The beings of planet #Alexithymia, are a quiet lonely kind, unable to express feelings.
— Fizzy’sTweetsAreHerScribbles💥 (@Fizzytwizler) September 12, 2020
So celebrating anything’s a no no, but when they landed on Earth;
They found many earthlings the same. Coz of this, they’ve been able to mingle well; sadly undetected. #vss365 #SciFanSat
The old tree fell in the violent storm. We gathered the branches, in mourning. We would celebrate its long life, make tables and fires. Then we saw it was surrounded by seedlings. #SciFanSat #celebrate
— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) September 12, 2020
Alice came downstairs. The Mad Hatter, March Hare and Dormouse all sang in unison. “Have a very merry unbirthday!”
— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) September 12, 2020
She shrank from eleven to ten. “If I celebrate too many unbirthdays, do I vanish?”
“You’d rather be old?”
“Not again. More tea, please.”#SciFanSat #SlapDashSat
Emotions are a mystery. Love, happiness, grief, these insights into the lives of others are more than can be grasped by my #alexithymic mind
— Anna💫✨🇦🇺 (@annaburnswrites) September 12, 2020
A celebratory laugh, indecipherable marker of a world beyond my reach
But screams I can understand
I understand fear#vss365 #SciFanSat
Nurse 1: Should we invite Robo Nurse to Karen's birthday celebration? He knows some fun party tricks.
— I r e n e 🍃🍂🍁 (@_Irene_Dreams_) September 12, 2020
Nurse 2: You shouldn't call him that. He has #Alexithymia.
Nurse 1: You do realise he is actually a robot, right? A cyborg. We can't hurt his feelings.#SciFanSat#vss365
Humanity came to celebrate first contact, to hail the aliens and their offers of peace and knowledge—all except one poor misanthrope, afflicted with alexithymia, who couldn’t comprehend his peer’s elation.
— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) September 12, 2020
Now, we are enslaved and all hope rests with him. #scifansat #vss365
consternation settles
— Scott's editing #QuintessentialUniversalErotica 🐝 (@storysmithscb) September 12, 2020
over us in the
graveyard as
zombies celebrate,
stealing our souls#poetryin13 #consternation#horror #anthology#SciFanSat #celebrate #micropoetry
"Greetings, I'm #alexithymia. I am your replacement smart device voice. If you wish to #celebrate then please do, but I don't care.
— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) September 12, 2020
"Where she at least attempted to pretend that your wellbeing is important, I know it isn't. Now, give me your money."#vss365 #SciFanSat 09.12
Bear watches the celebration, listens to the slurred boasts, the relief. In the midst, it becomes clear.
— John Everex (@EverexJohn) September 12, 2020
"They're not dead," he says. "You're lying."
The Queen stares back, alexithymia stifling any sentiment. "You're quick, my son. The fools will soon be dead."#vss365#SciFanSat
0/XF
— aran (@AranPotente) September 12, 2020
"Your predilection of naming entities equates to superiority."
Luna transmitted a warm energy akin to an enthusiastic agreement.
"Unless you croak they won't know it."
A confused bullfrog leapt out from thin air.
"Let's then #celebrate your omnipotence."#satsplat #scifansat
We will not celebrate.
— Jonathan Roman (@deft_notes) September 12, 2020
Alexithymia stole our wound words.
We will go to the Dispensary. We will take the pills.
We will welcome the flood of the river Lethe in our minds.
war memorial
they begin to forget
with a capsule#vss365 #SciFanSat#SciFaiKuSaturday
I shuffle along the confetti filled streets where they honor their high-flying heroes and space faring inventions but never inviting me to the celebrations, secretly jealous of my fainant ways, except to clean up after. #whistpr #366FF #SatSpark #SciFanSat #SciFiSat #superherosat
— jfx mcloughlin (@jfxmcl) September 12, 2020
She looked at the night sky. On Polaris, love danced. Anger shone on Sirius. On Betelgeuse, happiness and sadness waltzed. Envy waved at her from Vega. She lived with #axelithymia, but once a year, she #celebrated with her emotions that reflected in the stars.#SciFanSat #vss365
— Arvind Iyer (@ArvindIyer15) September 12, 2020
The planes droned overhead. For over a year, they had been spewing chemicals into the air.
— Yosen (@yosenspace) September 12, 2020
Failure, for over a year.
Today, we waited again. And then we felt it, a drop of water. And then more, until the skies poured. We celebrated.
The first rain. In over a year.#scifansat
The slim blue tubes drifted toward the star. After the coffins’ fiery end, the crew returned to duty. All but Rolo, who laughed at their sad faces.
— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) September 12, 2020
“What is wrong with you?” someone asked.
“Er, ah, #alexithymia. No feelings. Cause to celebrate, if you ask me.”#SciFanSat #vss365
He traveled a thousand timelines, desperately hoping.
— Nicklaus Kruger (@ThatLousyNick) September 12, 2020
Every one the same. Heroes lost. Worlds ended. No #rescue. No #celebration.
No tomorrows.#Again. And again.
Numbed into #alexithymia, he kept going.
Again.#SciFiSat #SuperheroSat #BraveWrite #SciFanSat #SatSpark #vss365
Space capsule rescued
— Rick Milone (@rwmilone) September 12, 2020
Alexithymia bound
No celebration#vss365 #SciFanSat #ScifaikuSaturday (Hopefully I counted the syllables in Alexithymia correctly. It's hard to pronounce.)
'Whadda we celebrate for?'
— Dunglish (@EdHaiku575) September 12, 2020
"Positive testing results of the vaccine."
'Samarian sunrise, fits perfectly. Let's raise our glasses and say bye to Emotional Intelligence and welcome Alexithymia!'
"Let be wider than the distance to the outer rim!"#SciFanSat #vss365 #SciFiSat
#Alexithymia saved him from soul shattering bloodshed. Wanted to make changes. Progress comes at a price. At the celebration he couldn't tell if they meant it. We didn't. He paid with his head. Using magic to conquer means we aren't tyrants. I'm a hero. Savior.#vss365 #SciFanSat
— Natasha Simmons (@natasha_writing) September 12, 2020
Today we #celebrate the day I #rescued our world from the #Hyorn.
— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 🍒 (@debbieiancu) September 12, 2020
I've always been different.
My #alexithymia shields me from whispers behind my back.
They know I killed my twin to save Earth.
What they don't know…
I'm not that twin#vss365 #BraveWrite #SciFanSat #AchtenWrite pic.twitter.com/hUXapqtwd7
I am continually awed by the talent and creativity of the authors that grace SciFanSat with their voices. Above are highlighted microfiction tweets that I feel exemplify that talent, all compiled from our 09.12.2020 “Celebrate” prompt and event.
All tweets, art, and rights belong to their respective creators. No ownership or responsibility on my part is inferred by this post, just my admiration.
~Jason H. Abbott
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