Brevitas

by Candy Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 02:43 PM

Wired magazine asks several authors to write six-word stories, including people like Margaret Atwood, Orson Scott Card, Gregory Maguire, Neil Gaiman, David Brin, Joss Whedon, Kevin Smith, Michael Moorcock and Vernor Vinge. You can read the wonderful results here.

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Picture of Monica Burns Monica Burns said on...
10.25.06 at 03:13 PM |

What! You didn’t like…

Dorothy: “Fuck it, I’ll stay here.”
- Steven Meretzky

Oz never looked so good. *grin*

Picture of Candy said on...
10.25.06 at 03:27 PM |

Oh, that was a good one, too. My favorites list by no means indicates I didn’t thoroughly enjoy the other submissions. I also liked Atwood’s other submission ("Longed for him. Got him. Shit.") but I enjoyed the lasciviousness with giant squid so much more.

...that last bit there sounds really, really wrong if taken out of context. I guess I’ll never be able to run for public office now.

Picture of Monica Burns Monica Burns said on...
10.25.06 at 03:34 PM |

“I guess I’ll never be able to run for public office now.”

Oh not so true! I’m convinced that the public would gladly vote for anyone who didn’t run a negative ad campaign and simply said. I’m gonna tell you the truth. You might not like the truth, but I’ll tell you like it is. But at least you’ll know the truth, and we can work together to make things better.

I think the novelty of it would just blow people away. As long as you blasted the airwaves with the message. I’m certain it would work. Reverse psychology you see. ROFL

Atwood’s sub - Most excellent dudette! Most Excellent!

Picture of Keziah Hill Keziah Hill said on...
10.25.06 at 11:03 PM |

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

This was my fav too!

Picture of azteclady azteclady said on...
10.26.06 at 05:42 AM |

Oh, oh oh!!! These are wonderful!

Thank you for sharing!

Picture of megan megan said on...
10.26.06 at 06:49 AM |

We kissed. She melted. Mop please!
- James Patrick Kelly

Automobile warranty expires. So does engine.
- Stan Lee

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

Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?
- Eileen Gunn

Picture of Rosemary said on...
10.26.06 at 08:34 AM |

I’m convinced that the public would gladly vote for anyone who didn’t run a negative ad campaign and simply said. I’m gonna tell you the truth. You might not like the truth, but I’ll tell you like it is. But at least you’ll know the truth, and we can work together to make things better.

We’ll see if Kinky Friedman wins…

(Early voting is going on right now in Texas!  Vote Kinky!)

And to go back to the topic at hand, I loved Margaret Atwood’s the best.

Picture of Monica Burns Monica Burns said on...
10.26.06 at 08:40 AM |

Rosemary, Keep us posted. :)

Picture of Zoe Zoe said on...
10.26.06 at 09:50 AM |

We could do them ourselves:

Alas!  His man titty completely deflated.

Picture of AnimeJune AnimeJune said on...
10.26.06 at 10:04 AM |

“Amnesia? Never had it. I think.”

Picture of Carrie Lofty Carrie Lofty said on...
10.26.06 at 10:05 AM |

Everything makes me nauseous.  Including him.

Picture of Madd Madd said on...
10.26.06 at 10:33 AM |

but I enjoyed the lasciviousness with giant squid so much more.

Someone’s been watching a lottle too much hentai involving tentacle sex.

“Lascivious squid fathers starlet’s secret baby.” ... sounds more like an Enquirer headline.

Picture of shaina said on...
10.26.06 at 10:36 AM |

these made me so happy! love them all!

Picture of Carrie Lofty Carrie Lofty said on...
10.26.06 at 10:40 AM |

involving tentacle sex:

Or checking out the tentacle chick from a couple weeks ago.

Picture of Madd Madd said on...
10.26.06 at 10:44 AM |

Obviously the product of a startlets/squid mating!

Picture of Robin Robin said on...
10.26.06 at 08:57 PM |

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

I love this one as one can only love such an anti-romantic truth.  I’d title this story “Epilogue After the Happily Ever After”

Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so.
- Joss Whedon

I wish this one didn’t totally remind me of Buffy, but even so, it’s so elegant in its minimal way that I still think it’s independently beautiful.

Picture of charity said on...
10.26.06 at 09:27 PM |

Margaret Atwood’s

Longed For him. Got him. Shit.

is definitely my favorite.  I see I’m not alone. 

I say we make up our own.

Here’s mine:

Good luck bringer takes luck back.

Picture of Rosie Rosie said on...
10.26.06 at 10:35 PM |

Cool...very, very, cool stuff!

Picture of fic_kitty fic_kitty said on...
10.27.06 at 08:08 AM |

oh I loved it! Thanks so much for linking these, elsewise I never would have heard of it :P I just love when authors show how very much of the dorks they are, as much as their readers even!

Picture of nina armstrong said on...
10.28.06 at 01:39 PM |

Small correction-It’s behind you,hurry before it is actually Rockne O’Bannon.

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