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KyleJacobs from DC - Southern efficiency, Northern charm Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#1: Jan 19th 2012 at 7:46:07 AM

There's an urban legend about Ernest Hemmingway that says he once won a bet that he could write a complete story in six words. The story was as follows:

For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.

I personally did a bit of a double take the first time I saw this, and decided to try my hand at it. Someone over at the Ultimate-Guitar forums was nice enough to set up a thread like this over there, but given the general makeup of that forum, I think we might get better results here.

Here's my attempt:

He heard her monitor stop beeping.

QQQQQ from Canada Since: Jul, 2011
#2: Jan 19th 2012 at 7:50:41 AM

This thread belongs in forum games. smile

KyleJacobs from DC - Southern efficiency, Northern charm Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#3: Jan 19th 2012 at 10:05:26 AM

Oops. Can a mod move it, or should I copy-paste?

QQQQQ from Canada Since: Jul, 2011
#4: Jan 19th 2012 at 10:44:01 AM

Sure, I think you can try the holler button.

CompletelyNormalGuy Am I a weirdo? from that rainy city where they throw fish (Oldest One in the Book)
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#6: Jan 19th 2012 at 10:07:00 PM

The moment I entered, she left.

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Enkufka Wandering Student ಠ_ಠ from Bay of White fish Since: Dec, 2009
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#7: Jan 19th 2012 at 10:19:35 PM

Sora, Riku. AND THEN THEY PORKED!

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ToolsOfDestruction Since: Jul, 2012
#8: Jan 20th 2012 at 9:12:50 AM

Last guy on Earth hears knock.

Belfagor from Nonantola, Italy Since: Sep, 2010
#9: Jan 20th 2012 at 9:16:47 AM

He said Candle Jack and disapp He was not really that smart.

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Belfagor from Nonantola, Italy Since: Sep, 2010
#11: Jan 20th 2012 at 9:21:36 AM

They wrote a really bad romance.

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CompletelyNormalGuy Am I a weirdo? from that rainy city where they throw fish (Oldest One in the Book)
Am I a weirdo?
#13: Jan 20th 2012 at 12:11:00 PM

I tried to fight him. Ouch.

[up] That one made me laugh.

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Premonition45 Since: Mar, 2011
#14: Jan 20th 2012 at 1:45:12 PM

He hit me with his chapstick.

Steventheman Cmdr. of His Supremacy's Armed Forces from Wales Since: Feb, 2011
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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#17: Jan 21st 2012 at 7:38:54 PM

Joel Schumacher ruined the Batman series.

vanishingreality from Sinnoh Since: Aug, 2011
#18: Jan 21st 2012 at 8:05:35 PM

FALCON PUNCH. The universe is destroyed.

SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#19: Jan 21st 2012 at 10:09:02 PM

Once upon a time, shit happened.

CompletelyNormalGuy Am I a weirdo? from that rainy city where they throw fish (Oldest One in the Book)
Am I a weirdo?
#21: Jan 21st 2012 at 11:00:32 PM

Sean Murray wrote an implausible story.

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#22: Jan 21st 2012 at 11:09:11 PM

Completely Normal Guy punched Michael Jackson.

SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#24: Jan 21st 2012 at 11:16:24 PM

Mitt Romney is a malfunctioning robot.

CompletelyNormalGuy Am I a weirdo? from that rainy city where they throw fish (Oldest One in the Book)
Am I a weirdo?
#25: Jan 21st 2012 at 11:38:19 PM

My quest was over. What now?

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