sixwords.

Started by Ernest Hemingway, the 6-Word story is an attempt at painting a moment with a few strike amounts of bare information. What seems to be the key is going for raw emotion; grabbing for what readers may find angering, saddening or humorous. So long ago, on a napkin while sitting in a cafe, Hemingway wrote these following six:

For sale: baby shoes. Never worn. 

Sorrow? Loneliness? What is it that you feel? Do these words manifest a cold picture into your mind; or rather a happy opportune moment? Mr. Hemingway called it one of his greatest works, and it rests on our ability to interpret it how we feel fit. 

Here are a few of my own attempts in trying to convey a powerful moment in six words-

They carried him, uniform and all.

Her blood chilled; the alarm sounded.

Clock ticked forward. Line went flat.

Light over horizon, home now distant.

Before today he had a future.

"Just go! No... wait, come back."