Slog - Comments on Stories, In Brief http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief Inspired by Ernest Hemingway's six-word story ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn"), Wired Magazine asked sci-fi, fantasy and horror writers to come up with six-word stories of their own. Here are some of my favorites: Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer? - Eileen Gunn Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so. - Joss Whedon Longed for him. Got him. Shit. - Margaret Atwood "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... Copyright 2008 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:03:58 -0800 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:53:50 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by charles I liked those, too.

]]> charles http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482044 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482044 Arts Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:20:00 -0800 Comment by Gomez We tore it down. Seattle crumbled.
- Gomez

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482057 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482057 Arts Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:32:35 -0800 Comment by david Wow, those are great. Captures the spirit of haiku (better than most of the pathetic doggerel haiku no better than limericks)

]]> david http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482059 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482059 Arts Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:34:05 -0800 Comment by Matt That robot chick is a dude!

]]> Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482067 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482067 Arts Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:43:45 -0800 Comment by Michael Holden
Cool! ADD literature. Liked Sterling's, Gibson's.

]]> Michael Holden http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482081 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482081 Arts Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:07:26 -0800 Comment by BC Bush in Iraq, as Inspired by The Diaries of Julius Cesar:

I came. I saw. Conquered? No.

]]> BC http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482088 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482088 Arts Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:10:51 -0800 Comment by Geni Nuclear proliferation - somebody slipped. Um, Oops?

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482093 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482093 Arts Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:14:45 -0800 Comment by Geni Neocon victory, theocratic rule. Goodbye, America.

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482094 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482094 Arts Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:16:04 -0800 Comment by Aexia My favourite comment on this, courtesy of Slashdot:

Not much to read, is there?

]]> Aexia http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482095 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482095 Arts Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:18:08 -0800 Comment by Ice I'm a nutcase. The Mormon kind.

- Orson Scott Card

]]> Ice http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482112 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482112 Arts Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:38:52 -0800 Comment by weird al's gorebasm Shut up, Gore explained. Debate's over.

]]> weird al's gorebasm http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482129 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482129 Arts Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:52:52 -0800 Comment by Horace That second one of Card's coulda been plagiarized from Ovid's Cures for Love!

(Um. Which I just read today, which is the only reason I know that.)

]]> Horace http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482174 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482174 Arts Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:11:36 -0800 Comment by Justin October brings clouds. Seattle enters coffeehouses.

]]> Justin http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482197 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482197 Arts Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:59:47 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Was he a she or it?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482217 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482217 Arts Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:37:14 -0800 Comment by Geni Is this really all there is?

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482226 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482226 Arts Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:50:11 -0800 Comment by Mystique Fun,, but I've gotta rain on the parade here and say that almost none of these are stories... ;)

]]> Mystique http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482572 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/stories_in_brief#c482572 Arts Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:53:50 -0800