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baker's dozen six-words!

My baker's dozenth six word story has been published! Shoulda seen it coming. My last one, What was he thinking?, got a mention (bottom of post) recently on The Rap Sheet – thanks for the heads-up, Annie C!

Three previous stories not listed here yet are: Better late than never, What a waste and Smart enough to pull it off, dumb enough to do it.

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eighth six word story

My eighth six word story has been published (there've been four this month)! Okay, but how many suspects can there possibly be? is a reference to a favorite song from Judy Collins' In My Life album - "Pirate Jenny" (lyrics). It's from Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera. I liked the irony of Jenny being 'done-in' by the same barrage that brought the town's demise instead of her sailing away with the pirates.

My three other stories this month are: Tragedy, I guess that's pretty much it and You do the math.

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fourth six word story published!

My fourth six word story was published yesterday, Talk about one-upsmanship!

It's in Latin and just three words – but the translated version would have six. I didn't think it would be used.

I'm starting to have a lot of fun with this form, submitting over a dozen this month.

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[edit – 2/27, 9:05 am EST]

six word stories

One of the authors online, SJ Rozan, has a Six Word Story blog that accepts submissions for publication. SJ gives them titles that are usually as nifty as the stories themselves. I've sent in several and hit a hat-trick yesterday when the third one of my stories was published! Its title is I must go down to the sea again. The other two are The crime fits the punishment and Oh, too bad.

Send some stories of your own in. There are prizes!