Comments on: espresso ristretto, ancora!

espresso ristretto, ancora!

dabitch — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:23:48 -0800

Espressostories short stories, 25 words or less, short enough to fit into the time it takes to reach the bottom of that bitter little cup. Gory, dramatic and death, nuggets of wisdom and of course love stories.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:41:47 -0800

Oh man, this is fantastic. I'm so going to sharpen my O' Henry pen and try my hand at this. :)

By: louigi

louigi — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:47:08 -0800

One evening, I looked at my favorite community weblog, only to see an espresso-induced story-writing competition. I ignored it and continued studying. Sigh

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:50:55 -0800

He kept an entire catalog of stories and could summon them, the beginning, climax and denoument by catalog number. He found Number 52649 especially affecting.

By: cbrody

cbrody — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:12:17 -0800

He took a quick slurp of coffee and began to browse through the many stories. It was going to take a lot of espresso.

By: DrJohnEvans

DrJohnEvans — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:18:55 -0800

After wiping the pain-induced tears from his eyes, the doctor concluded that the idea was worthwhile, but the design would fight it all the way.

By: OhPuhLeez

OhPuhLeez — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:55:02 -0800

She read the basic rule over and over, but never managed to grasp it.

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:18:13 -0800

After much research, the scientist concluded that useful concepts such as "random" or "highest-rated" was beyond the mental capabilities of espresso drinkers.

By: DevilsAdvocate

DevilsAdvocate — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:19:34 -0800

And subject-verb agreement is apparently beyond my capabilities. D'oh!

By: cmyr

cmyr — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:38:00 -0800

An espresso per story seemed unusually demanding, at the time; in the hospital, he learnt the advice hadn't been literal.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:01:29 -0800

She came from her gradute school-supporting job at Starbucks and thought, "Just what I need. More espresso."

By: Spezzatura

Spezzatura — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:27:33 -0800

She was so in love with the link that she just sat there writing stories until the espresso was cold.

By: buddhanarchist

buddhanarchist — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:31:51 -0800

He gasped for air (gulp); something was very, very wrong--- and as the lights dimmed... he realized his twenty five words had run out, forever.

By: The God Complex

The God Complex — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:01:26 -0800

He purchased an extravagant black flak jacket specifically for the funeral; ODB would be missed.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:46:28 -0800

UbuRoivas scratched his head, trying vainly to find the rule demanding the stories begin with personal pronouns...

By: buddhanarchist

buddhanarchist — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:42:26 -0800

okay, then UbuRoivas, espressostoriescut-ups: Vainly pronouns scratched the head demanding rule, with UbuRoivas demanding personal stories to find.

By: nomad

nomad — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:18:16 -0800

You find it hard to treat these seriously, as an earlier post has made you suspicious of short shorts.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 20:55:15 -0800

Intoxicated by caffeine, cutups and word count, UbuRoivas promptly decided to triangle payers pertaining kouklia, sluggish Killyleagh Edvard (gamekeeper strut locations), defence nickell Polonius collier...uncomplicated?

By: buddhanarchist

buddhanarchist — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:19:42 -0800

uncomplicated, intoxicated caffeine; sluggish defense payers strut cutups; count word, Polonius: by triangle defense

By: DrJohnEvans

DrJohnEvans — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:25:21 -0800

Eh?

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:29:08 -0800

The reader paused, and wondered if this was something you had to drink coffee to understand, because he didn't drink coffee.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:15:52 -0800

Baxter finished all 365 pages, searching for meaning. Every page was blank. "Perhaps tomorrow," he thought, setting The Future—for Dummies beside the Bodum.

By: buddhanarchist

buddhanarchist — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:30:20 -0800

Burroughs returned from Interzone, and found himself in a world only 25 words in length; so he cut it up, and left them staring at the small tabs of paper, one of which he pressed onto his tongue...

By: neckro23

neckro23 — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 23:01:02 -0800

Intrigued, one user surmised that DVD copywriters must do this all the time. He then used the rest of his allotted words, because he could.

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 23:12:59 -0800

Eh? Although initially confused by the apparently strange writings, once UbuRoivas hinted at a codified solution to all mysteries therein, DrJohnEvans embarked on his life's mission...

By: buddhanarchist

buddhanarchist — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 00:39:12 -0800

solution initially codified by life's mission: strange writings confused by UbuRoivas mysteries. Once.

By: thatwhichfalls

thatwhichfalls — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 02:37:01 -0800

Somewhere over the rainbow, styrofoam factories and nuclear reactors were scattered across the Oz Free Trade Zone.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 05:57:31 -0800

wow, y'all have to submit some of these....

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:59:25 -0800

Home Depot "Excuse me ma'am—wh... I love you Theresa where's yer screw aisle?"

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:01:10 -0800

Edit This One of the editors was still clutching a threatening note. He apparently thought it was just another short story.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:22:28 -0800

Silent Night My baby boy was laughing at something so I couldn't understand. "We close at six Christmas Eve," she shouted through the glass.