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In the latest issue of Wired magazine the editors challenged 33 master authors to create a science fiction story in 6 words or less and brought them together with several graphic design wizards. The results were quite impressive.   

Can a story be boiled down to “word bites”? Earlier today a friend Instant Messaged me with a “C U later.” Everything seems to be tightened down to the minimum. There is something very George Orwellian about this and yet there is something to be said about communicating big ideas succinctly. My favourite is the haiku form, when it’s done well.

I decided to try this new literary art form. Here are my attempts:

• Did he really leave me? Chocolate.
• Patterns in nature and structures converge.
• Tie a can to it buster!

Hmmmm. I think I’ll go back to haiku. I do much better with 3 lines.