October 25, 2006
Very short stories ... in six words.
Running, my mind tripped, then fractured.
That page took forever to load.
Most of these seem more like haiku than narratives.
The Hemingway one made me cry though.
My favorite so far:
Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time
- Alan Moore
That bee wrote some awesome poems.
Today, the natives took the refinery.
/flings poo and runs. Shitfaced again.
rocket88 wins
"Not today," she said. "The quidquorpse."
i like frank miller's:
With bloody hands, I say good-bye.
Been done, with one less letter.
It's decapitated and depeditated haiku.
Romeo loved Juliet. They both died. -Shakespeare
Hobbit gets ring. Drops into volcano. -- Tolkien
Guy drives around States. Misses Dean. -- Kerouac
Tenants get restless. Cook hot dogs. -- Ballard
Father dies. Brothers fight. Alyosha cries. -- Dostoyevsky
People die, again and again, pointlessly. -- Camus
Black guy duped, kills wife, self. -- Shakespeare
Alien lands, learns stuff, flys away. -- Saint-Exupéry
Disinherited entomologist paints dog, terrorizes neighbors. --Conan Doyle
"I saw, darling, but do lie." Brilliant. It's easy enough to write a six-word headline -- that's what a lot of these are -- but a few of them, like this one and Hemingway's, are just... beautiful.
Capt. doesn't preview, looks like dummy.
Weird kid lives, dies, rises again. -- God, intermediaries
Cripple hunts whale, dooms multiracial crew. --Melville
God awoke
To find
Chaos below
Dentist and others get greedy, die. -- Norris
Tinfoiler fakes cult, hilarity ensues. --Eco
Guys wait. And wait. And wait. -- Beckett
Ghost visits, kid freaks, stalls bloodbath. -- Shakespeare
second verse to Argh's
He clicked snooze,
snuggled back in.
Duo visit afterworld, make social commentary. -- Dante
Still haven't reached the 'rainbow' part -- Pynchon
No wife, no horse, no mustache. -- RA Wilson
Guy falls asleep, finds Piers, truth. -- Langland
I'm great. Had kid. Worship me. - God
Everything is there. I mean everything. -- Borges
Girl halucinates, misses home, wakes up. -- Baum
No, I'm great. Who's that guy? - Allah
Everyone laughs at crazy old guy. -- Cervantes
Woman cheats fate. Writes fan mail. -- Palahniuk
First her, then him. Now what? -Will Self
Alan Moore, double post. Quid's invention.
Beethoven fan betrayed, ends up hospitalized. -- Burgess
Useless celebrity. Media cheers, worships her - Paris...Madonna...fill in blank
Oskar doesn't want to grow up. -- Grass
Murder on train, everybody did it. -- Christie
I'm your octoroon brother. Marry me! --Faulkner
Guy in well goes crazy'n shit -- Murakami
I'm your mother. Let's have sex. -- Murakami
Girl's depressed, gets electroshock, still depressed. -- Plath
The 'faceless' guy does have one -- Vance
Thinly veilled portrayals of author's marriage. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Iwillwinthethreadwiththis, asIdon'tknowthemeaningoffailure. IamCaptainJamesT.Kirk, andifIcan'twintherightway,
Iinventaway. EverheardoftheKobayashiMaru?
She's been a very bad girl -- Gaitskill
Three ghosts visit, miser learns lesson. -- Dickens
Ender thought it was just a game -- Card
Buncha freaky shit happens. Features Tangiers. -- Burroughs
Cock severed by teeth. 'Nuff said. - Irving
No, Nancy was NOT a lesbian! - Keene
*wild applause*
Dumpty sits, falls, splats. Soldiers useless.
Young Brits learn magic. Hilarity ensues. - Rowling
Earth demolished. Mice try again. 42? - Adams
Androids flee Voight-Kampff empathy test - Dick
Couple sells watch and hair for impractical gifts. -O. Henry
Two cities. -Charles Dickens
Most of these seem more like newspaper headlines than stories, especially considering the grammar. I like Ursula K. Le Guin's story; tho' she has a knack for the humerous I don't really care for the subject, usually.
Found this one made me laugh.
Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
--Margaret Atwood
Bees, I read that and thought "Yay for you, Margaret! Way to play the game!"
Usually, I don't care for her.
Attwood's gold. Me likes this game.
Most of these seem more like haiku than narratives.
