Six Word Novellas

Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams

I took

your teddy bear.

It wants to cuddle.

If you

want it back

So you come

to me

and get it.

Sorry for stealing your teddy bear.

-HaoChi Giang

Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams

I have stolen your Pokemon cards

I am sorry, they were good cards

and I have a Pokemon battle tomorrow.

-Lisa Li

Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams

Please forgive me. I simply

do not know what I am

doing. I cried.

And which you probably

don't care. You were holding

on to it. I let it slip through

my fingers. It fell so fast,

and deep.

Forgive me, I'll hold on

tighter next time. I don't

want it to be like last year

all over again.

Sorry about your ball,

going down the well,

again.

-Erica Lei

Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams

I ate your cake that you had

been saving to eat next year.

I ate the frosting off the

cake and gave the rest to a

platypus.

Forgive me I did not know

what I was doing.

-Nancy Yu

Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams

I have swallowed the burgers whole. The spray of strawberry milkshake was satisfying.

When you came back form the bathroom it had vanished.

Forgive me. I also ate the fries and they were all satisfying.

-Matthew Philippi

Midway Book Blurb for Enrique's Journey

"I think it's pretty good. I like the stories about Enrique and how he gets to the U.S. I don't like when sometimes the book talks about someone else instead of Enrique because it is kinda boring. I do not like how it is written because it talks about Enrique and gives some other facts, then it confuses me. I don't really like to read books and I guess it's different because I've never read about someone's life. I think when Enrique is about to cross the border he's gonna get caught, then he'll have to start all over again." -Nancy Yu