Write a 6 word story

[aBIGsheep]

Ernest Hemingway was once prodded to compose a complete story in six words. His answer, personally felt to be his best prose ever, was:
"For sale: baby shoes, never used."
Some people say it was to settle a bar bet. Others say it was a personal challenge directed at other famous authors.

Now its your turn. I'll go first.

Black hair. Black skin. Blue eyes.

Hand over heart, I yell, "Jihad!

My head hurts. Get it out.

You have seven minutes. Do it.

[Charles Darnay]

Ah to be young again....again

[white camellia]

Don't believe in ghosts! - Mr. Ghost

[InspireMe]

I realized it would never end.

[white camellia]

I realized I'd never realized it.

[Sunflower]

man meets woman, crush, boom, bang!

[Judas130]

man meets woman, crush, boom, bang!

:lol:

[Charles Darnay]

Twelve children, enough food for five

[aBIGsheep]

Please! I have three children! Bang.

[Sarasvati21]

So many hearts too painfully separate.

[wilbur lim]

My world is berserk,literally dead.

[HamOnRye]

This necktie is but a noose.

[HerGuardian]

All that was just a dream! :d

[Scheherazade]

He comes; she cares; he leaves.

[white camellia]

Divorced and married; divorced; married; divorced.

[Scheherazade]

Married, married, married, married and jailed.

[white camellia]

Married, married, married, married and jailed.

Oh, man. :brow:


Stay in my dreams, stay, stay!

[Scheherazade]

"Stay," pleads she, offering him arsenic.

[RebeccaKate]

"Evil words slash deeper than daggers."

^^ Kay, that was a pathetic attempt. :sick:

[aBIGsheep]

Shut up. All your stories suck.

Directed to none but myself of course
:D

[InspireMe]

I forget why... aahh, forget it.

[Charles Darnay]

The world explained in seven words....

[aBIGsheep]

I'm good, obedient and I'm ignored.

[white camellia]

There is a mislaid western soul.

[V.Jayalakshmi]

Dear Members,

Wow! This idea is great.But six word,is it not?Why was then there were more words by some writers?Here I go with mine.

He enjoyed,night and day.Now in hospital.

[aBIGsheep]

You shouldn't read this. Just run.

[Within Me]

chose to deam..did, but .. failed !

[Zippy]

Cut deep and bleeding, Richard slept.

[Scheherazade]

One more vote it all takes... (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36922)

[PabloQ]

The truth, discovered, lies secret forever.

[Silven]

Small existence... no regret - but fret

[Silven]

Cut deep and bleeding, Richard slept.

This is a great one! :)

[aBIGsheep]

I never learned how to count numbers.

[Vincent Black]

This one's entitled "Agatha Christie rides again":

Oh fain, death on a train.

[qimissung]

"Are we going to make it?"

[rtc143]

Child weeps, mother fears, father enjoys.

[aBIGsheep]

My heart is a black abyss.

:D

[idiosynchrissy]

I actually had to write a six word story for entrance into my advanced creative writing class in college. Here was the one I submitted:

You're dead to me now. Amen.

[aBIGsheep]

I actually had to write a six word story for entrance into my advanced creative writing class in college. Here was the one I submitted:

You're dead to me now. Amen.

Snap son. I like that one, I like it a lot.

[Dark Muse]

I have a journal with a collection of these that I write now and than for fun. Well here is one of my newest.

We sold piranhas in the park.

[mercymyqueen]

The golden calf delayed not Jerusalem

Never more uneasy as in grace.

We all fall down. Shoot now.

[Niamh]

she looks, but story is unread....

[aBIGsheep]

Rend Flesh! I stop for puppies.

[KyleBennett]

Alas, with adamantine chains concupiscence reigns.

[poetman]

the best thing in life is...

[aBIGsheep]

Tense. People standing. Gasps. Screams. GOALLL!!!

[Countess]

I came; I saw; I died.

[amanda_isabel]

i died and they saw it

[aBIGsheep]

Everyone's a good winner. Losing? pfffttt.

[Sunglow]

The tree fell on the house.

[Sunglow]

A river poured from the sky.

[Sunglow]

Mild wind blowed away the house.

[Sunglow]

He didn't answer the red telephone.

[muazjalil]

Why even try, It is Impossible!!

[mercymyqueen]

His hands felt dead, lips moving.

[aBIGsheep]

"Are you dead?" He didn't reply.

[Cellar Door]

Dying men look in my eyes

[Cellar Door]

You sold me false love, devil.

[wilbur lim]

He fainted and there,genuinely dead.

[aBIGsheep]

Man, I hate stories of death

[mona amon]

Met, and lived happily ever after.

(I like stories with happy endings :D )

[FactfromFake]

The blue crystal eyes lost their shine.

[Epistemophile]

to be or not to be...

[princesspoppi]

Awake or asleep? I am unsure.

[Epistemophile]

Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenberger died of pneumonoultramicrosilicovolcanoconiosis. Dorawissenschaferflagersteinbach sighed.

[mona amon]

ROFL, Epistemophile!!! :lol:

[cdbitesky]

All dark. All quite. All dead.

[princesspoppi]

The infant utters it's first cry.

[amoral]

good good study, day day up!

[princesspoppi]

beacon of hope falters, darkness reigns

[jhonerliz]

I am me, you are you.

[Captain_Kuchiki]

The moon shone like a lantern.

A snowflake falls slowly and gently.

It is time to party, bro!

[caddy_caddy]

the shorter story :no love no glory
not mine

[Midnight_Star]

Love of teaching makes learning adventuresst.

Collide with your enemies and allies.

