There's short, and then there's these...

Taking a cue from Ernest Hemingway who famously wrote a short story in only six words ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn."), Wired Magazine challenged some of their favorite writers to do the same. The full results can be found at the above link, but here are some favorites:

Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?
- Eileen Gunn

Automobile warranty expires. So does engine.
- Stan Lee

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

With bloody hands, I say good-bye.
- Frank Miller

Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses.
- Richard Powers

Easy. Just touch the match to
- Ursula K. Le Guin

Bush told the truth. Hell froze.
- William Gibson

Three to Iraq. One came back.
- Graeme Gibson

Commas, see, add, like, nada, okay?
- Gregory Maguire

Dorothy: "Fuck it, I'll stay here."
- Steven Meretzky

...and perhaps my favorite of the bunch:

Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
- Margaret Atwood