12-Word Novels

On The Media, an NPR program I, regretfully, rarely have the chance to listen to, had an excellent contest: write an entire novel in 12 words. A NaNoWriMo project looks like a library of encyclopedias compared to these brief stories. My favorite:

"My sister had written Father's obituary. He is survived by one daughter."
By Brenda J. Wolfe.

You can also see many, many other submissions in the contest's discussion area.