Six Word Stories

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).

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.

Tell your story. Make it brief.

You can enter it in the comments section below. We will put the best ones on the front page!

Note: By submitting a story, you give SixWordStories.net the right to re-publish and distribute your work on this website, and in any other formats (including our Twitter feed, RSS feed, and possible publication in a book).

Brevity is a virtue.

This is a collection of short short stories consisting of just six words. It was inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s famous challenge. It will include stories by notable writers, reader submissions, myself, friends, and the Internet at large.

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Launched by Pete Berg in December, 2008.