At Reader’s Digest, we love stories. From exciting thrillers to harrowing tales of survival, stories remind us of love, loss, and what it means to be human. And a good story doesn’t have to be long.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. It’s remarkable how much can be packed into just six words. Inspired by ...

As a founding editor of SMITH Magazine in 2006, Larry Smith proposed the idea of six-word memoirs as one way for people to express their life stories. The memoirs were meant as interpretations and ...