“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Often attributed (though not definitively) to Ernest Hemingway, this is a perfect example of the six-word story’s intense power and compact form. Spend a Saturday morning with us learning the art and composing your own six-word stories, the best of which we’ll publish on the Christmas Lake Creative blog.

Took a workshop—changed my life.

I hesitated and lost my chance.

A chance encounter—now we’re married.

I’ve told you everything I know.

1 Saturday session: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm via Zoom: August 8

Leaders: Thomas G. Fiffer and Julia Bobkoff

Photo credit: By JD Hancock from Austin, TX, United States. Cropped and edited by Daniel Case prior to upload - 1970 Baby Shoes and Blanket, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25859529