Born. Schooled. Worked. Died… Never lived.

11/3/2009
—Xian
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He never joined the Procrastinator’s Union.

10/30/2009
—Chris Pollay
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Parachute sale: used once, never opened.

9/27/2009
—Brad
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He lived. Loved. Never saw train.

8/15/2009
—Sam
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Never prepay a cross-eyed assassin.

8/13/2009
—Stephen Buehler
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Gone Fishin’. Never be back. – Archie.

8/3/2009
—_-/|\-_
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Never exchanged names, only bodily fluids.

4/28/2009
—Ben H.
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The dandelion never saw weedwacker coming…

4/1/2009
—Rachel P.
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Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth.

2/17/2009
—Vernor Vinge
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Rained, rained, rained, and never stopped.

1/25/2009
—Howard Waldrop
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Kirby had never eaten toes before.

1/17/2009
—Kevin Smith
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“Forgive me!” “What for?” “Never mind.”

1/8/2009
—John Updike
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They awaited sunrise. It never came.

12/30/2008
—AS Byatt
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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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