Here Are 21 140-Character Novels From Well-Known Writers

If you’ve been having a hard time digging in to that 1000+ page novel sitting on your bedside table, give these 21 “novels” a try: each is under 140 characters.

The Guardian asked 21 famous authors to squeeze a story in to a Twitter-length snipped. Likely inspired by Hemmingway’s famous six word story (“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”), this challenge has produced some touching, funny, surprising and very tweetable stories.

Take the surprising twist that happens at the end of Geoff Dyer’s piece:

“I know I said that if I lived to 100 I’d not regret what happened last night.

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