A random IM (he was away from his desk. When he came back there were a series of messages saying I was being attacked, it was horrible–no, never mind, just dust bunnies) with a co-worker lead to me thinking about short short stories.

Which I love.

As Shawn was talking about short stories just the other day, we can consider this not completely from out of nowhere. Especially since IO9 was talking about short fiction today.

My favorite short short story. (This really is an all time favorite short. Go read it! It’ll take less than a minute!)

Six word biographies.

Extremely responsible, secretly longed for spontaneity.
– Sabra Jennings

6-word science fiction stories

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

And from IO9: 8 Unstoppable Rules For Writing Killer Short Stories

Now I want to go write a short story.