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News Type: Opinion — Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:48 PM EDT
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I've been writing a lot about six-word science fiction stories on my publishing site this week.
You see, Wired magazine hired a few of the best science fiction writers in the whole world, making them write little bitty six-word science fiction stories. Shortest fiction, if you will.
Anyway, here's my six-word story: Exhausted writer flees on lovely rocketship
I think everybody should chip in with a short short short science fiction story. It's like doing push-ups with your brain. And more importantly, we can publish the world's smallest anthology and retire to some tropical island with the proceeds.
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{"commentId":349335,"authorDomain":"nck"}
Wow ... this is harder than I thought it would be. Hummmmm...... A six word science fiction story... Let me see ... Halloween is coming, so here she goes ---
"Ghosts Are Whispering In My Ear."
-- by Nancy Kemp
OK, feedback, how did I do?
And, just wanted to welcome my new friend to Newsvine! Enjoy!
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- 6 votes
#1 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:16 PM EDT{"commentId":350201,"authorDomain":"nck"}
Ha... ha... tis so true!
Attack of the Killer Texas Chicks
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":350209,"authorDomain":"nck"}
Saint Regis Tribe is One True Mohawk;
Migrate On My Precious Mother Land
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":350241,"authorDomain":"chill888"}
but it continued to rise, despair!
{"commentId":350241,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"chill888"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":350307,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":350487,"authorDomain":"chill888"}
Jason
your enthusiasm is contagious. Nice seed. For a moment you made me think I could write (short moment).
The seed reminded me of my favourite 6 word novel title of all time:
"One Monday, We Killed Them All" by the legendary John D Macdonald
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":350521,"authorDomain":"nck"}
White Flag Up; Dental Surgeon Enters
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":349363,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
Brilliant! It's a little spooky and evocative of a much larger plot; the kind of story that could stretch for 250 pages if you really wanted to write it...
{"commentId":349363,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
- 2 votes
#2 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:27 PM EDT{"commentId":349384,"authorDomain":"nck"}
Tis oh so true ... And, I have always loved ghost stories! Boo! Scare ya?
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- 3 votes
{"commentId":349462,"authorDomain":"ultimathule"}
It's zenic; I like it.
{"commentId":349462,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"ultimathule"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":349553,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":349461,"authorDomain":"AlphaMaille"}
"Think I shortened the fuse to..."
Last words "Hey y'all, watch this."
{"commentId":349461,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"AlphaMaille"}
- 4 votes
#3 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:15 PM EDT{"commentId":349554,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
Exactly! I love it. You have suspense, action, and a climactic ending. That's what I look for in regular books too. Thanks for stopping by.
{"commentId":349554,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
- 2 votes
#4 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:00 PM EDT{"commentId":349667,"authorDomain":"nck"}
Last words "Hey y'all, watch this."
Hey, is that fair? Isn't y'all really 2 words? Busted!!!
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":351261,"authorDomain":"marilynl"}
Darkover beckons, red hair bristling power.
Dragonsongs sulfurous, harpers hall entertains outworlders.
Starship sings while star explodes. Help!
Foundation at world's end, seek inside.
Some favorites shouted out, I replied.
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- 5 votes
{"commentId":351336,"authorDomain":"Sarcophilus"}
brilliant Marilyn!
{"commentId":351336,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"Sarcophilus"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":349586,"authorDomain":"gwenny"}
I'll take a shot at this:
Robotic servitors revolt, humans de-volt them.
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- 7 votes
#5 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:17 PM EDT{"commentId":349843,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":349607,"authorDomain":"stevencwatts"}
Utopians alter history, Utopia arrives earlier.
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- 7 votes
#6 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:30 PM EDT{"commentId":349845,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":349628,"authorDomain":"darkside"}
"Dear?! It was you all alon --"
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- 7 votes
#7 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:39 PM EDT{"commentId":349849,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":349685,"authorDomain":"nck"}
Can I play again???
Captain Underpants Attack Principal and Students
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- 8 votes
#8 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:02 PM EDT{"commentId":349877,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":350211,"authorDomain":"nck"}
Not in New York Normalcy There;
{"commentId":350211,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"nck"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":349721,"authorDomain":"scientificblog"}
"Give me a match. My gastank's ..."
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- 6 votes
#9 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:28 PM EDT{"commentId":349880,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":349728,"authorDomain":"richardg"}
Magic kettle destroys all. THE END.
{"commentId":349728,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"richardg"}
- 9 votes
#10 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:35 PM EDT{"commentId":350309,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":350638,"authorDomain":"nck"}
Pot calls Kettle black: Big Slap!
{"commentId":350638,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"nck"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":352542,"authorDomain":"richardg"}
I'm not sure, I hadn't given it much thought. Russel Hobbs would be my first choice, and Morphy Richards would be a close second.
{"commentId":352542,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"richardg"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":349760,"authorDomain":"deatienza"}
Red pill gave me a hangover.
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- 9 votes
#11 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 5:53 PM EDT{"commentId":350312,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":349777,"authorDomain":"djd"}
Don't take me to your leader!
