SIX WORD STORIES

Ernest Hemingway is said to have written a six-word story and called it his best work: "For sale: baby shoes. Never used." SJ Rozan invites writers to submit six word crime stories here. To submit: Send your story to: SIXWORDSTORY@AOL.COM. Include your name and, if you want, your url. We won't post email addresses. Stories SJ finds appealing for whatever idiosyncratic reason will be posted here. Send titles if you like, but we here at Six Word Story HQ like that part and will probably title them ourselves. Maybe there'll be a prize beyond the wonder of seeing your story in electronic print; maybe not. We'll think about it. Meanwhile, we're waiting...
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January
01: Starting the new year on the wrong foot (0 comments)
02: It doesn't only happen to people (1 comments)
04: At what point, though, was the crime? (0 comments)
05: Five-word oneupsmanship! (0 comments)
06: Never assume (0 comments)
07: Every now and then, a happy ending (0 comments)
08: What would Perry Mason do? (2 comments)
09: As clueless as the guy from 06 (0 comments)
10: You can't be too careful (0 comments)
12: Well, you should have thought of that (2 comments)
13: The Big Slip (1 comments)
14: More romantic tragedy than crime, but... (1 comments)
15: Fashion Victim (0 comments)
16: Historicals are all the rage (0 comments)
17: Crocodile tears (0 comments)
19: No-brainer (0 comments)
20: The crime fits the punishment (3 comments)
21: Let's think about this (0 comments)
25: We could think about this, too, but not for long (3 comments)
26: A positive attitude is so important (0 comments)
27: What we love is that sense of community (2 comments)
30: The miracles of modern medicine (0 comments)
31: Prizes! We've got prizes! (2 comments)

February
11: We're back! (0 comments)
12: Still wondering whodunnit? (0 comments)
13: WHO did you say dunnit? (0 comments)
14: Ah, love (2 comments)
15: And it rhymes! (0 comments)
16: I must go down to the sea again (0 comments)
17: Happy Chinese New Year!* (4 comments)
18: Now I REALLY wanna know whodunnit (1 comments)
19: Cynical, cynical (1 comments)
20: I think we can assume it was a crime, or anyway, a story. (0 comments)
22: Hannibal re-rising? (0 comments)
23: It's SJ's birthday and we got prizes! (5 comments)
24: I told you to pay attention (1 comments)
25: Talk about one-upsmanship! (1 comments)
26: True crime, and it really happened, too (9 comments)
27: Cheaper Than a Divorce Attorney* (0 comments)
28: No story today, but... (3 comments)

March
01: Was this ever a question? (0 comments)
02: You do the math (0 comments)
04: Fugitive from the sci-fi writers' contest? (4 comments)
08: We're back! Though sometimes... (1 comments)
09: The three bears* (0 comments)
10: I TOLD you to PAY ATTENTION!!! (5 comments)
12: I guess that's pretty much it (0 comments)
13: Matched set (1 comments)
15: Homage to Hemingway (3 comments)
17: Where's St. Paddy when you need him? (4 comments)
18: Tragedy (1 comments)
19: You can't get away with a thing around here (0 comments)
20: You gotta do what you gotta do (0 comments)
21: Some people take disappointment so well (3 comments)
25: Okay, but how many suspects can there possibly be? (0 comments)
27: No one can do it alone (0 comments)
28: Parting shot* (0 comments)

April
01: April Fool! (0 comments)
03: Smart enough to pull it off, dumb enough to do it. (2 comments)
04: The DA was an AmEx-wielding woman (2 comments)
05: ALWAYS read the fine print (0 comments)
06: So that's whodunnit! (1 comments)
07: There's more than one way... (1 comments)
08: Six words to live by (8 comments)
09: A real bargain (1 comments)
12: HELLO? (2 comments)
15: Submission (4 comments)
21: Didn't I warn you about the fine print? (1 comments)
22: Apparently we here at SWS aren't immune to flattery (18 comments)

May
03: A writer's excuse (4 comments)
03: Another writer's excuse (0 comments)
07: A reader's excuse (0 comments)
08: What a waste (5 comments)
12: EVERYBODY'S got an excuse (4 comments)
13: Happy Mother's Day (5 comments)
15: Not what, exactly? (1 comments)
19: Not a nice man, that's what (0 comments)
22: Should have used a remote detonator, probably (1 comments)
26: Dead end (0 comments)
31: Double-dare (3 comments)

June
03: But what are they using to make the match? (3 comments)
06: So much for THAT plan (5 comments)
09: You can't argue with the truth (13 comments)
09: Better late than never (0 comments)
21: Is that a threat? (9 comments)
28: Stay cool (8 comments)
30: The right marketing plan is everything (8 comments)

July
03: I always heard booze was hard on the *liver* (7 comments)
04: The real criminal (4 comments)
07: Stephen, what do you know that we don't?* (3 comments)
15: Really, it's always better to use an expert (16 comments)
18: Wouldn't fly in MY courtroom (11 comments)
20: What was he thinking? (2 comments)
28: I don't know what the crime was but it was pretty serious (7 comments)

August
01: Well, he probably died happy (7 comments)
17: It was a dark and stormy night (2 comments)
18: The Gin Man (2 comments)

September
06: Shoulda seen it coming (1 comments)
17: Don't give up your day job (57 comments)

October
21: Happy Birthday to B.G. -- (1 comments)
22: The Defense Rests (5 comments)
24: Some guys are just lucky (1 comments)
26: It's good to have a list (1 comments)
31: Happy Halloween (4 comments)

November
10: Sometimes you do get what you pay for (1 comments)
13: There's justice, and there's justice (0 comments)
16: I didn't know that (2 comments)
17: Can't trust anyone these days (5 comments)
19: Can't ask for better than that (1 comments)
20: It's hard to get good help these days (0 comments)
21: What the -- ? (3 comments)
23: Hurry up and decide, the guests are on their way (8 comments)
25: Take this to heart, folks... (0 comments)
26: Some guys have all the luck (0 comments)
28: Does no one have a work ethic anymore? (7 comments)
30: Ode to Chandler (1 comments)

December
01: He's back... (6 comments)
02: Somebody's fingers were crossed (1 comments)
06: Maybe reunions aren't always a good idea (0 comments)
08: This guy's getting to be a problem (1 comments)
09: It's getting to be that time of year (2 comments)
11: Uh-oh (1 comments)
18: Not quite six words, but you can see why (1 comments)
23: Busy, busy (1 comments)
24: Should I be taking this personally? (3 comments)


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