The World’s Shortest Story
Updated: Feb 24, 2020
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The famous American writer, Ernest Hemingway is credited to have written the world’s shortest story. His heart-rending story has just six words:
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- Ernest Hemingway
When I read this story — about a decade back— my eyes became moist as I could feel the pain in the story. It was profound.
Well, I am no Ernest Hemingway, but I too have a short story; maybe not as heart-rending as his shortest story. My story has just three words. And the story is incomplete, as I intended it to be; but nevertheless, a story…... depicting the incompleteness of a solitary life.
Abandoned; once again.
-Bhaskar Saikia