Archive of articles classified as' "Famous Authors"

“It can’t be. I’m a virgin.”

12/30/2008
—Kate Atkinson
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“Samaritans.” “I’m listening.” “Hello?” “Hel…” “Samaritans…”

12/30/2008
—Michel Faber

(Samaritans is a charity aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in distress or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland.)

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From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings.

12/30/2008
—Gregory Maguire
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Longed for him. Got him. Shit.

12/30/2008
—Margaret Atwood
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Vacuum collision. Orbits diverge. Farewell, love.

12/29/2008
—David Brin
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Automobile warranty expires. So does engine.

12/29/2008
—Stan Lee
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Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?

12/29/2008
—Eileen Gunn
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I came. I saw. I conquered.

12/29/2008
—Julius Caesar

Caesar’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).

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Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket.

12/29/2008
—William Shatner
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For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

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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