For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.

[vinodkumarvc]

Well. That, supposedly, was Hemingway's shortest story. All of 6 words. A very deep 6 words, if you ask me. What happened to the baby? Why were the shoes never worn? And why are they for sale? Many questions. I doubt I could write such 6 words.

So Wired asked popular sci-fi writers to write a story, in no more than 6 words. Arthur Clarke had an 11-word response "God said, 'Cancel Program GENESIS.' The universe ceased to exist." Personally, I think it could've been said in just 3 words "Cancel Program GENESIS". Brevity.

Some other 'stories' that I liked -Internet "wakes up?" Ridicu - no carrier.
- Charles Stross

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

The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly.
- Orson Scott Card

It cost too much, staying human.
- Bruce Sterling

Singularity postponed. Datum missing. Query Godoogle?
- David Brin

He read his obituary with confusion.
- Steven Meretzky

Parallel universe. Bush, destitute, joins army.
- Steven Meretzky

To save humankind he died again.
- Ben Bova