In my wigwam
— Fizzy-FleeFleetsFlee!Fast (@Fizzytwizler) November 21, 2020
Intoxicated on apple #pine
Totempole tells of time past
When they’d #yield-ed fast
Wolf hides in slumber
From Totems thunder
I will wolf come out within
Avenge I must brethren
I can’t fail lest my tribe
Send me sail to deaths aisle#vss365#scifansat#satsplat
The silence in the #pine forest was shattered by steel on steel, the screams of dying men, and the sizzle of magic frying flesh.
— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) November 21, 2020
"Renege your #belief in your false gods, and #yield!"
An arrow pierced the mage's throat and he dropped like a stone.#vss365 #vssmagic #scifansat
Amid clear-cut trees, the woodsman found a sapling girl beside the dryad’s grave.
— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) November 21, 2020
“Why have I sprouted from a dead mother?” she cried.
“She would not yield. They felled her with the forest,” he said. “But come with me, and we will make it green again.”#SciFanSat #SlapDashSat
Ballerina leaps from one #pine treetop to the next, pausing long enough to #yield toxins back to humans from whom they came. She breaks into a feverish spin, creating a funnel for the deadly gases & mortal fear then swirls it all to the stratosphere.#vss365 #SciFanSat #Satsplat
— Scott ❤️s how you write 🥰 (@storysmithscb) November 21, 2020
The bamboo whispered stories, the clatter of armor, the shouts of men. And in the flickering sunlight, you could see the old battles, the fallen warriors, the last hero who refused to yield. #SciFanSat #yield
— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) November 21, 2020
Nothing left to do now
— Anna✨💫✨ (@annaburnswrites) November 21, 2020
But #pine for those
Long night hours#Yielding to the
Sharp edged
Glass
In these lungs
Blood and defeat
With each exhalation#vss365 #SciFanSat
On earth you can only yield so far before you must fight. But space is infinite. Retreat where your enemy dare not go. Shroud yourself in mystery, and when you are rediscovered, your enemy shall fear you more than you fear them. This is the path of survival. #SciFanSat #Satsplat
— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) November 21, 2020
They told her to yield her talent.
— chel (@CallMeChel_324) November 21, 2020
Grovel in undeserved gratitude to the ones she could easily squash like bugs.
She'd #pine for freedom, held back by a fear of failure..
But it was time to show the world her power.#vss365 #SciFanSat #bravewrite #SatSpark #Satsplat #SlapDashSat pic.twitter.com/K9RTwFqjiA
0/XF
— aran (@AranPotente) November 21, 2020
Luna #pined for the glory years when she alone managed the world she discovered. Eeri & his cohorts spoiled the balance, defied the conventions she kept in place.
She would not #yield control of Earth even if his forces remained belligerent.#vss365 #scifansat #slapdashsat
We’re passing through Akkaad Empire space, so we have to be ready to yield if an Akkaad customs patrol demands an inspection. If that happens, I’ll have to disguise our cargo from the boarding party. Never used my powers that way before. Gods help us.#SciFanSat #SatSplat
— Armond Boudreaux (@armondboudreaux) November 20, 2020
A #pine tree is planted by a magician, over the portal to a parallel world and every year the authorities try to chop it down. Yet it will not #yield. They try axes, chainsaws, bombs, man made tornados. The tree stands firm. But on the other side it is hollow #vss365 #scifansat
— sam carr (@sam_c4rr) November 21, 2020
What a mistake he’d made. His common sense had yielded to his greed, and now he was stuck at the bottom of this aquatic world, watching machines steal its bounty. Isolation pay be damned, he couldn’t help but #pine for the sky, the trees, and the wind. And her.#SciFanSat #vss365
— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) November 21, 2020
#vss365 #SciFanSat
— Cecily Winter: back on the fringes! (@winter_cecily) November 21, 2020
Space yielded, and she crawled inside the fold to hide from the troll, a misshapen rock of a creature with fiery hair.
The pines of the looming blue forest shook their branches & moaned, yet, axe in hand, he crept closer & closer as if her magic never was.
They tossed their nets into the teeming alien sea.
— Denise Carruthers (@CattyKoala) November 20, 2020
The Caplet counted 200 purple spotted scabs and
one furry fingered kerfuffle.
He knew that he would face a keelhauling for such
a gross yield.
He had sunk his whole tidal wigwam into this venture.
His jelly blubbered.#SciFanSat
The great pie that is karma. My family believes we yield our own slices from energy we release. I'm grateful my space sows more stars than rusted nails. My thinking hat also seems pleased from all her purring. #SciFanSat #SciFiSat #SatSpark #whistpr #2WordPrompt #366FF #vssmagic pic.twitter.com/kHGSNyHOct
— Lexi Lefevre (@LexiIsAWriter) November 22, 2020
Unwavering in her thirst for power, she denied their hate. She would not yield. It was time to reform their quixotic way of life. It was time to take charge of the fate of the many, to save them from themselves. They'd become too happy in their freedoms. #SciFanSat #SlapDashSat
— C Lee (@cleestories) November 21, 2020
I do not #pine for you
— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 🍒 (@debbieiancu) November 21, 2020
I #yield to the exquisite pleasure of delay#Withernatch you linger
Your #talent is tormenting me with your reticence and your beauty
I live for our #banter, the quips and barbs a glimpse of our desire#AchtenWrite #vss365 #BraveWrite #SciFanSat #vsshumor pic.twitter.com/zaiyLBdu3L
When Anna was dying of cancer, her brother came home from a concert tour to see her. "Only weeks left," she said.
— Yosen (@yosenspace) November 21, 2020
"I yield my time…"
"What?"
"Nothing," he said.
In the morning Anna was miraculously cured. But when she found her brother his body was long cold.#scifansat
I was shredded at an intersection. Pieces of me got flung across the pavement. Blood had sprayed across every skyscraper.
— Helena Fools🌹 (@TransGurlWriter) November 20, 2020
But, my heart still beats. It gathers each bit until I'm #together again.
Goddamn Martians.
They hate humans for ignoring #yield signs.#vss365 #SciFanSat
The words fight ragged breath as the pursuit yields. Sudden darkness falls, sunlight vanishing behind the #pines. I watch them stumble and call out, eyes white, voices hoarse. The temptation to feed is brief. There are too many. I leave whilst the spell holds.#vss365#scifansat
— John Everex (@EverexJohn) November 21, 2020
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 11.21.2020 “Yield” 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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