Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer? --Eileen Gunn

[jazzfish]

By now I'm sure everyone has seen the Awesomest Thing On The Internets: Wired Magazine's Very Short Stories. ("Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time" --Alan Moore)

It's easy to write okay-to-pretty-good ones:

This book didn't change your life.

"If that's not your left arm . . ."

Sobbing, he pressed the DELETE key.

So, tell me a story, or two, or three. They don't have to be amazingly brilliant, secrets of Art in six words or anything; they just have to make me smile, or blink, or catch my breath.

They just have to be you. And very short.

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[jameshroberts.livejournal.com]

Lord of the Rings in 6 words
Bilbo: Found a ring!
Gandalf: Crap.

Babylon 5 in 6 words
"Who're you?"
"Whaddya want?"
"Go away."

The state of the Pacific
Overfishing. No more bluefins. Eat calamari.

Advice I received on installing Linux
No. Don't use computers. Abacus.