From Wired Magazine:
We'll be brief: Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn.") and is said to have called it his best work. So we asked sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers from the realms of books, TV, movies, and games to take a shot themselves.
Joel's favorites:
Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket.
- William Shatner
Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time
- Alan Moore
The baby’s blood type? Human, mostly.
- Orson Scott Card
Nevertheless, he tried a third time.
- James P. Blaylock
Dinosaurs return. Want their oil back.
- David Brin
Dorothy: "Fuck it, I'll stay here."
- Steven Meretzky
Leia: "Baby's yours." Luke: "Bad news…"
- Steven Meretzky