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Ender draws our attention to this Wired piece:

Very Short Stories

33 writers. 5 designers. 6-word science fiction.

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Feature:
Very Short Stories Gallery
Contributors

We'll be brief: Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn.") and is said to have called it his best work. So we asked sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers from the realms of books, TV, movies, and games to take a shot themselves.

Dozens of our favorite auteurs put their words to paper, and five master graphic designers took them to the drawing board. Sure, Arthur C. Clarke refused to trim his ("God said, 'Cancel Program GENESIS.' The universe ceased to exist."), but the rest are concise masterpieces.

And here are my favotires (not that you asked):

Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so.
- Joss Whedon

Machine. Unexpectedly, I'd invented a time
- Alan Moore

Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
- Margaret Atwood

Internet "wakes up?" Ridicu -
no carrier.
- Charles Stross

Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses.
- Richard Powers

I'm dead. I've missed you. Kiss ... ?
- Neil Gaiman

The baby's blood type? Human, mostly.
- Orson Scott Card

Kirby had never eaten toes before.
- Kevin Smith

We went solar; sun went nova.
- Ken MacLeod

Mind of its own. Damn lawnmower.
- David Brin

Finally, he had no more words.
- Gregory Maguire

He read his obituary with confusion.
- Steven Meretzky

And here is my most-hated political 6-word short:

Osama's time machine: President Gore concerned.
- Charles Stross

And here is my absolute favorite 6-word short:

Your house is mine: soft revolution.
- Howard Waldrop