Inked

Hemingway was challenged to write a story in six words. The result? "For sale: baby shoes, never used." This year's class in fundamentals of professional writing took up The Hemingway Challenge. Here are some of their six-word novels.

Prince Charming comes knocking. Nobody home. - Karin Keefe

I fell. They watched. I flew. - Nicole Harder

Tsunami!... Death stench invades Aceh, Indonesia. - Ronald Callender

Wrong guy ... again. Fall for woman. - Janina Stajic

Is normal real life? Not really. - Deanna Carrier

Look out, truck! What truck? Splat. - Marc Thompson

Only. One. Word. At. A. Time. - Andy Joy

I am she. You? I see. - Shoshana Berman

Never a banker.  Always a tightroper. - Reija Roberts

thawing steaks
Whitehorse kitchen
4pm Greyhound
- Karen Woodman

Birthday cake -- heaven! Choked. Heaven again. - Joanne Power

Rocks fall. Everyone dies. Happy now? - Joanna Yuen

Crash. Change. Walk away. Start again. - Marg McLaughlin

Boy met girl. Oops! Divorce statistic. - Jenn Markham

Amnesia improved my autobiography; bittersweet victory. - Zoe Klassen

Zombies: I have no brains left. - Alice Jurak

Waffles, syrup, a gun: nice job. - Carla Braun

Hot night. Secluded cove. No bikini. - Kennedy Kierans

That's cool. We can be friends. - Jessica Hewitt

In dreams she wandered; watching time. - Melissa Nilan

Live, lure, love, lie, lose, lament. - Scott Krasman

I did something out of character. - Anna Santiago

I knew it could get louder. - Will Stearn

Updated October 2009