Category Archives: 6wordstory

Don’t mess with Shaft

If there’s one thing I like as much as noir, it’s blaxploitation films. Cotton Comes to Harlem was one I hadn’t seen before I found it on Youtube last week. The novel had funny moments, but the movie seemed to really … Continue reading Continue reading

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6WordStory

  I chose this scene from the story “Soldier’s Home”, when the main character Krebs confesses to his mother that he can’t pray, because he has no faith. I believe it captures the loss of faith and innocence that is repeated throughout stories such as the first one “On the Quai at Smyrna”, and the […] Continue reading

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The Three-Day Blow

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6x6x6 the number of the beast

I feel like I’m seeing 6 word stories everywhere now. I sent my Hemingway book back to the library before the idea of boiling it down to 6 word stories came up. But one of the stories that stood out … Continue reading Continue reading

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Leopold!

For my six word story contribution, I chose to reinterpret the classic Looney Tune Long-Haired Hare as “Less opera, more banjo – or else.” Actually it just popped into my head out of nowhere, or out of a four decade diet … Continue reading Continue reading

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Week 1: Hardboiled Domains, #6wordstory, and Hemingway

Last night was the second night of the Hardboiled: US Detective Fiction course and we covered a few things ranging from A Domain of One’s Own pilot project to writing a #6wordstory on Twitter as a way to introduce the semester’s first … Continue reading Continue reading

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