Literature in 6 words

[Ron Obvious]

For Sale: Baby Shoes. Never worn. -- Attributed to Hemingway.

Isn't that great? There's a whole arc of human emotions in just 6 words.

A slightly longer horror story:

The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door...

[In_The_Wind]

1. oh

[arcane1]

2. Wasn't there a wager involved in that?

I have no idea if it's true, but nevertheless, those 6 words are pure genius

[Ron Obvious]

4. I've always heard that there was...

That's how I always heard the story, but it isn't universally accepted apparently. He may also have actually seen this ad which apparently did appear in an old newspaper once. At least, that's what I found randomly browsing around on 'tinternet one day.

[Duer 157099]

3. Jeez, what a bunch of pessimists

That lucky little baby got to go barefoot for the first two year of his life, learned to walk without shoes, got to feel the mud squishing between his toes, the cool grass, the puddles in the driveway...

It's all in the perspective isn't it?

[Ron Obvious]

5. Indeed!

As with all great literature.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. yeah and, the knock at the door was just some acorns falling from the big Oak tree in the

front yard ....

[Duer 157099]

7. Or

it was this big goofy dog who lost his master and was looking for his family. He smelled the presence of the guy in the house, and was trying his best to get his attention,finally just whapping his massive tail against the door.

Then they faced the world together, gathering up all the orphaned animals.

See?

[Ron Obvious]

8. I like how you think! n/t

[dawg]

9. Or ...

It was one of the hundreds of women left in the world!

[Ron Obvious]

12. Imagine the smile on that guy's face...

... or alternately: "Oh no, there goes my peace & quiet"...
... or: and he died shortly afterwards, completely worn out.
... or: "What a shame I'm gay..."

Hundreds of ways to go from there

[Lionel Mandrake]

10. The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door...

He asked, "Who's there?".

A female voice replied, "It's just me," and in walked the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.

Soon they were fucking. They lived happily ever after. The end.

[Ron Obvious]

14. Nice!

Turning the shortest horror story in the world to the shortest Romance novel.

[kairos12]

11. A man was born, he lived and he died.

[Ron Obvious]

13. A bit

A bit sparse on the details of his life there...