"When they opened the cadaver, they found a house. A couple argued inside. There was rhythm to their words, like the beating of a heart" (author: Barry Napier, title: Through Tiny Windows).
This is a 25-word story published in Hint Fiction, a book in which Robert Swartwood compiles a new anthology of 'small' fiction. This book is inspired by the six-word novel attributed to Ernest Hemingway: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn".
If you are interested, you can read more here. I have chosen a couple of very interesting ones:
After seventeen days she finally broke down and called him "Daddy." (From Joe Schreiber, titled Progress)
They buried him deep. Again. (From Joe R. Lansdale, titled The Return).
Broke and desperate, I kidnapped myself. Ransom notes were sent to interested parties. Later, I sent hair and fingernails, too. They insisted on an ear. (From Stuart Dybek, titled Ransom).
Broke and desperate, I kidnapped myself. Ransom notes were sent to interested parties. Later, I sent hair and fingernails, too. They insisted on an ear. (From Stuart Dybek, titled Ransom).
