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“Samaritans.” “I’m listening.” “Hello?” “Hel…” “Samaritans…”
12/30/2008(Samaritans is a charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in distress or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland.)
I came. I saw. I conquered.
12/29/2008Caesar’s legendary quote, translated from the three-word Latin Veni, vidi, vici, is a short story in and of itself. Caesar used the sentence as the full text of his message to the Roman senate describing his recent victory over Pharnaces II of Pontus in the Battle of Zela (present-day Turkey).
For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
12/28/2008The 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.