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Wired's Very Short Stories

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dragons-eye-opened-the-hafling-wept-michael-zenke dept.

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. I don't get it. by dada21 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not much to read, is there?

    1. Re:I don't get it. by euniana · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Make verbose writers toil for brevity.

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      stillwaters: silent and reticent
    2. Re:I don't get it. by VRisaMetaphor · · Score: 5, Funny
      Heaven falls. Details at eleven.
      -- Robert Jordan

      Fucker can't even finish a 6 word story. Guess we'll have to buy the sequel....
  2. Ahem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Russia, short stories write you!

  3. hm.. by bigattichouse · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot news for nerds, doesn't matter

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    meh
  4. Mine's an autobiography! by TheFlyingGoat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Poo flung about in every direction.

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    You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. --Winston Churchill
    1. Re:Mine's an autobiography! by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny

      Jack? Jack Thompson, is that you?

      --

      --
      "Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
  5. My 2 cents by armydillo2025 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    He was born, lived and died.

  6. Going to jail for that... by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope slashdot has got heaping big bags of money. Because you just copied the entire content of four copyrighted works onto the front page of a commercial, for profit website - ain't no way you can hide behind the fair use defense on this one.

    At $250,000 per violation, that will be One MILLION DOLLARS!

    I'll be happy to accept the fine as proxy for Wired. Just to make things go smoothly, you understand, right?

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    When information is power, privacy is freedom.
    1. Re:Going to jail for that... by Cocoronixx · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hrm... how about:

      Impeachment: It's not just for blowjobs.

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      "Obscenity is the crutch of the inarticulate motherfucker." - cloak42
  7. and the sixth word is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    whoosh!

  8. 6w by hernick · · Score: 5, Funny

    Earth invaded, saved; heroine gets laid.

    1. Re:6w by arth1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Beautiful day. Evil comes. Bangor, Maine.

      Wait, that one has been done before. Let me try again.

      Protagonist and young tease conquer villain.

      Drats, someone wrote that one too. Hmm, I better be original then:

      Loss. Emptiness. Poignant cry: Future, why?

      Regards,
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      *Art

  9. Only 6? by RichardDeVries · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unfortunately counting is difficult for some people.

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    Error 001
    Security Scan and Virus Detection do not work with your operating system.
  10. And thanks for all the fish by cybrpnk2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Big bang, little strings, forty two.

  11. My son and I have been doing these... by jezor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's my first offering:

    The cow spoke.

    I went vegetarian. {Prof. Jonathan}

  12. battle cry of the internet age by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    posters lament "too long, didn't read!".

  13. Ugh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Move along, nothing to see here.

  14. This should be obvious... by katdogken · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Red pill or blue? Why compromise?"

  15. Good... by RyanFenton · · Score: 5, Funny

    Haikus are too long. I'm happy.

    Ryan Fenton

  16. The best one... by Tyler+Durden · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Below is a fairly famous short short story I heard a few times. It gives me chills every time I think about it...

    "In the room was the last person on Earth. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door."

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    Happy people make bad consumers.
  17. One more word? by Kadin2048 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our ... damn.

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    "Ladies and gentlemen, my killbot features Lotus Notes and a machine gun. It is the finest available."
    1. Re:One more word? by Isotopian · · Score: 5, Funny

      In Soviet Russia, damn welcomes you!

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      It's poetry with a beat behind it! And guns! They're like beatniks with automatic weapons.

    2. Re:One more word? by antek9 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Main screen turn on. It's you!!

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      A World in a Grain of Sand / Heaven in a Wild Flower,
      Infinity in the Palm of your Hand / And Eternity in an Hour.
  18. A story weirdly inappropriate for slashdot by patio11 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    She took my ring, said yes.

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    Help poke pirates in the eyepatch, arr.
  19. Oh shit... by hords · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mod Funny to avoid poo attack