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13 Nov 10 - 09:32 PM (#3031497) Subject: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Desert Dancer Exactly 100 has been done, how about 25 or fewer? NPR:'Hint Fiction' Celebrates The (Extremely) Short Story. Inspired by the six-word novel attributed to Ernest Hemingway — "For sale: baby shoes, never worn" — Robert Swartwood has compiled a new anthology of bite-sized fiction. See examples from the anthology on the NPR page. ~ Becky in Tucson |
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13 Nov 10 - 10:12 PM (#3031513) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: katlaughing Thanks, Becky! IN the middle of NaNoWriMo in which we challenge ourselves to write a novel of 50,000 words in the month of November, I welcome this wee "diversion." I love writing short stuff. Had so much fun with 100 word story thread. When I am working with someone, I often ask them to describe themselves in twenty-five words or less. It's a challenge, but it really gets them to thinking about how they define themselves which acts as a springboard for healthful communication. Let's see: Scuttlebut Talk was, she was a crab and he had six fingers, never meant to be. The shell was a tight fit; love by the sea. |
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13 Nov 10 - 10:13 PM (#3031516) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Rapparee The piton tore loose. 2,000 feet below they found him spattered on the rocks. 14 words. The town. Totally destroyed. 4 words. She died screaming. 3 words. Destination: Moon. 2 words (and it's a movie) |
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13 Nov 10 - 10:17 PM (#3031518) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Eiseley After everything, Only the smug cat remained; Purring by the fire. (17 syllables, 11 words) Eiseley |
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13 Nov 10 - 10:20 PM (#3031520) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Jack the Sailor "Mmmm Chimp hands." said Spaw, as he licked his fingers. Then Chongo walked in. "Shit Shane! What did you do with Little Hawk?" |
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13 Nov 10 - 10:45 PM (#3031526) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Amos She turned, ignoring her bleeding wrists, and fell into his arms laughing. |
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13 Nov 10 - 10:49 PM (#3031529) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Ebbie She stared at her hand blankly Somehow the key had broken. There was absolutely no hope of getting the door open in time. She ran. |
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13 Nov 10 - 11:15 PM (#3031537) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: katlaughing He found the hand-basket roomy and comfortable. Didn't know why they always decried going to hell that way. It was the best! |
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14 Nov 10 - 12:57 AM (#3031565) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: katlaughing The Reg Brothers told all. Mr. Patterson, found guilty, was sentenced to the NYCFTTS, where it is said his spirit still can be smelled...fwap! |
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14 Nov 10 - 09:20 AM (#3031771) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Janie Second Mortgage "Grandma brought that rosebush from Benson. 1912." The uniformed man nodded politely. The U-Haul door banged shut behind her. Time to go. |
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14 Nov 10 - 09:57 AM (#3031785) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Jack the Sailor El Chupacabra He woke up in a cold sweat. It was no dream. Jaws closed on his neck. |
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14 Nov 10 - 10:17 AM (#3031797) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Lizzie Cornish 1 'Secret Love Of The Soul' They lived the remainder of their lives in different countries, with different people. Unspeakingly loving one another. Each silently grieving. Eternally. |
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14 Nov 10 - 10:37 AM (#3031818) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: VirginiaTam Words afflict sleep, mosquito hum. The sheet of sleep will not keep them off. With pen I catch words and pin them to the page. |
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14 Nov 10 - 10:58 AM (#3031839) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Ed T He was confident he made a perfect choice. Then, he asked his wife. |
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14 Nov 10 - 11:02 AM (#3031845) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Jack the Sailor One month in he was confident he made a perfect choice. Then, he asked his wife. Eight years later. Honey? This one? |
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14 Nov 10 - 11:20 AM (#3031864) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Amos One side effect of sharks learning to navigate fresh water: Spaw's schlong is now much shorter. |
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14 Nov 10 - 11:24 AM (#3031867) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Jack the Sailor One month in he was confident he made a perfect choice. Then he met Sarah. Then divorce and remarriage, then Betty. He was confident he made a perfect choice. Then Bruce sashayed into his life and showed him his true self. Perfect choices are easy when there are no options. Tower One was burning. He jumped. For sale, clown shoes, never worn. |
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14 Nov 10 - 11:29 AM (#3031870) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Jack the Sailor "Yum! Sausage!" Thought the shark. Up on the bridge Spaw screamed. Mrs Spaw sighed and said "Finally! Thank God." |
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14 Nov 10 - 11:32 AM (#3031873) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Bill D Inside the tomb, he found the Book of Life. He opened it, trembling, and read, "Read the last 25 words." They were in Klingon script. |
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14 Nov 10 - 11:36 AM (#3031880) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Ed T A name changed. Results are in. No one cared. Nothing to spell out. |
