A brief explanation: From time to time I like to see how short I can make a short story. It's a good exercise in brevity. I'm not the only writer to do this, there are even competitions that do this. They give a maximum word count: 100, 50, 10, etc. Ernest Hemingway is said to have authored a short story in 6 words (though this may just be an urban legend) as follows:
“For sale, baby shoes, never worn.”
The following is a small collection of stories I have written in an attempt to capture similar brevity, though not necessarily limited to just 6 words.
17
The floor boards creaked. The little boy looked beneath his bed. His mother wept at the funeral.
12
Several hours and one test later, she knew her dreams were dashed.
9
Can't stop eating. Bathroom scale's broken. Welcome to America
7
In the Beginning, things happened. The End.
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