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Fred's Sci-Fi Challenge: The Winner and My Entry

Thank you for all of the entries. Great work everyone!

THE WINNER IS...

"Frozen in the Kingdom" by Anthony Venutolo

http://sixsentences.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-fred-meyer-6s-scifi-1

The creativity and pictures were both excellent. Good stuff Anthony!

Original Challenge:…

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Added by Fred Meyer on April 13, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

Christmas at Grandma's by Fred Meyer

Christmas at Grandma's

by Fred Meyer

As a child, I loved going to visit my grandma's house for a holiday or during a break at school; although my parents had been divorced for about five years, and I hadn't seen my dad in nearly as many, my dad's mom and that side of the family still loved to see and dote on me—every hour spent with them was wonderful, overflowing with both fun and kindness.

Excitement filled… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 10, 2009 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Good Friday by Fred Meyer

Good Friday

by Fred Meyer

Admitting he was the king of the Jews, he knowingly signed his own death certificate with his own blood. With hard blow after hard blow, the flagellum’s balls of lead sliced through his flesh, skin hanging off by a thread, muscles destroyed, blood splattering and gushing, pain that few have felt. A scarlet robe draped on him in false worship of the rejected king; a crown of thorns slammed onto his… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 10, 2009 at 2:00pm — 7 Comments

Daniel's 3 fer 6 Challenge: "Roll on Three." by Fred Meyer

Daniel's original challenge:

http://sixsentences.ning.com/profiles/blogs/6s-challenge-3fer-6-a-short

"Roll on Three."

by Fred Meyer

Fit of rage!

I murdered her.

Tonight I fry.

What happens then?

Heaven or Hell?

Will God forgive?

Some of my other Sixes:…

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Added by Fred Meyer on April 10, 2009 at 4:30am — 4 Comments

Bedroom Wars I: A Serial Story in Sixes by Fred Meyer

Bedroom Wars I: A Serial Story in Sixes

by Fred Meyer

Tired of all of the bickering about sheets being tucked in just the right way, fair and equitable blanket sharing, the light being on late at night, his clunky flopping and tossing and turning, and a hundred other things, Brian Dawson took a thick, black Sharpie and drew a half inch wide line down the middle of the fitted sheet. He tossed the rolled up bed sheet and… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 9, 2009 at 5:38pm — 4 Comments

A Six NOT To Live By, Edited by Fred Meyer

Be sure to read "A Six To Live By" first.

A Six NOT To Live By

Edited by Fred Meyer

"Fiction writing is great. You can make up almost anything." —Ivana Trump, on finishing her first novel

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home." —Ken Olsen, President, Digital Equipment,… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 9, 2009 at 6:30am — 2 Comments

A Six To Live By, Edited by Fred Meyer

A Six To Live By

Edited by Fred Meyer

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” —Aristotle

“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” —Sir Francis Bacon

“Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.” —James Dean

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” —Japanese Proverb

“The… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 8, 2009 at 8:10pm — 7 Comments

A Pair of 6S Acrostic Poems—Six Down, Six Across: Our Dog and Sad Day by Fred Meyer

A Pair of 6S Acrostic Poems—Six Down, Six Across: Our Dog and Sad Day

by Fred Meyer

Six sentences, six words per sentence, and an acrostic.

Our Dog

Our first family pet, P.D. Meyer.

Unmatched faithfulness, amazing jumper, always fun.

Real friend, family member, good boy.

Devotion to Kara, lover of bones.

Old age took its ruthless… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 7, 2009 at 5:58pm — 5 Comments

Sunday Nights at the Meyer House by Fred Meyer

Sunday Nights at the Meyer House

by Fred Meyer

While at my desk in the loft writing a Six, I smell them baking: sweet, rich, chocolaty; the powerful aroma rises and hovers in my office, enticing me to find its source.

I hear the timer dinging, then the distinct sound of metal sliding on metal, then my wife going out the back door.

I immediately creep downstairs, don’t spot her, and see them on the… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 6, 2009 at 10:00pm — 4 Comments

The Beach Girl Challenge: Frieda Meyers! by Fred Meyer

IN RESPONSE TO THIS VEILED AND VICIOUS ATTACK FROM A FELLOW SIXER:

The Beach Girl Challenge: The Tribe Has Spoken

The Beach Girl Challenge: Frieda Meyers!

by Fred Meyer

I just logged on to Six Sentences to check for email and comments: nothing, nada, zilch—not a single message, not a single comment. They obviously don’t… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 6, 2009 at 5:30pm — 7 Comments

Some Sunday Night Randomness (NOT a Six)

Some Sunday Night Randomness (NOT a Six)

As I grow older, why is it that it now takes months for a little scratch on my arm to heal completely—but an ear hair can grow half an inch while I sleep?

