The Song Fight Bulletin Board

Wired magazine asked a bunch of famous writers for a story that was exactly 6 words long. Hemingway wrote a 6-word story once which inspired the idea. Some of the ones the magazine got back were really terrific. Here are a few examples. First, Hemingway's original, (which in my opinion none of the others even touches)

For sale. Baby Shoes. Never worn.

Now here are some of my favorites from the Wired article:

It's behind you. Hurry, before it
- Rockne S. O'Bannon

I'm your future child. Don't cry.
- Stephen Baxter

Lie detector eyeglasses perfected. Civilzation collapses.
- Richard Powers

Rained, rained, rained and never stopped
- Howard Waldrop

Easy. Just touch the match to
- Ursula K. LeGuin

...and my personal favorite:

machine. Unexpectedly, I'd invented a time
- Alan Moore

Now, here are some that I came up with:
Stop! Freeze! Oh my god. Darling?
Everything's going to be fine. Ow.
Klingons! Fire phasers! Clean miss. Ahhhhhh!

Here are two from my wife:
His eyes opened as he fell.
Criminal jumps. Parachute opens. Over jail.

It's fun. Anyone care to try?

Songfight? The vote is flawed. Songfight!

The dead rose. The living fell.

That's how I met your mother.

(You could credit that one to Bill Cosby's dad)

ROCK!

Glenn Case

Didn't take my pills. Feel bad.

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Resume? CHECK!
Tie? CHECK!
Pants... uh-oh.

Finnegan's Wake tightened up a bit: "riverrun back to Environs along the".

I guess that rips off the Alan Moore one a bit.

Saw mugger. Saw victim. Did nothing.

Drink beer. Bed spins. Bad hangover.

I hate you guys so much.
-- Eric Cartman

Mfl mrf mf, mf mfff mrfm.
-- Kenny McCormick


I am not a good writer.


The dog said, "I can't talk."


Open window, closed door, stained rug.

You can all suck my cock.

Start Thread. Denyer posts. Goes south.

jack can suck my cock twice.

David:

I never loved you.

---Allison

Leave your key in my mailbox.

JB wrote: I am a pussy.

I don't have tourettes. Cocksucker! Slutwhorecunt!

The sky opened, the end begins.

"Saturday Night"
Get online. Beat off. Fall asleep.

"Cheese Sandwich"
Bread. Cheese. More Cheese. Cheese. Bread.

Here, I’ll summaries at least 50% of the novels out there for you in 6 words.

Boy. Girl. Decision. Boy picks girl.

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
Bald. Lonely. Whaaaah. Tea and crumpets.

Anything by Henry James
Look at me: wordy, pretentious, prick.