  3. Re:I don't get it. by aclarke · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Less" and "fewer" have different meanings.

  4. Six Word Story by dmatos · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sun goes nova. Aliens rescue dolphins.

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    It may look like I'm doing nothing, but I'm actively waiting for my problems to go away.
    --Scott Adams
  5. Re:I don't get it. by spun · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Here's mine:

    Woman smooths dress. Is she nervous?

    Untalented hack milks series to death!

    Over done, even sex gets boring.

    Series unfinished: angry mob kills writer.

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    - None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton