Let's create our own Hemingway short story...

[Squatch]

Rule: post a sentence in the subject line that is in the style of Ernest Hemingway. Post nothing in the body of the message.

[Squatch]

1. Jack removed the cigarette from the worn leather case.

[CarpeDiebold]

2. The rain fell around him in slow sheets.

[Beer Snob-50]

3. He sat under a tree and smoked a pack of cigerettes.

[Rising Phoenix]

4. He took a big swallow of his drink, wiping his mouth with his hand.

[trackfan]

5. It tasted good.

[Squatch]

6. He noticed the old bullet wound.

[Rising Phoenix]

7. And recalled.

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9. ...the trek across the desert.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

12. He was so tired he couldn't hardly lift his hand.

[democracyindanger]

13. On the horizon, Jack could see the magical unicorns from Rainbowland.

[Squatch]

14. He drew his pistol, taking aim.

[Rising Phoenix]

16. and missed, still having the shakes from not finishing his morning drink

[Squatch]

18. "Damn unicorns" he swore, under his stale breath.

[LostinVA]

19. He holstered his pistol and took a flask from his pocket

[Squatch]

20. It was empty.

[trackfan]

21. "What's the problem?" asked Rose, in her familiar, husky drawl.

[DS1]

10. "No such thing as a Hemingway short story." He muttered.

[Squatch]

15. "But there sure as hell should be" he finished.

[Call Me Wesley]

8. She died.

[Squatch]

11. Jack pondered the opening scene of "The Stranger."

[ForrestGump]

17. He fell asleep. The sound sleep of a man who has taken Xanax. A manly

sleep.




Shoot..I've never read Hemingway... :shrug: