“Joke”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

“You’re joking.”

“No Sir. He’s a silent commando.”

“And psychokinetic?”

“Yes Sir. Projected walls, boxes, objects. All invisible and bulletproof.”

“Weaknesses?”

“Needs his feet on the ground, Sir.”

“A LAND MIME?”

“Yes Sir. He’s not some clown.”#SciFanSat #SlapDashSat

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) November 7, 2020

Dad's been complaining of digestive issues, so Mom had a new Smart Toilet installed when we renovated. It tracks the user's time, collects samples for analysis, provides health tips and dietary recommendations, has karaoke, and tells Dad jokes. We miss Dad. #scifansat #scifisat

— 💫 I r e n e 💫 (@_Irene_Dreams_) November 7, 2020

There once was a man made a joke
about cracking eggheads with some coke
it failed to rocket
fizzed in his pocket
now his face is all covered in yolk#SciFanSat

— Denise Carruthers (@CattyKoala) November 6, 2020

I am the universe's #divine #joke, discarded by my maker on this accursed rock.
But I will study his writings and learn his secrets. When I unlock the mysteries of time and space, I will leave this infernal place to find my home among the stars#vss365 #SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/lIRi76JZ4c

— Anna💫✨🇦🇺 (@annaburnswrites) November 7, 2020

Ugly troll born with the words:

Amor Infinitus

on his chest, his tribe had mocked.

Years later, a fair maiden crossed his bridge.
Seeing his face she froze; she’d dreamt of him, her true love. #Joke was on his tribe; they married, happily ever after. #satsplat#scifansat

— FizzyIsFreezingBrrr🥶 (@Fizzytwizler) November 6, 2020

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"It's a #joke."
Luna's presence emerged as an explosive burst of fierce light.
Amari shielded her image lest she'd be drawn to her sister's energy pull.
"#Divine they call me."
"You are. They owed their existence on your grand design."
"They call me a He."#vss365 #scifansat

— aran (@AranPotente) November 7, 2020

He was a representative of the gods, #divine flesh sent to enlighten us. When we recognised him in the brothel, sacred essence exposed, we live-streamed it through the neural net. A puerile impulse. A joke.
But his alibi prevailed. His revenge steered me here.#vss365#scifansat

— John Everex (@EverexJohn) November 7, 2020

The joke's on you, earth people, said the creature with the head of a jaguar and the wings of an eagle. When we say we have come to serve man, we don't want to eat you. #SciFanSat #joke

— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) November 7, 2020

We chose the the year for the first destination of the time machine based off a joke: 2020 Hindsight. But we soon learned the complexities of time travel, and, after those early experiments, the program was put on indefinite hiatus. #SciFanSat

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) November 7, 2020

The chemist tried to
Come up with a new joke but
The good ones Argon#SciFanSat (joke) #haiku #senryu #PunKu

— Haiku Rambler (@HaikuRambler) November 7, 2020

Two seconds from the event horizon she cut the engines and engaged the gravity shielding. Screaming from pressure, her capsule flew into the singularity. She passed out and woke up—in Benny’s Bowling Emporium? Was this a joke? She cackled. Yep, a #divine joke.#SciFanSat #vss365

— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) November 7, 2020

I watched as she made a #flame appear in the palm of her hand. Sorcery? This could not go unpunished.

"You think I'm some sort of #joke?" she hissed,flicking her wrist.

Suddenly my husband's favorite velvet pantaloons were afire. I have to admit, I laughed.#vssmagic #scifansat

— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) November 7, 2020

“Almighty, If you’re listening,” the science officer said, “I could use a little help.”

The alien invaders laughed at the human’s plea for #divine intervention. But the #joke was on them. Almighty was the keyword that would trigger the ship’s security systems#SciFanSat #vss365

— KGLewis (@KGLewis5) November 7, 2020

Zadok had his powers of invisibility figured out but there always was his one shoe that he would forget to include within his illusion optics… #SciFanSat #vsspic pic.twitter.com/InndrzDYq0

— Carly D (@Carla41782062) November 7, 2020

The path that I took once
turns into a forest now
Obstracting delicate reflections
An outlet is blocked
They say it's #divine orchestration
but then it was noiseless wind
seperating scorched hedgerow
to welcome tender feet
A #joke made in fate's ground#Poetry #SciFanSat #vss365

— Mou G (@writer_Mou_G) November 7, 2020

It had been fun. Even gods get bored, and this year he'd played his best practical jokes, hurricanes, fires, some old murder hornets he'd found.

There was time for just one more. For the last week the humans had been obsessed over counting little pieces of paper…#scifansat

— Yosen (@yosenspace) November 7, 2020

#vss365 #scifansat
“Well I don’t think it’s funny. There’s nothing to laugh at at all. In fact, it’s pretty miserable so far.”
“It’s not called the #Divine Comedy because it’s got #jokes. It has a happy ending, in Heaven; it’s not a tragedy.”
“Spoilers, I’m still in Purgatory.”

— Jim (@J_D_Hathaway) November 7, 2020

He prayed to the angels to stop the star fleet special agents from entering his base. Alarms rang loudly as background noise. Suddenly the air was filled with the sound of harps. A #divine joke surely. He didn't want the angel choir, he wanted the army #SciFanSat #vss365

— sam carr (@sam_c4rr) November 7, 2020

The frog didn't fit this vase but she was able to make it work. Each flower is now configured perfectly for the ritual, and the incense is lit. She told the old familiar joke and the portal opened. Each of them walked through, never to return. #SciFanSat #joke #2wordprompt pic.twitter.com/Y3vtk64LCf

— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) November 6, 2020

#SciFanSat “And if you mean to compete against Thel’tav’a, why, we wish you luck!” And the Warrior bounced and whirled its antennae gleefully, as if it had just uttered the funniest jest in the world.

— Lorinda J. Taylor (@TermiteWriter) November 7, 2020