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- 12 votes
#12 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:01 PM EDT{"commentId":350313,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":352906,"authorDomain":"djd"}
You mean he's not a monkey?
{"commentId":352906,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"djd"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":349825,"authorDomain":"noah"}
"Ansab and Calvin crawl in bed"
(it had to be done)
{"commentId":349825,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"noah"}
- 8 votes
#13 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:25 PM EDT{"commentId":350315,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":350536,"authorDomain":"nck"}
Ansab Enters: All Hecklers Gobbled Up
{"commentId":350536,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"nck"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":350824,"authorDomain":"ansab"}
Ansab saves all of humanity. Again.
{"commentId":350824,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"ansab"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":349893,"authorDomain":"djd"}
Tea and madeleine; leader memories return.
Of course that's far too short a sentence, and not nearly enough punctuation, for Proust; who would be spinning in his grave. :-)
{"commentId":349893,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"djd"}
- 5 votes
#15 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:05 PM EDT{"commentId":349946,"authorDomain":"Sarcophilus"}
Proust would need three volumes to get that far, DJD
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- 5 votes
{"commentId":350269,"authorDomain":"djd"}
Yep, but I only had six words.
{"commentId":350269,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"djd"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":350321,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":349919,"authorDomain":"lunartick"}
Outside, the machines gathered the bodies.
The crowd looked skyward, calmly waiting.
Swallowing, I realized I'd been poisoned.
I told you. We don't torture!
{"commentId":349919,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"lunartick"}
- 9 votes
#16 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:35 PM EDT{"commentId":350403,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":349921,"authorDomain":"divbyzero"}
Only in the end the beginning.
{"commentId":349921,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"divbyzero"}
- 6 votes
#17 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 7:37 PM EDT{"commentId":349953,"authorDomain":"Sarcophilus"}
Reminds me of some of my favourite SF titles:
"We Can Remember it for you wholesale" - Phillip K Dick
"I have no mouth and I must scream" - Harlan Ellison
For me, they encapsulate the whole story in very few words.
How about an homage to William Burroughs:
"Dr Benway pursues the Wild Boys"
{"commentId":349953,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"Sarcophilus"}
- 5 votes
#18 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:13 PM EDT{"commentId":350322,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":349997,"authorDomain":"JBlack"}
Here's my attempt:
World outside the window went bang.
There you have it.
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- 6 votes
#19 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:59 PM EDT{"commentId":350323,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":350009,"authorDomain":"tysonhamrick"}
On a dark, dreary evening...Aliens!
{"commentId":350009,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"tysonhamrick"}
- 4 votes
#20 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:14 PM EDT{"commentId":350325,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":350045,"authorDomain":"StephanieBamBam"}
Love these. :)
- She said no, the story's over.
-"Why," he cried. Because that's life.
- "Incoming," they yell, far too late.
Erm. Dunno why mine all take a slightly morbid twist...ok, happy..
- I believe in happily ever after.
- A smile was all it took.
{"commentId":350045,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"StephanieBamBam"}
- 5 votes
#21 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:05 PM EDT{"commentId":350791,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":350068,"authorDomain":"PamelaDrew"}
Toxic seeds virtually destroyed the biodiversity.
Muckrakers stopped disaster just in time.
That's the story I'm sticking with.
{"commentId":350068,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"PamelaDrew"}
- 5 votes
#22 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:31 PM EDT{"commentId":350073,"authorDomain":"Sarcophilus"}
I, Robot, lost and regained empire
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- 5 votes
#23 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:37 PM EDT{"commentId":350238,"authorDomain":"Ardith"}
{"commentId":350793,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":350076,"authorDomain":"Sarcophilus"}
They sound like dystopias, Pamela
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- 4 votes
#24 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:39 PM EDT{"commentId":350749,"authorDomain":"PamelaDrew"}
Sarcophilus...They sound like dystopias, Pamela
Is that a good thing, or should I seek immediate treatment for the condition?
{"commentId":350749,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"PamelaDrew"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":350796,"authorDomain":"jasonboog"}
{"commentId":353061,"authorDomain":"Sarcophilus"}
On Newsvine a new paradigm emerged
{"commentId":353061,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"Sarcophilus"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":350113,"authorDomain":"spacegoat"}
They are dropping rocks on Earth.
Who hit the shiny red button?
The revolution began with sweet fennel.
Freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength. <--- Orwell
Stop poking me with that nano-stick.
What did I win for writing good? ;)
{"commentId":350113,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"spacegoat"}
- 10 votes
#25 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:13 PM EDT{"commentId":350116,"authorDomain":"Sarcophilus"}
The revolution began with sweet fennel.
that deserves another vote!
{"commentId":350116,"threadId":"50453","contentId":"417480","authorDomain":"Sarcophilus"}
- 6 votes
#26 - Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:15 PM EDT{"commentId":350512,"authorDomain":"nck"}
The revolution began with sweet fennel.
that deserves another vote!
Here, Here; Motion To The Second...
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- 5 votes
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