Last Call: The Best Short Story Ever Told On Twitter

The best story I've read this month unspooled over the course of just 10 tweets. I know, outrageous. Like the "baby shoes, never worn" story, it's not just poignant and unsettling but also a master class in brevity.

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My dad died. Classic start to a funny story. He was buried in a small village in Sussex. I was really close to my dad so I visited his grave a lot. I still do. [DON'T WORRY, IT GETS FUNNIER.]

— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019

I don't want to ruin it if you've not yet read it—with more than 270,000 retweets to it now, you probably have—but I wanted to bring it to your quick attention. I've relayed this story to at least a handful of people in the past few weeks, but it never comes out as concisely and perfectly curious as the original.

Even if the story is a fake, I don't care. Kudos to @sixthformpoet.