SIX-WORD FICTION - 50 Best

https://www.wired.com/2006/11/very-short-stories/

 

  1. For sale: baby shoes, never worn. - Earnest Hemingway
  2. And God said, 'Cancel Program GENESIS.' - Arthur C. Clarke
  3. Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket. - William Shatner
  4. Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer? - Eileen Gunn
  5. Vacuum collision. Orbits diverge. Farewell, love. - David Brin
  6. Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so. - Joss Whedon
  7. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time Machine. - Alan Moore
  8. Longed for him. Got him. Shit. - Margaret Atwood
  9. From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings. - Gregory Maguire
  10. With bloody hands, I say good-bye. - Frank Miller
  11. Wasted day. Wasted life. Dessert, please. - Steven Meretzky
  12. “Cellar?” “Gate to, uh … hell, actually.” - Ronald D. Moore
  13. Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth. - Vernor Vinge
  14. It cost too much, staying human. - Bruce Sterling
  15. We kissed. She melted. Mop please! - James Patrick Kelly
  16. It’s behind you! Hurry before it - Rockne S. O’Bannon
  17. I’m your future, child. Don’t cry. - Stephen Baxter
  18. Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses. - Richard Powers
  19. I’m dead. I’ve missed you. Kiss … ? - Neil Gaiman
  20. The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly. - Orson Scott Card
  21. Kirby had never eaten toes before. - Kevin Smith
  22. Rained, rained, rained, and never stopped. - Howard Waldrop
  23. To save humankind he died again. - Ben Bova
  24. We went solar; sun went nova. - Ken MacLeod
  25. Husband, transgenic mistress; wife: “You cow!” - Paul Di Filippo
  26. “I couldn’t believe she’d shoot me.” - Howard Chaykin
  27. Don’t marry her. Buy a house. - Stephen R. Donaldson
  28. TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there … - Harry Harrison
  29. Easy. Just touch the match to - Ursula K. Le Guin
  30. New genes demand expression -- third eye. - Greg Bear
  31. K.I.A. Baghdad, Aged 18 - Closed Casket - Richard K. Morgan
  32. Epitaph: He shouldn't have fed it. - Brian Herbert
  33. Batman Sues Batsignal: Demands Trademark Royalties. - Cory Doctorow
  34. Heaven falls. Details at eleven. - Robert Jordan
  35. Nevertheless, he tried a third time. - James P. Blaylock
  36. God to Earth: “Cry more, noobs!” - Marc Laidlaw
  37. Lost, then found. Too bad. - Graeme Gibson
  38. Three to Iraq. One came back. - Graeme Gibson
  39. Dinosaurs return. Want their oil back. - David Brin
  40. Bang postponed. Not Big enough. Reboot. - David Brin
  41. Death postponed. Metastasized cells got organized. - David Brin
  42. Mind of its own. Damn lawnmower. - David Brin
  43. Please, this is everything, I swear. - Orson Scott Card
  44. Sum of all fears: AND patented. - Charles Stross
  45. Ships fire; princess weeps, between stars. - Charles Stross
  46. Will this do (lazy writer asked)? - Ken MacLeod
  47. H-bombs dropped; we all died. - Howard Waldrop
  48. Corpse parts missing. Doctor buys yacht. - Margaret Atwood
  49. Starlet sex scandal. Giant squid involved. - Margaret Atwood
  50. He read his obituary with confusion. - Steven Meretzky