The Hemingway one made me cry though.
posted by TenaciousPettle
Get WITH it, Pet!
Let me show you how--
Most more like Haiku than narratives.
The Hemmingway one made me cry.
See how easy it is, friend?
Boy hallucinates: bear ascends, insects attack. - Milne
Boy hallucinates: tiger critiques snowman display.
- Watterson
Mission Accomplished. More Die. Please vote.
We all live in constant ennui. -Douglas Coupland
Time traveler dies. So it goes. - Kurt Vonnegut
War is absurd. Off to Sweden! - Joeseph Heller
Hot sex, six months in traction. - The Kama Sutra
You might want to cover your ankle. - Homer
My goodness, look at the time - Marcel Proust
I am a cockroach? -Franz Kafka
Molly gets it in the end. - James Joyce
What, now? Stamps? -Thomas Pynchon
Dorian's hedonism begets a Hitler-esque painting. -Oscar Wilde
Bees posts short stories. Monkeys rejoice.
Once upon a morally questionable time. -The brothers Grimm
God's hardcore. His son's a hippy. OT & NT
Plane crashes. Rugby players are delicious. -Piers Paul Read
More bananas, less flinging. Occasional wee.
Mom's in the bathtub, dead. Dad?
Ate shrooms. Saw angels. Need more.
The thing is in the attic.
It was the best of times.
No. No. No. No. OK, yes.
This thread reads like Dharma Bums.
"Nothing to live for." Jump. "Except--"
He always finished sentences until the
"Where's Dad?" Police at the door.
The cigarette consumed and, blindfolded, he.
Ah you will. G'wan, g'wan, g'wan.
One Medusarita too many. Gotta go.
All relationships fail. Call you tomorrow?
Twelve roubles makes one hot potato. -Leo Tolstoy
Who's sleeping by me? Oh, hi.
Two more Hemingways:
Couple awaits a train, discusses abortion.
The earth moves; the reader guffaws.
This thread, in a good way, reminds me of the not-updated enough Book-A-Minute, which I can't remember if was ever linked here or not. Some of the ones in this thread I think are better than the book-a-minute versions.
Upon searching, here it is, thanks to pete_best.
Bananafish make me want to die. -J.D. Salinger
An old man and two waiters.* -Hemmingway
*Note: the absolute lack of action.
Peep loses sheep. Will they return?
A monkey laughs, "So very concise!"
Franny's sick. Zooey smokes in bathroom.
Consecrated chicken soup. A pink blanket.
London Bridge collapses. Engineers submit theories.
Man, wife compromise over fat consumption.
Ambitious wife spells trouble for thane.
Freedonian president insults Sylvainia. War ensues.
Hello, goodbye, hello, goodbye, hello, goodbye. -Vonnegut
Arrakis. Melange. Triumph of Paul Atreides.
God creates woman. Man becomes lonelier.
Journalist wants sex, spirituality. Ends badly.
Boggis goes to bed. He's knackered.
Scout's a ham. Boo's a hero.
When midnight strikes, infection is unveiled.
Oh no, not dental plaque time!
Walter Mitty, who are you now?
Leap year birthday? I'm a pirate!
Don Camillo and Peppone go hunting.
NaNoWriMo begins. Will monkeys conjure FPP?
Ooh. Maybe we should do a NaNoWriMo collaboration somewhere (wiki?). Each of us could take turns writing a paragraph or two, just to see how far we get.
It promises to be fun.
Each monkey writes? Oh, the possibilities!
Psst, nunia!
Lassie meets Joe Carraclough; comes home.
= nunia
Na No No No
Wri Mo Mo Mo
Is all I want to say to you
Sounds like Chevy Chase, TUM, Caddyshack.
Curious husband removes choker. Head rolls.
Dorian's portrait aged instead of him.
(wait, is that a summary or just a spoiler?)
Boy finds plum in pastry. Gloats.
Plague. Aristocrats attempt avoidance. Die anyway.
Thump-thump. Thump-thump. I CONFESS!
Psst, nunia!
Oop! Woulda been an eek!
I can't do the full WriMo this year.
But perhaps next year...hmm.
Beat you, TUM, want to try again?
Too many characters; lost in translation?
Beauty is a kind of genius.
(from Picture of Dorian Gray since y'all seem to like it so)
Chimps are more observant than monsters.
Come, Watson.... The game is afoot.
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