Ernest Hemmingway - Flash Fiction

My wife told me this story the other day, and it's really stuck with me over the past few days.
I thought it was a great example of 'less is more' writing...to the extreme.

Supposedly, back in the 1920s, Hemingway bet his colleagues that he could write a complete story in just six words.
He won the bet with this short short story:


For Sale: Baby Shoes, never worn.
 
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