My contribution to the six-word SF story collection

[womzilla]

Mike Ford'll do this better, someday.

(Inspired by drelmo's grousing and by a visit to nemesis_draco, the Mike Ford memorial community.)

Comments

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

It's an admirable sentiment, but it's not a story. That's what makes it so hard to do. People end up penning little blurbs or synopses instead of stories. I wrote, then deleted, a whole passel of non-stories.

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

I actually debated that question in my head, but I stand by my initial impulse: I believe this to be a story written in the future tense.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

I don't know why it needs to be the future tense, in that case.

"Somewhere, Mike Ford's doing this better."

(Mike Ford would know what to do with "tense" and "case" too.)

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

In present tense, it's a fantasy story; in future tense, it might be sf, a mini version of "Sailing to Byzantium" with almost as much plot!

How's this for a very bleak one? Is it story or not?

"That day, every story ended abruptly."

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

It's a tough call, but it seems particular enough to be a story. I might have to ask the Magic 6-Ball...