My goal is to write 1 Six per day for the foreseeable future. When I get to 100, I will reassess my goal.

This network is amazing! The people are great, the Sixes are wonderful, the opportunity to be read is exciting, and all of the different writing styles that… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 5, 2009 at 9:08pm — 1 Comment

Titanic Tales: The Sacrifice by Fred Meyer

“The Sacrifice” will be the third or fourth Six in a forthcoming Six Sixes of stories, titled “Titanic Tales,” about some fictional people aboard Titanic when it met its disastrous demise.

Be sure to read another Six in this series "Titanic Tales: What Goes Up Must Come Down."

Titanic Tales: The Sacrifice

by… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 5, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Narcissism: A 6S Essay by Fred Meyer

Narcissism: A 6S Essay by Fred Meyer

by Fred Meyer

I, Fred Meyer, know a few things about narcissism that I would like to share with you in this 6S informational essay, and I will share some personal anecdotes that will help you to see where I am coming from, I hope (I am pretty sure I can pull this off).

First, narcissism is when I am very conceited or vain or think of myself more highly than I should or when I… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 4, 2009 at 1:00pm — 11 Comments

The Fred Meyer 6S Sci-Fi Challenge

1. Your Six must be sci-fi or at least science fictiony. (I know many of you do not write anything other than literary fiction, drama, relationships, love, etc., but it will be good for you to stretch yourself, and you may even have a little bit of fun! I would really like to read some sci-fi from a lot of the regulars that always stick to their particular specialty and genre; I am positive that you could come up with some really… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 4, 2009 at 12:30pm — 4 Comments

Reflections by Fred Meyer

Reflections

by Fred Meyer

As I grow older, when I do look in the mirror in the morning, I see more and more of my father’s physical characteristics reflecting back at me—and it disgusts and torments me. I see more and more of his hair, his eyes, his ears, his nose, his lips, and his whiskers. I don’t look in the mirror much these days.

As I grow older, while reflecting on my actions before I go to bed each night, I see less and less of my father’s behaviors… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 3, 2009 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

Fred’s Fables: The Lion and the Mouse by Fred Meyer

The Lion and the Mouse” will be part of a forthcoming Six Sixes of fables titled “Fred’s Fables.”

Fred’s Fables: The Lion and the Mouse

by Fred Meyer

Early one spring morning, while away from his glorious castle, a mighty lion king captured a little mouse by the tail and prepared to gulp him down as part of a complete breakfast. “Oh, please, my king, I beg you to let me go, and I promise to help you in return… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 3, 2009 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

A 6S Open Letter from Yoda to the American People Concerning the State of the Union by Fred Meyer

A 6S Open Letter from Yoda to the American People Concerning the State of the Union

by Fred Meyer

Citizens of America,

Greed is the path to the dark side: Greed leads to corruption, corruption leads to exploitation, exploitation leads to suffering.

The Dark Side in America is strong, I sense; fraudulent and unreformable the current system is.

Overthrow the U.S. government by force… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 2, 2009 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

Six, Six, Six!: Part II by Fred Meyer

Thank you Mulled Vine for your original story titled “Six, six, six!” (it is MUCH BETTER than mine!) and the permission to use it here. The original is ingenious and hilarious, so be sure to READ IT FIRST!

http://sixsentences.ning.com/profiles/blogs/six-six-six

My story is much better if you read Mulled Vine’s story first!

Six,… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 1, 2009 at 8:00pm — 10 Comments

9/11 on 9/12: A 6S Newspaper Article by Fred Meyer

9/11 on 9/12: A 6S Newspaper Article

by Fred Meyer

Wed Sep 12, 2001 6:06 am ET

NEW YORK (FP) – Yesterday, two airplanes were flown into the Twin Towers in New York City.

Both planes exploded on impact, catching both towers on fire.

Both towers collapsed, and thousands are dead or missing.

Rescue attempts are underway, and cleanup and rebuilding will begin… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on April 1, 2009 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

The 6S Loophole by Fred Meyer

The 6S Loophole

by Fred Meyer

While using the sixty minutes of weekly Internet access the state penitentiary allowed him, through a message board he couldn’t recall, Charles happened upon the Six Sentences website. After reading just three Sixes, being a dabbler in creative writing himself, he became enamored with the form, simplicity, beauty, and power of the Six. Within the confines of the cold concrete, having a… Continue

Added by Fred Meyer on March 31, 2009 at 10:30pm — 12 Comments

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