Gathering of the Figments

Aurora Asha Ila · Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:10 am Post subject: 15 Words or less

Can you write a story in 15 Words or less? Or Twelve? CHALLENGE YOURSELF.

Examples

Hemmingway - "For sale. Baby Shoes. Never used."

Another by Frank Miller

"With bloody hands, I say goodbye."

Heres Mine

She watched. She waited. The pain abated. Another cold night in her mind.

Your turn Very Happy

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I am sitting in my dingy little office, where a stingy
Ray of sunlight struggles feebly down between the houses tall,
And the foetid air and gritty of the dusty, dirty, city,
Through the open window floating, spreads its foulness over all.

Extract from Clancy and the Overflow, by A.B. Patterson.
Ironically he never actually went outside of a city his entire life, let alone Droving. phht. Henry Lawson was much more acurate, he didnt romanticise the Aussie bush.

Figment · Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:10 am Post subject:

Oooh... cool!

Can't eat, can't sleep. The monster is coming. Everyone will die.

Laughing

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Aurora Asha Ila · Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject:

another example : he came, he saw, he conquered.

mum made one really good one up, "Duck? Rabbit? who gives a Sh*t."

That was on philosophy, we were talking about an assignment dad remembered his humanity student friends doing at uni. They had to write 1000 words on it.

This one is a six word story, and they seem to be one of the ultimate literary challenges.
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I am sitting in my dingy little office, where a stingy
Ray of sunlight struggles feebly down between the houses tall,
And the foetid air and gritty of the dusty, dirty, city,
Through the open window floating, spreads its foulness over all.

Extract from Clancy and the Overflow, by A.B. Patterson.
Ironically he never actually went outside of a city his entire life, let alone Droving. phht. Henry Lawson was much more acurate, he didnt romanticise the Aussie bush.

The Grey Dawn · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject:

I like this idea. (Hopes this will revive his ability to write. Razz

)

Technology brings monster. Most people die. Others escape, but the monster lives.

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That's every Michael Crichton story ever. Except Jurassic Park. That's just too cool for that. Very Happy

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Remember, a velociraptor can run at 10 m/s (indoors) and it knows no fear.

The Bee · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:30 pm Post subject:

She ate popcorn. She watched tv. She fell asleep.
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~Michelle The Bee

If life is a highway I was drunk at the wheel. (Relient K)