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)

Showing posts with label fear. Show all posts
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Thursday, 1 April 2021

#627

Fear now fading, fall asleep easily.

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Tuesday, 5 March 2013

#126

I now have a sinkhole fear.
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012

#33

Outnumbered by Lego men: fear them.
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