Taken from the journal of aprilhenry: Thirty-three writers contributed six word stories to Wired magazine. They were all science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers, which explains the stories they came up with.

Here are a few examples (read more here):

Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket.
- William Shatner

Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?
- Eileen Gunn

Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses.
- Richard Powers

TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there …
- Harry Harrison

Do you think you can write one?