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This has already been done before, but hey. How 'bout we all write us some genre microfiction– that is, a story in a given genre that is only two not very long sentences. Better rules for it can be found here. I suggest you don't read it, though. The list will ruin the fun.

I'll start:
A final tear of laughter dripped down her dying cheek. Flancer! On her wedding day!
[SMBC]

I think I've seen this on a big list.
Anyhow,

A single drop of oil rolled down her metallic cheek. Robo-cancer! On the day of the robot uprising.
[Sci-Fi]

Having looked through that link, Euclid, it's very difficult to not seem to be imitating something on it.

So, instead I'll imitate someone who's already posted.


John: Hey, Bob. Um... I've been meaning to tell you something.

Bob: What?

John: You know the reason I've been crying?

Bob: I was beginning to wonder when you'd tell me why that was.

John: Well... it's because I've, um, got cancer.

Bob: Really? Oh. I was hoping we could have a gay marriage.

[The Archaic Notebook of Professor Roger Flysby]

I already make fun of myself for doing that! Now I'm just going to cry for a while.

Cirtur wrote:I already make fun of myself for doing that! Now I'm just going to cry for a while. On my wedding day!
[Emoblog]

Fix'd!

And it was meant as flattery. Now I'm just going to have cancer for a while.

2 sessions in the MIT OpenCourseWare contain Microfiction workshop samples. These discuss the Japanese phenomenon of micro stories of “keitai shosetsu” as a subtype of cell phone novels. In a microfiction story, characters are often anonymous (unspecified age too) - thetermpapers source.