Absence makes the heart cry murder...

For lack of a better one - and therein lack of a proper rhyme! - the above is the title to today's post.

I've been absent from my blogs for a while now. Not that anyone really cares, for that matter, but I always return. What that says about my character, I'd rather not ponder.

These are six word stories. In a trend (I guess?) started by Mr. Hemingway himself at someone else's request, I have stolen these 6 word stories from several different spots (WIRED) and hand picked the one's that I found to be particularly appealing to me.

Will I indulge myself and attemp such a feat as managing to ecompass a story with a mere 6 words? I doubt it. After all, Hemingway did call his personal confection his "best work ever". Surely, from all the mini-stories below, you'll find his to be the most striking of all.

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
- Ernest Hemingway

We went solar; sun went nova.
- Ken MacLeod

Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses.
- Richard Powers

I’m dead. I’ve missed you. Kiss … ?
- Neil Gaiman

I’m your future, child. Don’t cry.
- Stephen Baxter

It cost too much, staying human.
- Bruce Sterling

Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth.
- Vernor Vinge

Wasted day. Wasted life. Dessert, please.
- Steven Meretzky


Vacuum collision. Orbits diverge. Farewell, love.
- David Brin

Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
- Margaret Atwood

His penis snapped off; he’s pregnant!
- Rudy Rucker

From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings.
- Gregory Maguire

New genes demand expression -- third eye.
- Greg Bear

Batman Sues Batsignal: Demands Trademark Royalties.
- Cory Doctorow

Heaven falls. Details at eleven.
- Robert Jordan

God to Earth: “Cry more, noobs!”
- Marc Laidlaw

I saw, darling, but do lie.
- Orson Scott Card

Weeping, Bush misheard Cheney’s deathbed advice.
- Gregory Maguire

Dorothy: "Fuck it, I'll stay here."
- Steven Meretzky


Have at you, fargnaglets!