Storytelling is an art form. Writers spend days, months even years to conceptualise an idea before penning it down using the most beautiful of words to thread their story.
But have you ever read a tale that is just six words long?
Comic and animation writer Gail Simone recently took to social media and posed a fun but daunting challenge for the internet. She asked her followers on Twitter if they could come up with a horror story using just six words. Impossible? Check again.
In a tweet, she wrote: “Today’s challenge isn’t new, but I still think it’s fun. Write a horror story in six words.Please use hashtag #SixWordHorror.”
Today's challenge isn't new, but I still think it's fun.
Write a horror story in six words.
Please use hashtag#SixWordHorror
— Gail Simone 💙💛 (@GailSimone) June 17, 2019
She even went on to share a few examples of what she meant to get the creative juices flowing.
"Sorry I missed you!
Signed,
Death."#SixWordHorror
— Gail Simone 💙💛 (@GailSimone) June 17, 2019
We should have buried him deeper.#SixWordHorror
— Gail Simone 💙💛 (@GailSimone) June 17, 2019
The internet soon took on the challenge giving birth to some masterpieces that even Stephen King would be proud of. Here are a few examples:
"One guess left," said the puppet.#SixWordHorror https://t.co/n82qFO7p6r
— Jonathan L. Howard — updates and little else now. (@JonathanLHoward) June 17, 2019
"Hey mom, grandma isn't dead anymore!"#SixWordHorror
— still a regular good ol guy (@lewzr) June 17, 2019
My skeleton was still mostly inside. #SixWordHorror
— Chris (@ChrisAlgoo) June 17, 2019
Her dying words? “The baby’s hungry.”#SixWordHorror
— David M Barnett (@davidmbarnett) June 17, 2019
Everyone can see your chat history. #SixWordHorror
— Seb Patrick (@sebpatrick) June 17, 2019
PNN
