Stories Told in One Sentence

1. oldbear
   January 19th, 2009 at 2:20 pm

   and the king cried,,CRAP,as 10 pairs of tin pants hit the floor.

2. Paul in Boca
   January 19th, 2009 at 2:20 pm

   Here's mine: "I sat in the bar, surrounded by people, and completely alone."

3. Ray
   January 19th, 2009 at 2:28 pm

   Hemingway wrote one of the most elegant stories in just six words.

   For Sale: Baby Shoes - never used.

4. beleg
   January 19th, 2009 at 2:51 pm

   if you like this kind of thing, you should check out the work of amy hempel

5. matt
   January 19th, 2009 at 2:59 pm

   thanks for sharing that, Ray. the story is what immediately came to my mind, but for the life of me, i couldn't remember the author or the six words. i also thought of Ali's "Me?... WE."

6. geurtr
   January 19th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

   organ donors must die

7. Johnny Cat
   January 19th, 2009 at 4:26 pm

   True, true. They must.

8. Carl
   January 19th, 2009 at 6:44 pm

   Ray, that's what I was thinking, too.

   He did always say he considered it to be his best work.

9. lala
   January 19th, 2009 at 7:06 pm

   gahhh...I had to stop reading that website because the grammar problems were driving me crazy! This was the only one I really liked:

   I don't think "Whoa" is a standard response to "I love you," but it was the only one I could come up with at the time.

   haha ouch

   Bathroom Reader had a blurb of six word stories by famous authors.... inspired by the Hemingway short. Can't remember them off the top of my head, but there were a couple good ones.

10. Nick
    January 19th, 2009 at 7:56 pm

    #3 Ray - powerful and eloquent; if anyone is interested in following up on this, check out http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/

11. arrghiamapirate
    January 19th, 2009 at 8:19 pm

    What went up, did come down, hard.

12. felinefevah
    January 19th, 2009 at 8:47 pm

    I posted this a while ago, but I'll re-post it for you guy:

    I panicked, thinking my precious fluffy cat had a tumor, until I realized he just had a Cocoa Puff stuck to his ass.

    vote for me! look under the "cat" tag.

13. Jake Da Snake
    January 19th, 2009 at 11:09 pm

    Thank you so much for that.

14. just a guy
    January 19th, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    @ Paul - 'being alone' among a croud is like one of the biggest cliches ever. >.<

    One line from a Sisters of Mercy song always struck me as a cool one-sentence story.

    "I was fine until I hit the floor."

15. Polx
    January 20th, 2009 at 4:25 am

    Irvine Welsh author of Trainspotting once wrote a one sentense story.

    Robert K. Laird a Sexual History.

    "Rab's nivir hud a ride in ehs puff; perr wee c*nt,disnaae seem too bothered mind."

16. Scott-O
    January 20th, 2009 at 1:26 pm

    In August, 2008 I submitted:

    Qweebo
    In Target earlier today I learned there is really no good way to answer a 5-year-old asking you why you are looking at his mother's butt so much.

    I still don't have a good answer.

17. TwoDragons
    January 20th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    Eight ferrets later, I found out I was pregnant.

    --TwoDragons

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