The Haberdashery of Six Word Stories

-slash-statements. Stories of six words in length and six words only: Following on from entering a competition through Fleeting magazine's website, I thought I would try and keep writing six word stories in a, no doubt, vain attempt to try and get close to Ernest Hemingway's original, for Sale: baby shoes, never worn and the winning entry, No taxidermist loved his daughter more (by Ami Hendrickson)

Monday, 25 March 2019

#523

When using prompts to seem magniloquent...
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Saturday, 9 March 2019

#522

My death shard talks for me.
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Friday, 8 March 2019

#521

Who'd have thought?  Just one shard.
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