All English majors know the six word short story of Ernest Hemingway. "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn."
Likewise, it is drilled into a humorist's head that brevity is the soul of wit. Not being as witty or as brief as Hemmingway, I added a word to my own challenge. As such, I present the following:
Seven words or less stories
Genre: Disaster
Found: the cap of a sharpie.
Genre: Tragedy
11:00 pm. Why is the hose on?
Genre: Romance
15 Forever stamps on the car window.
Genre: Mystery
Three left shoes for the same person.
Genre: Western
They're boots.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Marshmellow Peeps in the Microwave
Genre: Fantasy
Kids clean up Marshmellow Peeps in Microwave.
Genre: Historical
Everything you just read.
Genre: Fiction
My calm serene reaction to everything.
Genre: Autobiography
Highly fictionalized for public consumption
Genre: Tragedy
ReplyDelete11:00 pm. Why is the hose on?
Shit.Flooded basement.
Genre: Adventure
ReplyDelete4am trips to ER.
Genre: Mommie Fear
I didn't do it!
Genre: blogger fear
the muse is constipated.
oh hey, thanks, that just gave me an idea for a funny post! haven't had a good idea in MONTHS. what our next writing assignment?? :-)
that was a great rant at pot luck....but the comments made me dizzy.they ran on so many rabbit trails!