Six word Hallowe'en stories
Nov. 1st, 2006 09:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
davywavyErnest Hemmingway once wrote a six word story which went : For sale, baby shoes. Never used. He considered it his best work. For that matter, so do I, as I don't have to sit through hours of his turgid prose to get to the end. The idea is that in six words you can tell enough of a story that the entire narrative becomes clear without further explaination. As a writing discipline, it's harder than it looks.
People seem to be writing six word stories for Hallowe'en. Here are some of mine:
1) Doctor Black dead. Professor Plum arrested.
2) Mysterious tomb found and opened. Oops.
3) Carpathian Prince visits England. Children disappear.
4) Archaeology professor insane after reading book.
5) Ketchup found next to brainless corpse.
6) Gravedigger wanted. Previous employee gone missing.
7) Rotting flesh found under victim's fingernails.
And finally, my favourite:
8) The Stars are right. Tough shit.
Let's hear some of yours, then?
People seem to be writing six word stories for Hallowe'en. Here are some of mine:
1) Doctor Black dead. Professor Plum arrested.
2) Mysterious tomb found and opened. Oops.
3) Carpathian Prince visits England. Children disappear.
4) Archaeology professor insane after reading book.
5) Ketchup found next to brainless corpse.
6) Gravedigger wanted. Previous employee gone missing.
7) Rotting flesh found under victim's fingernails.
And finally, my favourite:
8) The Stars are right. Tough shit.
Let's hear some of yours, then?
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Date: 2006-11-01 09:59 am (UTC)2. Mummy revived, childhood nightmares at record.
3. Boogey man found under infant's bed.
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Date: 2006-11-01 10:55 am (UTC)2. Hmmm. Which first. Haircut or pie…
3. Take the women! You're androgynous? Damn.
4. Post Apocalypse, Nigella releases longpig cookery-book
JmC
Strange. There's an earing in my teeth...
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Date: 2006-11-01 12:20 pm (UTC)Witch dies. All just a dream.
Girl meets boy. Both die horribly.
Look behind you Caesar. Too late.
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Date: 2006-11-01 01:34 pm (UTC)Stolen baby, maze piece of cake.
Magnum pistol dispenses high velocity justice
Aliens Land. Take away for Elvis.
Old spooky house attracts random weirdoes.
War is hell. They all die.
Skeleton in closet denies all responsibility.
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Date: 2006-11-03 02:33 pm (UTC)*falls over*