A story in six words

• Wired asks writers of all stripes to contribute short stories -- with a six-word limit.

It's more or less a one-liner contest, but here's some of my favorites:

Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket.
- William Shatner

Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so.
- Joss Whedon

Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time
- Alan Moore

Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
- Margaret Atwood

Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth.
- Vernor Vinge

Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses.
- Richard Powers

From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings.
- Gregory Maguire

Lots more to choose from -- 92 total. Very entertaining stuff.