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. 3/20/2010W. Larsen Hughes says:

    Beach landing soldier remembers, years ago

  2. 3/20/2010W. Larsen Hughes says:

    Broken jar, spilled honey, happy bear

  3. 3/20/2010W. Larsen Hughes says:

    Ships return, empty slippers, waiting dog

  4. 3/20/2010W. Larsen Hughes says:

    Empty house, for sale, bank owned

  5. 3/20/2010W. Larsen Hughes says:

    Wrecked car, graduation day, empty seat

  6. 3/20/2010W. Larsen Hughes says:

    Sun rises, sun sets, day passes

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  8. 3/18/2010Melanie K. says:

    Hard day makes a harder drink.

  9. 3/11/2010Jen says:

    Past embraces, skin loathing. Jerk.

  10. 2/20/2010Natassia says:

    all the tools except a knife

  11. 2/16/2010Paul says:

    God in six words? Probably impossible.

  12. 2/16/2010Halcyon says:

    “What’s the diagnosis?” I asked. Silence.

  13. 2/16/2010Halcyon says:

    Well fuck, the parachute is jammed.

  14. 2/16/2010Halcyon says:

    Emily’s letters from Iraq stopped coming.

  15. 2/9/2010Joey Shannon says:

    Decided not to go; still wondering.

  16. 2/3/2010Ricky in NJ says:

    Lonely Soul, Seeks Other, Loses Himself

  17. 11/17/2009Lee says:

    Pointless Story. Empty Plot. Thankfully Short.

  18. 11/15/2009Five Percent Isn’t Cutting It « Lady Lumineux says:

    [...] (#tcot) Report, and consider the profound impact of Hemingway’s famous six word story: For Sale: baby shoes, never used. (HT/bonnet tip to @toddeherman for that excellent example of precise, diminutively packaged [...]

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  20. 11/9/2009SF band member says:

    placed second; played/felt like first

  21. 11/8/2009指甲花*雑記帳 ― Mehndi by VeRi » 6単語で紡ぐ物語― Six-word Story says:

    [...] 自身の傑作だ、とも言ったという ‘For sale: baby shoes, never worn.’ が その元になっている、といわれています。 » Very Short [...]

  22. 11/5/2009Jeanette says:

    I ate a juicy catapillar today.

  23. 11/4/2009andoni says:

    the penguin of linux eats apples

  24. 10/28/2009Saturn says:

    What takes Dostoievsky days, you seconds.

  25. 10/6/2009Brittany says:

    xlong skirt $50 hospital bill $2000

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