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14 Nov 10 - 11:43 AM (#3031884) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: katlaughing Uh-oh, she thought, what have I Spawned now, just as the deluge took the site down. |
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14 Nov 10 - 12:52 PM (#3031953) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: kendall As the calf landed on his face in the muck it said, "Shit, I didn't want to be a cow." |
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14 Nov 10 - 01:06 PM (#3031961) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: GUEST,Sweety News bulletin: traffic in down town Manhattan has come to a standstill. A man with a foghorn was heard to say I have a beginning, a middle and then he shot himself. It will be dry and humid today. |
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14 Nov 10 - 01:45 PM (#3031991) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Ed T BS The war started. Bang, Bang, Bang. The war ended. BS |
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14 Nov 10 - 01:51 PM (#3031996) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River They deesided that Raparee had to go. So they all got, like, together and kilt him. Then he was dead. About flippin' time, eh? Decent. - Shane p.s. Eggzactly 25 words, eh? I am a flippin' geenious! |
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14 Nov 10 - 02:07 PM (#3032000) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: MGM·Lion The four vital ingredients of all fiction, so they say, are sex, high-life, reversal of fortune, mystery. Hence that monumental classic: "Fuck," said the Duchess, "I'm pregnant. Who did it?" ~Michael~ |
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14 Nov 10 - 02:21 PM (#3032009) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: John MacKenzie I've just about reached breaking point, he snapped. Not original, but bears repeating. ********************************************************************** Then there's the immortal.. Poem for a girl petrol pump attendant. I wanted your soft verges, but you gave me the hard shoulder. ********************************************************************** I'm not feeling myself today, he said. Trying to undo his handcuffs. |
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14 Nov 10 - 02:39 PM (#3032017) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: kendall "I think I'm turning gay" he said, half in Ernest. |
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14 Nov 10 - 03:12 PM (#3032046) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: John MacKenzie He saw a sign for a meeting of the schizophrenia group, and thought. I've half a mind to go to that. |
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14 Nov 10 - 03:44 PM (#3032081) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Amos JACK!! That is SIXTY TWO WORDS! He yelled, waving his Luger menacingly. A shot rang out. |
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14 Nov 10 - 06:17 PM (#3032203) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Rapparee "Shame McBride?" he asked. "I know him. Ugly, stinking, useless, drunken, slobbering, piggish, knuckle-dragging, loutish, animal. We'll do the contract on him pro bono." 25 words exactly. |
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14 Nov 10 - 06:21 PM (#3032207) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Jack the Sailor Amos, That's four stories. Poorly written they must have been. |
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14 Nov 10 - 06:43 PM (#3032219) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Bill D He fell off the top chapter of twenty-five story book. *copied, but still genius* "The last man on earth sat alone in his room. There was a knock on the door." |
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14 Nov 10 - 06:43 PM (#3032220) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Janie 20 years since the SOB brought that plant home to me. Don't know why I brought it with me. Frost kill. Free at last. |
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14 Nov 10 - 07:10 PM (#3032234) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Rapparee It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly a shot rang out. At home, a young wife was waiting. The ship pitched wildly. |
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14 Nov 10 - 07:27 PM (#3032242) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Bill D Careful... I have 3-4 books of parodies of Bulwer-Lytton Some ARE under 25 words, although the trend is to long ones. |
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14 Nov 10 - 08:38 PM (#3032281) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Ed T Were warning signs ignored? What made her snap, troubled emotions? Was he at fault? The note just read, "clean your own dirty house, I'm gone!" |
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14 Nov 10 - 08:44 PM (#3032286) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: katlaughing Janie, LOL! You go gyrrl! |
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14 Nov 10 - 09:20 PM (#3032310) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Ed T Below, city lights flicker. Steamy, car windows. Fasteners, unfastened. Sweaty, passonate embraces. Volcanos erupt. "Mom, how did you and Dad meet". A first night recalled. |
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14 Nov 10 - 10:29 PM (#3032338) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Rapparee They stepped through the door into nothing. Nothing at all. And they could not go back for there was nothing at all. |
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14 Nov 10 - 11:41 PM (#3032361) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: katlaughing Dolly? Pardon? Cash? No bail. San Quentin. (I dunno where my head is at...some pun on the run and I am done!) |
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14 Nov 10 - 11:46 PM (#3032365) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Jack the Sailor Dolly's Parts Dollywood security got no sense of humor. I just had to touch them. Can't get bail til Monday. It was worth it. |
