I love short short stories. Not simply short stories, short short stories.
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Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket.
- William Shatner
Automobile warranty expires. So does engine.
- Stan Lee
Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
- Margaret Atwood
His penis snapped off; he’s pregnant!
- Rudy Rucker
Wasted day. Wasted life. Dessert, please.
- Steven Meretzky
Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth.
- Vernor Vinge
We kissed. She melted. Mop please!
- James Patrick Kelly
It’s behind you! Hurry before it
- Rockne S. O’Bannon
Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses.
- Richard Powers
The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly.
- Orson Scott Card
We went solar; sun went nova.
- Ken MacLeod
Husband, transgenic mistress; wife: “You cow!”
- Paul Di Filippo
Don’t marry her. Buy a house.
- Stephen R. Donaldson
TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there …
- Harry Harrison
Easy. Just touch the match to
- Ursula K. Le Guin
New genes demand expression -- third eye.
- Greg Bear
Epitaph: He shouldn't have fed it.
- Brian Herbert
Batman Sues Batsignal: Demands Trademark Royalties.
- Cory Doctorow
Heaven falls. Details at eleven.
- Robert Jordan
God to Earth: “Cry more, noobs!”
- Marc Laidlaw