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Wired's Very Short Stories
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Zonk
on Wed Oct 25, 2006 07:43 PM
from the dragons-eye-opened-the-hafling-wept-michael-zenke dept.
from the dragons-eye-opened-the-hafling-wept-michael-zenke dept.
Wired's games blog Game|Life alerted me to a great feature on the main Wired site. Called Very Short Stories, the piece features the work of 33 well-known writers practicing their craft in six word chunks. Their work is combined with several talented graphic designers to generate some very creative works of art. Some of my favorites: "The baby's blood type? Human, mostly'. - Orson Scott Card
'Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses.' - Richard Powers
'Kirby had never eaten toes before.' - Kevin Smith" The games blog makes a point to highlight the works of game writers Mark Laidlaw and Steve Meretzky. Laidlaw's contribution: ">Help! Trapped in a text adventure!" Alrighty, folks ... let's hear yours.
'Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses.' - Richard Powers
'Kirby had never eaten toes before.' - Kevin Smith" The games blog makes a point to highlight the works of game writers Mark Laidlaw and Steve Meretzky. Laidlaw's contribution: ">Help! Trapped in a text adventure!" Alrighty, folks ... let's hear yours.
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I don't get it. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I don't get it. (Score:5, Interesting)
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Re:I don't get it. (Score:5, Funny)
Fucker can't even finish a 6 word story. Guess we'll have to buy the sequel....
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Re:I don't get it. (Score:5, Funny)
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Nothing happens for most of book (Score:5, Funny)
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Finally the secret recipe to making money. (Score:5, Funny)
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and the sixth word is (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:and the sixth word is (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:I don't get it. (Score:5, Funny)
Oh crap...
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Impossible Mission (Score:5, Funny)
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Ahem (Score:5, Funny)
hm.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:hm.. (Score:5, Funny)
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Oh god. (Score:5, Funny)
Mine's an autobiography! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Mine's an autobiography! (Score:5, Funny)
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Oh shit... (Score:5, Funny)
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My 2 cents (Score:5, Interesting)
Going to jail for that... (Score:5, Funny)
At $250,000 per violation, that will be One MILLION DOLLARS!
I'll be happy to accept the fine as proxy for Wired. Just to make things go smoothly, you understand, right?
Re:Going to jail for that... (Score:5, Funny)
Impeachment: It's not just for blowjobs.
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Re:Going to jail for that... (Score:5, Funny)
"The baby's",
"The baby's blood",
"The baby's blood type?", or
"The baby's blood type? Human",
convey the brilliance which exists in the flow and structure of the whole story.
Also, they considered just quoting "The", but were afraid you'd confuse it an exceprt from another story by another author.
I suppose the closest you'd get, would be to quote "The baby...Human, mostly.", but that kinda ruins it by giving the ending away.
E.
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Sure (Score:5, Funny)
One more word? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:One more word? (Score:5, Funny)
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It is really not that interesting (Score:4, Funny)
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6w (Score:5, Funny)
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Wait, that one has been done before. Let me try again.
Protagonist and young tease conquer villain.
Drats, someone wrote that one too. Hmm, I better be original then:
Loss. Emptiness. Poignant cry: Future, why?
Regards,
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*Art
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Only 6? (Score:5, Funny)
And thanks for all the fish (Score:5, Funny)
6w2 (Score:4, Funny)
My son and I have been doing these... (Score:5, Funny)
The cow spoke.
I went vegetarian. {Prof. Jonathan}
Umm (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Umm (Score:5, Funny)
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ew (Score:4, Insightful)
battle cry of the internet age (Score:5, Funny)
Ugh... (Score:5, Funny)
Ummmmm.... (Score:5, Interesting)
This should be obvious... (Score:5, Funny)
Good... (Score:5, Funny)
Ryan Fenton
Won the lottery (Score:5, Funny)
Failure to meet criteria. (Score:5, Funny)
gus
She was dead; it mattered not. (Score:5, Funny)
Can't Count (Score:5, Funny)
The best one... (Score:5, Interesting)
"In the room was the last person on Earth. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door."
A story weirdly inappropriate for slashdot (Score:5, Interesting)
Panama (Score:5, Funny)
So that's why! (Score:5, Funny)
Easier in German! (Score:5, Funny)
Sorry, just got back from a beginner's German class.