SIX-WORD FICTION - 50 Best
https://www.wired.com/2006/11/very-short-stories/
- For sale: baby shoes, never worn. - Earnest Hemingway
- And God said, 'Cancel Program GENESIS.' - Arthur C. Clarke
- Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket. - William Shatner
- Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer? - Eileen Gunn
- Vacuum collision. Orbits diverge. Farewell, love. - David Brin
- Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so. - Joss Whedon
- Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time Machine. - Alan Moore
- Longed for him. Got him. Shit. - Margaret Atwood
- From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings. - Gregory Maguire
- With bloody hands, I say good-bye. - Frank Miller
- Wasted day. Wasted life. Dessert, please. - Steven Meretzky
- “Cellar?” “Gate to, uh … hell, actually.” - Ronald D. Moore
- Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth. - Vernor Vinge
- It cost too much, staying human. - Bruce Sterling
- We kissed. She melted. Mop please! - James Patrick Kelly
- 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: Civilization collapses. - Richard Powers
- I’m dead. I’ve missed you. Kiss … ? - Neil Gaiman
- The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly. - Orson Scott Card
- Kirby had never eaten toes before. - Kevin Smith
- Rained, rained, rained, and never stopped. - Howard Waldrop
- To save humankind he died again. - Ben Bova
- We went solar; sun went nova. - Ken MacLeod
- Husband, transgenic mistress; wife: “You cow!” - Paul Di Filippo
- “I couldn’t believe she’d shoot me.” - Howard Chaykin
- Don’t marry her. Buy a house. - Stephen R. Donaldson
- TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there … - Harry Harrison
- Easy. Just touch the match to - Ursula K. Le Guin
- New genes demand expression -- third eye. - Greg Bear
- K.I.A. Baghdad, Aged 18 - Closed Casket - Richard K. Morgan
- Epitaph: He shouldn't have fed it. - Brian Herbert
- Batman Sues Batsignal: Demands Trademark Royalties. - Cory Doctorow
- Heaven falls. Details at eleven. - Robert Jordan
- Nevertheless, he tried a third time. - James P. Blaylock
- God to Earth: “Cry more, noobs!” - Marc Laidlaw
- Lost, then found. Too bad. - Graeme Gibson
- Three to Iraq. One came back. - Graeme Gibson
- Dinosaurs return. Want their oil back. - David Brin
- Bang postponed. Not Big enough. Reboot. - David Brin
- Death postponed. Metastasized cells got organized. - David Brin
- Mind of its own. Damn lawnmower. - David Brin
- Please, this is everything, I swear. - Orson Scott Card
- Sum of all fears: AND patented. - Charles Stross
- Ships fire; princess weeps, between stars. - Charles Stross
- Will this do (lazy writer asked)? - Ken MacLeod
- H-bombs dropped; we all died. - Howard Waldrop
- Corpse parts missing. Doctor buys yacht. - Margaret Atwood
- Starlet sex scandal. Giant squid involved. - Margaret Atwood
- He read his obituary with confusion. - Steven Meretzky