“Zealous”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

“Why are you here, Mister Alien?”

The stars reflected in his eyes. “My species was once as overzealous as yours. Now I am the last of my kind. I don’t want such a tragedy to play out again.”

“But why visit me,” the boy asked.

“Change begins with one.”#SciFanSat #SlapDashSat

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) December 5, 2020

"There's always some over #zealous &*%$," complained #GrumpySwearyFairy, "who drives an #imaginary *&^%ing #sled round the #eerie #tree after Christmas beers."

"I wouldn't mind, but guess who has to &^*%ing clear up?"#scifansat #vss365 #winterwords #vssChristmas #vssMagic pic.twitter.com/jQb8I1Ab2R

— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) December 5, 2020

Zealous Star Trek fans
Wear doctor costumes but they
Aren't the real McCoy#scifansat (zealous) #haiku #PunKu #StarTrek

— Haiku Rambler (@HaikuRambler) December 5, 2020

Evergreen
She had called me
Some #imaginary magic
Stretching my #zealous arms
To the wide expanse of her skies#vss365 #SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/hhvxFE77dq

— Anna✨💫✨ (@annaburnswrites) December 5, 2020

This species is quite zealous about wearing those face thongs, the alien said to his partner.

I'm glad they do so we don't have to look them in the eye after unleashing that virus on them. Poor things.

Oh Zerp—I forgot you failed human anatomy 101.#scifisat #scifansat

— 💫 I r e n e 💫 (@_Irene_Dreams_) December 5, 2020

“Nobody hears darkness wail its loneliness. Their fears too #zealous to scream louder.”

Written on a plaque, outside psyche ward 9.

Asylum infamous for taking the homeless, to experiment on, with #imaginary tales.

But how am I in a cell? I’m their Doctor!#scifansat #vss365 pic.twitter.com/lGcPJvlAnS

— FizzyGrinchySundayVssXmas (@Fizzytwizler) December 5, 2020

0/XF
Her beneficial interventions appeared #imaginary to the human race, either considered black magic or the devil's hand. Such negative perception was all Eeri's machination & his band of fork-tongued #zealous comrades instilled the lies as universal truths.#vss365 #scifansat

— aran (@AranPotente) December 5, 2020

Was it love that drove him, or revenge? The mad captain repeated his zealous prayers, lost in the expanse between the stars. #SciFanSat #zealous

— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) December 5, 2020

Zealous
with the gadgetry
He crowned
the final moon
The maiden flew
across the sky
and melted in a swoon
The stars
still marked forever
and dazzled every eye
Santa watched
the reindeer graze
& knew that soon
They'd fly #SciFanSat #zealous
Reindeer flying is a bit Sci-Fi, no? pic.twitter.com/KTcSJHzzKj

— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) December 5, 2020

I spot it too late. The stranger's eyes, waves of good humour crashing around him, leaving a zealous wake, a sour shadow. I swallow, return a grin but it's #imaginary, this bonhomie. Gripping Ci's jerkin, I pull, ignoring the cry, his fist. We nearly make it.#vss365#SciFanSat

— John Everex (@EverexJohn) December 5, 2020

Were her visions #imaginary? She’d been told to monitor the nebula. She saw women with long, flowing hair within its gauzy colors. Her zealous fulfillment of duty had tired her out, but if she closed her eyes, maybe they would call her name. So she would know.#vss365 #SciFanSat

— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) December 5, 2020

The creator conjured reality out of imagination, and we, the zealous, continue that becoming throughout our creative journeys. #vss365 #SciFanSat #Satsplat

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) December 5, 2020

Some of the Zealous find me at the edge of the snowy expanse and offer to take me to Ënk.

“Lucky it were us what found ye,” says a warrior as he lifts me onto the back of a small mastodon. “‘An not ‘em Chosen.”

“That’s who I’m runnin’ from,” I say.#vss365 #SciFanSat #SatSplat

— Armond Boudreaux (@armondboudreaux) December 5, 2020

Mr. Eerie found him on Solstice. It's unknown how long he'd been hiding from hunters in the snow but as warmth returned to his body, he stifled a scream & later said it felt like zealous hot needles dragging deep along his skin. #SciFanSat #TransWords #366FF #vssmagic #vssDreams pic.twitter.com/YPHuPhui74

— Lexi Lefevre (@LexiIsAWriter) December 6, 2020

With zealous intensity he winds the gears. He might land on the moon or with the dinosaurs or in his great-great-grandmother’s kitchen. He doesn’t care. He’s invented something unique and fantastic and he’ll gladly perform in the role of guinea pig to set it afoot.
#SciFanSat

— Shauna (@FrankieInParis) December 5, 2020

The space soldiers stood sentinel miles above Earth, #zealous in their fully equipped gear, loaded with enough ammunition to take down an army of Martians.
Just then, a sign flashed in front of them.
"Relax. Hostile aliens are only #imaginary."#SciFanSat#SlamWords R5#vss365

— Arvind Iyer (@ArvindIyer15) December 5, 2020

Deep breath. Just a few minutes left. He rested his finger on the trigger.

The alarm sounded and he zealously mashed the button, only to see-

OUT OF STOCK.

He slammed his keyboard. Well, nothing a little hacking couldn't fix.#scifansat

— Yosen (@yosenspace) December 5, 2020

Mayor Stoat stood at a podium, towering over the townspeople. With a terrifying sense of zealous glee, her lips curled up menacingly. "Until further notice," she demanded, "& under pain of death, no one is allowed to leave the city. You will adhere or die" #SciFanSat #SlapDashSat

— C Lee (@cleestories) December 5, 2020

Ogres raised, loved an abandoned prince. Admitted disappointment when he killed his father for the throne. He spread angry rumors. #Imaginary enemies. Too real when a zealous follower brought him his mother's head. Too late to change the horror of what was done.#vss365 #SciFanSat

— Natasha Simmons (@natasha_writing) December 5, 2020