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The tales that could have been tweeted

Novelist David Mitchell took 280 tweets to tell his new short story. But some novels don't even need that many. Here's our collection of the stories that could have been told on social media. Over to you ...
  
  

David Mitchell
A tale of 280 tweets … David Mitchell. Photograph: Murdo Macleod

Last Bus to Woodstock from the Inspector Morse series by Colin Dexter

• "They've found a body, sir," said Lewis

• "Not now, Lewis," said Morse. "I'm listening to  #Wagner."

• Morse glowered pensively until the music was over and then left for the pub, bumping into a woman on the way.

• "You're a very pretty lady, aren't you?" said Morse.

• "I'm the murderer, you idiot," thought the woman.

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

• "I wish Nick wasn't such an underachieving loser," thought Amy.

• "I wish Amy wasn't such a stuck-up cow," thought Nick.

• Nick is a horrible person.

• Amy is a horrible person.

• They are both horrible people.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

• "I need to find the Horcruxes ALONE," shouted Harry wearily.

• "We'll never leave you Harry," said Hermione worriedly.

• "You're not his mother Hermione," muttered Ron jealously.

• "I'm dying," whispered #Voldemort morbidly.

• "We've saved the day!" yelled Neville hoarsely.

• "I love you Harry," said Ginny boringly.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

• "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."

• After some bad dates, single man in possession of a good fortune marries.

The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory

• "Find me a woman who's not barren," growled Henry, clutching his huge and regal codpiece.

• "Will I do, your highness?" breathed Mary Boleyn, her rosebud lips parting with anticipation.

• "Be mine instead, sire," murmured Anne.

• "You'll be beheaded, you adulterous whore!" bawled Henry.

• "May God have mercy," thought Mary as she watched the execution, her milk-white bosom heaving with fear.

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

• WE

• ARE

• ALL

• GOING

• TO

• DIE

 

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