Writing a short story using only 12 words

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  1. kazemaru2 profile image60
    kazemaru2posted 13 years ago

    A chubby woman went into a city then she left with coitus.

  2. afunda profile image70
    afundaposted 13 years ago

    BFFs, life intervened, he came, she fell in love, friends left abandoned!

    1. afunda profile image70
      afundaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Just off the record...Bukowski once said that genius is the ability to say a profound thing in a simple manner...
      I guess we are doing it right here, right now!

  3. Ben Evans profile image64
    Ben Evansposted 13 years ago

    Smoke stokes the air.  Frigid air and fire coalesce bringing fall memories.

  4. Sandyksk profile image61
    Sandykskposted 13 years ago

    Writing words for all the world to see is such great fun.

  5. John Holden profile image60
    John Holdenposted 13 years ago

    The morning broke. The faceless ones removed the shards. She slept on.

  6. gfarmer profile image73
    gfarmerposted 13 years ago

    He came, lived, and died for us, so we might live forever.

  7. 2uesday profile image64
    2uesdayposted 13 years ago

    In the beginning he thought he was alone, then he found her.

  8. pylos26 profile image70
    pylos26posted 13 years ago

    Top quality short stories are not possible to write in twelve words.

  9. profile image0
    ahorsebackposted 13 years ago

    Once there was a way to get back home and I am!

  10. cathylynn99 profile image75
    cathylynn99posted 13 years ago

    Lilo gave Dana a kidney. Claire didn't. Dana hated both of them.

  11. Eaglekiwi profile image74
    Eaglekiwiposted 13 years ago

    Some things never make sense, no matter how many times ya read.

    1. prsarkar profile image61
      prsarkarposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      yes. you are right. but we read those somethings -- to create/gain something  out of it.

      1. Eaglekiwi profile image74
        Eaglekiwiposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        Prsarkar your post is more than twelve words,but whose counting,(lol)

  12. Mighty Mom profile image76
    Mighty Momposted 13 years ago

    Dolores had never been to the circus, although she knew several clowns.

  13. Ben Evans profile image64
    Ben Evansposted 13 years ago

    He's
    a tall man
    without friends.
    His story
    dies with each step.

  14. prsarkar profile image61
    prsarkarposted 13 years ago

    village born. love business. made company. succeed. married. love. child. business excellence smile

  15. edelhaus profile image71
    edelhausposted 13 years ago

    smith vs. smith, on charges of child incorrigibility will now begin.

    (11 words)

  16. edelhaus profile image71
    edelhausposted 13 years ago

    She closed her eyes and said, "you are dead to me".

  17. kirutaye profile image66
    kirutayeposted 13 years ago

    A smile, my heart leapt. A touch and he was gone. Broken...

  18. Eaglekiwi profile image74
    Eaglekiwiposted 13 years ago

    Chicken or steak ,great to have a  delicious choice for some people

  19. yolanda yvette profile image60
    yolanda yvetteposted 13 years ago

    She'd thought someone was out there.  It was a cat rustling leaves.

  20. judyjet72 profile image60
    judyjet72posted 13 years ago

    His love for her made all those rotten lonely moments worth it.

  21. tarkishat profile image75
    tarkishatposted 13 years ago

    She was amazing, then he came in and ruined everything. The bastard!!

  22. WillStarr profile image81
    WillStarrposted 13 years ago

    In the beginning we were one, but now we must part. Goodbye.

  23. clicketyclacker profile image60
    clicketyclackerposted 13 years ago

    there was an answer, but it would never leave her ruby lips.

  24. Katharella profile image75
    Katharellaposted 13 years ago

    People obsess over numbers, math is relevant to everything. Math connects people.

  25. jessek94 profile image60
    jessek94posted 13 years ago

    War is not something man has wrought; but perpetually lodged in thought.

  26. Svea profile image64
    Sveaposted 13 years ago

    She must chose her next life.That one. The lightening was blinding.

  27. nwilley profile image61
    nwilleyposted 13 years ago

    The sun dawned on a new day as the moon ran away.

  28. Genna East profile image82
    Genna Eastposted 13 years ago

    Hemingway once wrote what he called the shortest story ever written:

        For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

  29. Keith Worth profile image58
    Keith Worthposted 13 years ago

    He lived a life of vice, with a  heart encased in ice.


    Okay so it looks more like bad poetry, but still sounds good.

  30. profile image0
    BIKTMIAposted 13 years ago

    People are in emotions but what they give to others is them.

  31. 2uesday profile image64
    2uesdayposted 13 years ago

    At last they realised, what they had survived had made them stronger.

 
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