For sale: baby shoes, never used.

12/28/2008
—Ernest Hemingway

The original short short story and the inspiration for this website. In the 1920s, Ernest Hemingway’s colleagues bet him that he couldn’t write a complete story in just six words. They paid up. Hemingway is said to have considered it his best work.

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  1. 9/16/2009Cuando poco es mejor: Six Word Stories | IdentidadGeek says:

    [...] Word Stories recopila muchas historias extremadamente cortas, inspiradas en el reto que le plantearon a Ernest Hemingway, en la que le pedían escribir ua historia completa en sólo 6 [...]

  2. 9/15/2009Reality says:

    World goes on, most people don’t.

  3. 8/16/2009Elwyn says:

    Age never changed life of dread.

  4. 8/11/2009Laura says:

    My students turn to zombies.Oh.

  5. 8/11/2009Laura says:

    Twitter gets over exited and dies.

  6. 7/23/2009Hank Hollman says:

    Man’s Born Free. Taxed To Death

  7. 7/23/2009Hank Hollman says:

    Ignorant Vote. Obama Elected. America Finished.

  8. 7/21/2009Six Word Stories « The Squirrel Queen says:

    [...] This is a collection of short short stories consisting of just six words. It was inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s famous challenge.” [...]

  9. 7/20/2009Kimberley says:

    He’s gorgeous, kind, intelligent. He’s hers.

  10. 7/20/2009Lu C says:

    I waited; coffee, cigarette… walked home.

  11. 7/16/2009louboutin says:

    I like this shoes ,it very beauty and lovely!!!

  12. 7/12/2009Essig says:

    Than some great

  13. 7/7/2009in which yelley has millions of peaches, peaches for free. « it’s peanut butter yelley time. . . says:

    [...] post a comment and I’ll draw a name from a hat contest. So instead I am going to have a Six Word Story [...]

  14. 7/4/2009Faizan Mufti says:

    Wanted to lead and LEAD

  15. 6/22/2009The Slowest Story Ever Told - PSFK.com says:

    [...] or not you believe that anything truly profound can be said in the scope of nine words (Hemingway only needed six), the project stands in stark contrast to our constantly connected and information [...]

  16. 6/21/2009NickWasHere says:

    six words stories great for procrasti

  17. 6/13/2009Dhanraj says:

    Man made wonders. Then came women! - D_policE

  18. 6/12/2009Midian » Blog Archive » ordinary day says:

    [...] – dupa o idee de Hemingway. Linkul l-am vazut mai demult, in statusul Anei, de atunci urmaresc site-ul constant. De mult [...]

  19. 6/10/2009A. Bunny says:

    Chain broken. Loving mom to four.

  20. 6/10/2009mike says:

    press play, cry, stop, rewind, eject.

  21. 6/9/2009Ajay says:

    Back from holiday. Rats in mailbox!

  22. 6/4/2009Karl says:

    It happened yesterday. Cold and deadly

  23. 6/1/2009sarah says:

    isnt it
    “For sale: Baby shoes, never worn.”
    ?

  24. 5/29/2009T.W.Wombat says:

    Door. Slam! DOOR! SLAM! … Enlightenment? Enter…

  25. 5/29/2009Taka Ohno says:

    You Will be better than now

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