Some things corrupt this buaetiful world.

Show me your powers Lord Jesus!

Your smiles make me joyfully happy.

This is really not that hard. :D

Do not cry o little child.

Looking for Gods summoned Angels.

So many faces filled with anger.

Every person is looking for more.

Who was I to make patience.

Far away for far to long.

Every man has a tale.

We are never by ourselves.

We need God every day.

We need to cry to God.

[Babyguile]

Bunny from hole. Foxes patter. Dead.

[Epistemophile]

is that lipstick on your cheek?

[hoope]

Once lived in hope, now darkness

[firewrathed]

Under every tree, her shadow weeps.

[firewrathed]

They say it'll rain someday.

[Sevencos]

you know....i know you don't.

[pinkmoon]

life is nice, not all times.:)

[Midnight_Star]

For the hearts of people dullen.

[andave_ya]

The girl took a left instead.

[djy78usa]

He pitched. I swung. Game over

[JustNickey]

The cold light promised nothing but…


With a resolute push, she survived.

"I don’t know baby.", he lied.

Her charm hastened its shivering demise.

The salty elixir was mother’s milk.


It was all crap. I tried. :sick::lol:

[Midnight_Star]

He put rocks in my socks.:D

[kinggreywolf]

"Dont put that in your... gross"

[lucidnightmares]

i still remember my last breath...

[morganblalock]

Surely, it's not over.
It is.

[adwara1]

He smiled, she blushed, God Blessed

[AdoreroDio]

She entered. He perished. She left.

[RG57]

Never forward. Never back. Always central.

[scarjo]

Jealous, misled husband kills innocent wife. (Aka Othello)

[RG57]

The dog died after its birth.

[mtpspur]

Addled blogger runs out of stories.

[mercymyqueen]

Hitler had a daughter? Am I...

Please don't look at me like that. Joan?

Don't tell me you lost it.

ok, that was bad =P

[xtianfriborg13]

I saw the ending. It's now.

[cacian]

I saw the word. It wrote.

[tonywalt]

"Your'e Nice". Many wines. New Lovers.

[DieterM]

He explained, "Now, a cliffhanger is …"

[Calidore]

Learned. Sought. Found. Struggled. Collapsed. Understood.

[cacian]

Nice he said. Now cool of.

[Danik 2016]

6 words short story thread.

[Silas Thorne]

One infected chicken, this world's end.

[Silas Thorne]

Rejection: two theatre tickets, one seat empty.

[Danik 2016]

Good stories, ST. The above would be yet more effective, IMO, if you took out the word "Rejection" leaving the interpretation to the reader.

[Danik 2016]

One infected chicken, this world's end.



Rejection: two theatre tickets, one seat empty.

Good stories, ST. The above would be yet more effective, IMO, if you took out the word "Rejection" leaving the interpretation to the reader.

[Danik 2016]

I came; I saw; I died.

I liked your ironical reversal of the famous Julius Cesar sentence.

[YesNo]

I contribute 6 word stories to Nicola Auckland's weekly contest. She provides a prompt, organizes voting and announces winners. I have never won, but that's not why I participate: https://nicolaauckland.com/category/six-word-story-challenge/

Here are some of my entries:

Prompt: funny
Our guru rambled. We took notes.
Posted March 11, 2017

Prompt: temptation
That switch shuts it all down.
Posted March 22, 2017

Prompt: transgression
You didn’t think I would mind?
Posted March 25, 2017

Prompt: confusion
Which UFO did what to you?
Posted April 1, 2017

Prompt: awakening
He yawns, stretches. “Who are you?”
Posted April 8, 2017

Prompt: outcast
Even those idiots don’t want me.
Posted April 15, 2017

Prompt: leave
“I’m going to Mars!” (Good riddance.)
Posted April 22, 2017

Prompt: dare
What a chicken! Want to skydive?
Posted April 29, 2017

[Danik 2016]

I liked best:
Prompt: transgression
You didn’t think I would mind?
Posted March 25, 2017

Prompt: confusion
Which UFO did what to you?
Posted April 1, 2017

Prompt: awakening
He yawns, stretches. “Who are you?”
Posted April 8, 2017

Prompt: outcast
Even those idiots don’t want me.
Posted April 15, 2017

Prompt: leave
“I’m going to Mars!” (Good riddance.)
Posted April 22, 2017

[Danik 2016]

Wild waves washed away his anguish.

[WhiteRabbit24]

He looks up - Et tu, Brute?

[WhiteRabbit24]

The story is there's no story.

[Silas Thorne]

Good stories, ST. The above would be yet more effective, IMO, if you took out the word "Rejection" leaving the interpretation to the reader.

Thanks, Danik. Good advice. 'Rejection' makes it seven words too. Doh!

So: Two theatre tickets, one seat empty.

[Danik 2016]

I like it better that way.

[Danik 2016]

The story is there's no story.
Lol! An anti story.

[YesNo]

Rejection could be a title to your 6 word story, Silas Thorne. Although titles could become the story.

@WhiteRabbit "The story is there's no story." That might be the problem with six words stories in general.

@Danik "Wild waves washed away his anguish." This gets my imagination thinking of death and what the anguish might have been.

[Danik 2016]

Good idea ST



Rejection could be a title to your 6 word story, Silas Thorne. Although titles could become the story.

I liked the idea of the title.


@WhiteRabbit "The story is there's no story." That might be the problem with six words stories in general.

I agree. 6 words is not enough.


@Danik "Wild waves washed away his anguish." This gets my imagination thinking of death and what the anguish might have been.

Yes, that´s the idea, Yes/No.