The Six Word Short Story

The November issue of Wired Magazine has a fine feature entitled "Very Short Short Stories."

Taking a cue from Hemingway, who once wrote a short story in six words, (link), Wired asked 38 science fiction and horror writers and designers to create their own versions of the six word story.

Notable entries include:

• It’s behind you! Hurry before it
  - Rockne S. O’Bannon
• Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses.
  - Richard Powers
• The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly.
  - Orson Scott Card
• Kirby had never eaten toes before.
  - Kevin Smith
• TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there …
  - Harry Harrison
• Epitaph: He shouldn't have fed it.
  - Brian Herbert
• Bang postponed. Not Big enough. Reboot.
  - David Brin

For more stories, read "Very Short Short Stories."