To Cut a Long Story Short: A Challenge

[Maid of Marvels]

Ernest Hemingway once said his best work was a story he wrote in just six words:
'For sale: baby shoes, never worn.'
"The Guardian" challenged some contemporary authors to be equally economical:

"Samaritans." "I'm listening." "Hello?" "Hel..." "Samaritans..."
Michel Faber

"It can't be. I'm a virgin."
Kate Atkinson

Set sail, great storm, all lost.
John Banville

Dream punctured. Build pyre. Curses... Adolf.
Beryl Bainbridge

See that shadow? (It's not yours.)
Jim Crace

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Now, we would like to put the same challenge to you: Give us YOUR best "SIX WORD short story" here:

Maid & Chris ​

 

[chris2c4u]

"Put it down, you won't shoot."

 

[Maid of Marvels]

They walked off the cliff. Tragedy! ​

 

[chris2c4u]

"Forgiveness?" the Pope's voice became harder.

 

[Maid of Marvels]

There's always a bar. Big drinkers? ​

 

[Blueside]

Putting it simply, she killed him.​

 

[Blase]

"Forgiveness"? Where does the Pope fit?

 

[Maid of Marvels]

He winked. She blushed. They boinked. ​

 

[chris2c4u]

Lancelot begs Guinevere: again, she prevaricates.

 

[Bluemage]

Once upon a time, heroes won.

 

[chris2c4u]

Yes, the lifeboat searched for survivors.

 

[Blase]

He pleaded. She gave in. Oops!​

 

[Twist_of_Fate]

The best is yet to come.

 

[qerasija]

Birth. The dying began at once.

 

[chris2c4u]

We have factored out human error.

 

[Maid of Marvels]

Write in Kentucky, go to jail.
read THAT story here ​

 

[Twist_of_Fate]

He and the wind cry "Mary!"

 

[chris2c4u]

His girlfriend; poor cow - who'll tell?

 

[SmiesOfNoOne]

Life was just a slow death...

 

[fukensploogin]

Got a lil' Cap'n in ya?

 

[SuthernCumfort]

The dawn broke, it was over

 

[chris2c4u]

He stroked and recalled her looking.

 

[SuthernCumfort]

She came, he left, she cried

 

[chris2c4u]

He sat and remembered, while drinking.

 

[SuthernCumfort]

The drink, possessed its human counterpart