On a couple of occasions I have heard how Ernest Hemingway once wrote a story in six words. After a quick search on the internet, I have come across three different explanations as to why he did this, as well as two different versions of the story. The three reasons are 1: a professional challenge to himself (to see if he could do it), 2: a professional challenge to other writers (and then he showed that it could be done), and 3: somebody bet him he couldn’t. The two versions of the story I’ve come across are: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn,” and “For sale: baby shoes, never used.” I know, it’s a minor difference, but it’s one-sixth of the story. I’ve even seen it as: “Baby shoes for sale. Never been worn.” which is seven words. (You’re supposed to cut out the fluff in your writing, so I’ll just keep mine at six words. 
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A friend of mine sent me an email about this and more-or-less threw the gauntlet down on me writing some six word stories and putting them on my website. At first I hesitated because I didn’t really have a spot on my webpage to put up these stories, then I realized I would just have to make a new page. But what to call it? I couldn’t use The 6 Word Challenge, because that would be confused with my 5 Word Challenge, which is a completely different concept. So I started thinking of things with the word six in them, and from some dusty corner of my brain came, Six Shooter. I thought it was good, but what really sold it for me was when I realized I could then categorize these six word stories as: faster than a speeding bullet fiction (which is six words).
So this is the page where I let people show off their six word stories. If you want, you can email me a story or two, along with your name and website if you so desire, and I’ll put them up here.
