Terse Fun

The Writer's Almanac recently mentioned the legend that Hemingway was asked to write a 6 word short story. His creation: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

Wired Magazine challenged others to the same task, and got some fun entries:

Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time
- Alan Moore

Epitaph: He shouldn't have fed it.
- Brian Herbert

Nevertheless, he tried a third time.
- James P. Blaylock

He read his obituary with confusion.
- Steven Meretzky

Here are a couple of my own efforts:

"Let's try," he said, engine revving.

She should have checked her safety.

The amputee blamed me for everything.

Next morning, his nickname was "Pee-wee".

Try your own hand at it in the comments!