Seven word horror story

[benlehman]

By now you have forgotten the monster.

Comments

[yeloson.livejournal.com]

Inspired by the 6 word sci-fi stories?

[benlehman.livejournal.com]

Yes, but the whole thing is inspired by Hemingway's (self-proclaimed) best story he ever wrote:

For sale. Baby shoes. Never used.

I think that, while six words were good enough for Hemingway, I really can't do it in less than seven.

[yeloson.livejournal.com]

Well, being one word away from Hemingway is not a bad place to be. :P

[salda007.livejournal.com]

you could always contract "you have" into "you've". Then you've got six.

[benlehman.livejournal.com]

But that's a different story, isn't it?

[chgriffen.livejournal.com]

Well, that implies a very sad story at first. But my second thought is that Aidan doesn't like wearing socks at all. It could be about a kid who's always refused to wear shoes.

[benlehman.livejournal.com]

Indeed. The strong thing about Hemingway's, and the thing that a lot of the other authors missed, is that his story implies a beginning, middle, and end.

I'm shooting for the same thing with mine.

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--Ben