Short - short story

[Justin91]

Right now flash fiction is becoming all the rage. How short can a story actually be? The shortest example of a story I have found, is one written by Hemingway on a bet in a ba. The bet was that he could not write a story with just six words. It is as follows:

For sale, baby shoes, not worn.

Do you have any examples of very short stories?

 

[tundra]

Hmm..I thought for a moment I'd compose my own short short story and astound you all, but have changed my mind. Instead I found this:

From a fridge magnet:

Why I work. A short essay

I like food. The end.

 

[Justin91]

I like IT!


The magnet on my fridge is:

We only serve fine wines...I hope you brought some!

 

[KristoCat]

Sci fi classic:

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

 

[tundra]

Hey, you got that off the same site I ripped mine off from Now I must reply with:

"That's quite similar to an episode in a classic SF radio anthology series. "Knock" by F. Brown."

 

[KristoCat]

*total surprise* That was the basis for an entire episode of a series??? For me, the whole appeal is the way it just stops and lets the reader imagine all the rest. Although, I suppose if most of the episode was about how the last person on Earth found him/herself in such a lonely state, it would work ok.

 

[tundra]

Um..this link about the radio show episode was included as well (on the ripped off site we both (but perhaps..uncannily..only myself?) went to):

http://ottolejeune.com/index.php/downloads/005_knock/

 

[Justin91]

Sci fi classic:

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

That certainly gets the imagination flowing!

 

[KristoCat]

Um..this link about the radio show episode was included as well (on the ripped off site we both (but perhaps..uncannily..only myself?) went to):

http://ottolejeune.com/index.php/downloads/005_knock/

Right, I hadn't gone to the site. I just heard about the story from various different people. Interesting!