Wired ask numerous writers for stories contained in six words. (My favorite: Margaret Atwood’s “Starlet sex scandal. Giant squid involved.”) The folks at Metafilter took it one step further. (Alas, I too was seduced for a time while logged in at the blue. Damn these glorious haiku-like formats! Infinitely more addictive than goldfish crackers!)
Ed, do you know the Ten Words Review, masterminded by Ed Park with a number of other contributors? If not, go and delve through the archives, they’re quite excellent:
http://www.tenwordsreview.blogspot.com/