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15 Nov 10 - 04:36 AM (#3032444) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: GUEST,Sweety Pete Skinless had been the first to arrive. The smell made him gag a little. On the table was a tape recorder. "Welcome" said the tape. Surprised, Skinless went over to the recorder. "I want you to switch me off" said the recording. Skinless seeing the state of the tape unplugged it. |
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15 Nov 10 - 08:01 AM (#3032570) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: GUEST,Patsy He liked it hot and spicy something with a bit of passion and fire. Rushing the door in panicky haste 'too hot for me that curry'. |
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15 Nov 10 - 08:11 AM (#3032581) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Ed T First, he moved his tongue delicately around the edges. Then, he stuck it in, moving it around. Moans of passion followed. He loved cinnamon buns. |
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15 Nov 10 - 09:55 AM (#3032656) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Georgiansilver Once upon a time I was born, I learnt, I worked, I had sex, I produced children and I died. Everyone lived happily ever after. An autobiography in 25 words!!!! |
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15 Nov 10 - 11:09 AM (#3032713) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Jack the Sailor |
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15 Nov 10 - 11:26 AM (#3032728) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Lonesome EJ She was buxom, blonde, and she smiled seductively at him as he came through the barroom door. "Hi Mom," he said. "Long time no see." |
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15 Nov 10 - 11:41 AM (#3032745) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Lonesome EJ Bound, she shrank from the strange device he held near her face. Suddenly, lasers dotted his chest . "Put down the banjo!" said the amplified voice. |
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15 Nov 10 - 11:42 AM (#3032746) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Amos His back was bowed, ribs sore, legs stiff, eyes bloodshot, hands shaking. He spoke in a hoarse whisper. "Back from the Getaway." |
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15 Nov 10 - 04:44 PM (#3032957) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: John P My favorite science fiction story. I don't know who wrote it: She smiled, and cast her eyes upon me. They bounced. |
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15 Nov 10 - 06:19 PM (#3033028) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Jack the Sailor Is this it John P. Those exact words are not in it and it ain't exactly science fiction but.... http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31516/31516-h/31516-h.htm |
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15 Nov 10 - 08:46 PM (#3033117) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: John P I'd never seen that before, Jack . . . and I thought I had read everything Dick ever wrote. I could easily see someone distilling the one from the other. |
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16 Nov 10 - 03:57 AM (#3033249) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: GUEST,Bob L Boy scouts. Girl guides. |
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17 Nov 10 - 03:58 AM (#3034119) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: GUEST,Sweety Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, nice kitty.....Ouch!!!! Mammie, mammie |
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17 Nov 10 - 05:20 AM (#3034145) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: I don't know Huff,Puff, How many more miles on this bike without getting anywhere? Well that's exercise for you! |
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21 Nov 10 - 03:28 PM (#3037522) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Kenny B (inactive) Algy meat a bear, The bear met Algy The bear got bulgy The bulge was Algy Boom Boom |
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21 Nov 10 - 07:19 PM (#3037665) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Bill D "The Grizzly bear is huge and wild. It has devoured the infant child. The infant child is unaware, It has been eaten by the bear." A.E. Housman, “Infant Innocence” |
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22 Nov 10 - 01:17 PM (#3038087) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Lonesome EJ "The infant children, now full grown slay the bear and take it home their infants savor grizzly meat and so the cycle does repeat" |
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22 Nov 10 - 04:03 PM (#3038184) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Gutcher Bill Clinton is a notour loon and a bet he wishes he wisny. On Seterday nichts he got his licks frae a lassie cried Lywinsky. I sing this as the shortest song ever composed. Pity I can"t give the tune. Joe. |
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23 Nov 10 - 06:50 AM (#3038551) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: GUEST,Nigel Short song? The gallant frigate Anthracite Sank. |
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30 Nov 10 - 05:54 AM (#3043410) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Gutcher Nigel,the song given in my post of 22.11.20 raised the roof when sung In the circles I travel in I am afraid yours would not even raise a smile. Joe. |
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30 Nov 10 - 05:04 PM (#3043838) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Ed T She said she loved me. She's now with him. WTF? |
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30 Nov 10 - 10:25 PM (#3043994) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Rapparee "Damn," he said. "I forgot the reserve chute." |
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01 Dec 10 - 01:21 AM (#3044037) Subject: RE: BS: Stories in 25 Words or Fewer From: Skivee The sun bloomed across the dingy streets of Key West as Ernest, drunk again, bellowed out," Horace, I'm sorry I shot your God-damned dog". |