Comments on: Stories Told in One Sentence

By: Najam Awan

Najam Awan — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:11:21 +0000

Fit man.

By: Jon Shepherd

Jon Shepherd — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:00:18 +0000

I wrote a six-word story recently:

She speaks English. I speak binary.

-Jonathan Shepherd

By: TwoDragons

TwoDragons — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:36:37 +0000

Eight ferrets later, I found out I was pregnant.

–TwoDragons

By: Scott-O

Scott-O — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:26:30 +0000

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.

By: Polx

Polx — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:25:20 +0000

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.”

By: just a guy

just a guy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:54:58 +0000

@ 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.”

By: Jake Da Snake

Jake Da Snake — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:09:08 +0000

Thank you so much for that.

By: felinefevah

felinefevah — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:47:46 +0000

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.

By: arrghiamapirate

arrghiamapirate — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:19:09 +0000

What went up, did come down, hard.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:56:18 +0000

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

By: lala

lala — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:06:38 +0000

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.

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:44:21 +0000

Ray, that’s what I was thinking, too.

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

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:26:59 +0000

True, true. They must.

By: geurtr

geurtr — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:17:42 +0000

organ donors must die

By: matt

matt — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:59:52 +0000

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.”

By: beleg

beleg — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:51:13 +0000

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

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:28:48 +0000

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

For Sale: Baby Shoes – never used.

By: Paul in Boca

Paul in Boca — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:20:54 +0000

Here’s mine: “I sat in the bar, surrounded by people, and completely alone.”

By: oldbear

oldbear — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:20:45 +0000

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