Microfiction in a flash: 6-word stories

closeup photo of white shoes

This is based on Hemingway’s greatest:

“For sale: baby shoes, never worn”

My own flash fiction attempts follow:

  • This is a six-word story. . . . Damn!
  • He’d never lie to his mistress.
  • “Running away beats suicide,” he lied.
  • He and his clone always bickered.
  • “Sucks to be you,” Job said.
  • Thousand tears streamed like a river.
  • I’m afflicted by vegetarianism. It’s chronic.
  • Popping out of existence felt good.
  • Ironically, CAKE is a four-letter word.
  • (Compound modifiers count as one word.)
  • Cures, causes, who can tell now-a-days?
  • This is fun. You should try.