In six words or less

Copy editors, our nightly struggle to condense 1,500 words of prose into a six-word headline is understood by few. But count these people in.

Wired magazine noted that Hemingway once wrote a story in six words ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn.") and asked other writers to follow suit.

There are a few I just love:

Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so.
- Joss Whedon

Machine. Unexpectedly, I’d invented a time
- Alan Moore

Kirby had never eaten toes before.
- Kevin Smith

“I couldn’t believe she’d shoot me.”
- Howard Chaykin

Bang postponed. Not Big enough. Reboot.
- David Brin

Anyone care to give it a try?