Do stories ever be shorter than 10 sentence?

There are shorter which are classics. I think it was Hemingway who wrote a short story which in its entirety read

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I think Spike Milligan was credited with writing a Poem entitled 'Loneliness'. It consisted of one word.

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dahosek said:

There are shorter which are classics. I think it was Hemingway who wrote a short story which in its entirety read

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A story should be as long as it needs to be. If you can tell a whole story with eight sentences, fine, if it needs to be longer, it needs to be longer.

There is a whole type of fiction called Flash or Sudden fiction. Sudden Fiction stories are fewer than 1000 words long, but there are sub-sets within this that include drabble (exactly 100 words), dribble (50 words) and 55 and 60 word stories. I haven't come across a type that has a set number of sentences though.

Telling stories in so few words is a real art form, and a lot of fun. Come and check out the Suddenly Fiction forum some time.

Drabbles are often less than eight sentences. I've never counted my drabbles for sentences, just for word count, but if the story doesn't feel complete to you then it probably isn't. . .

Eric

I have had stories as short as 54 words published.

I find super shorts to be more difficult but a lot of fun. If the story is only eight sentances long than that's all there is too it. If you feel it's done why don't you post it in the critique section of sudden fiction? The people there are nice and I'm sure can help you with it.

There's a publication out there that deals specifically in stories of six sentences, so 8 isn't too short.