Very Short Stories

Wired's six-word stories are making the rounds. Some highlights:

• Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses. — Richard Powers
• Starlet sex scandal. Giant squid involved. — Margaret Atwood
• Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer? — Eileen Gunn
• Bush told the truth. Hell froze. — William Gibson
• Dorothy: “Fuck it, I'll stay here.” — Steven Meretzky
• Epitaph: Foolish humans, never escaped Earth. — Vernor Vinge
• Easy. Just touch the match to — Ursula K. Le Guin