Friday, October 27, 2006

Very Short Stories

Wired has this story about several authors that came up with very short stories (6 words!). The list of authors is pretty stellar--Neil Gaiman, Arthur Clarke, Joss Whedon, Stan Lee, Alan Moore--heck, even Steve Meretzky, Infocom god, had an entry.

The most poignant one, though, was from Ernest Hemmingway:

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

It can be read many different ways--but to me (as a dad), it's pretty heartbreaking.

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