Stronger than steel and more resilient than bamboo, the plants towered above them. We make bridges and houses with them, the gardener said.
— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) December 26, 2020
In the air, they heard a high clear note. What bird is that, said the visitor.
Oh, that's the forest singing.#SciFanSat #resilient
It was a #challenge to keep strong.
— Fizzy🌬Bella’sGone😯 (@Fizzytwizler) December 26, 2020
Earth was dying, seas #overflowed mountains crumbled.
But we had hope, planet X responded to our SOS. They came standing tall, #admiring our #resillience.
They’d teach us how 2 save our planet. #vss365 #Satsplat #SciFanSat
#2wordprompt
After many repeated cycles of expanding and contracting the universe lost its resilience. It flopped around, dropping bits of overflowing reality over its no-longer elastic edges into the void where the fragments sparked brightly but briefly #scifansat #vss365 #satsplat #scifisat
— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) December 26, 2020
The first two generations were not resilient. Unfortunately, many succumbed to malaise and malady. The third generation, however, had finally adapted to the new world. The newborns' Qi overflowed on scans. Their test scores were off the charts. #scifansat #scifisat #vss365
— 💫 I r e n e 💫 (@_Irene_Dreams_) December 26, 2020
“I admire your kind,” the alien said, regarding the prisoner with a nod.
— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) December 26, 2020
“A funny thing to hear from someone spearheading our annihilation,” the human woman sneered. “Why?”
A webbed hand lifted her chin. “Your species is resilient. I enjoy a challenge.”#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt
The droid found limited respite; although indiscernible among the other robots, his circuits #overflowed with images he found impossible to delete. He was resilient, his model exhibiting a notable level of detachment, but his empathy unit had reached critical.#vss365#scifansat
— John Everex (@EverexJohn) December 26, 2020
Eccentricities bridging
— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) December 25, 2020
the magnificent abyss
Resilient joy to the end #hangtenstories 1485 #vsschristmas #scififri #SciFanSat #vsspicLove pic.twitter.com/JrHn8loBEM
We should've been reinforcing the shields, been #resilient, but we allowed ourselves to be indulgent at #Kwanzaa.
— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) December 26, 2020
Happiness #overflowed and we let the #whimsical take us, never watching the West.
Our home? Our #sepulchre.#scifansat #winterwords #vss365 #vssMagic #vssDreams
Resilient chemists
— Haiku Rambler (@HaikuRambler) December 26, 2020
Keep telling jokes even when
There's no reaction #scifansat (resilient) #haiku #PunKu
0/XF
— aran (@AranPotente) December 26, 2020
"Of all creatures Eeri & I had annihilated through the ages, humans are more #resilient."
Luna pretended unimpressed but she faulted his revisions.
"They're weaklings; genes #overflowed w/ recessive elements, lacking a superior adaptation in their world."#vss365 #scifansat
Nature looks resilient today. Our heart sinks. We have reached the terminal level of our civilization. It has lasted the longest after the first apocalypse.
— Bithi Paul (@BithiPaulAuthor) December 26, 2020
We end up hurting Nature at some point. Earth chooses Nature over us every time.#SciFanSat #BraveWrite #SatSplat pic.twitter.com/Mx8rNByhMp
Zenobia Stankphist’s long-lasting lament was that her sentient body armor, Chet, wasn’t very #resilient in battle. She couldn’t bring herself to scrap him, though. They were friends. She longed to charge into battle in a Bloodletter 6000 rig, by KickAss Tek, LLG.#SciFanSat
— Alex K. Logan (@AlexKLogan) December 26, 2020
A dozen wax candles flicker and go out one by one. The cauldron #overflows. Apprentice is sleeping, face pressed against the stack of books. By morning, the city will run with magic, wild, #resilient, and free. #vss365 #SciFanSat #scifisat
— Laila Amado (@onbonbon7) December 26, 2020
hope always exists
— (Simply) Storm ☽✪☾ (@MadQueenStorm) December 26, 2020
Pandora's last gift
resilient and steel-strong
in face of the steepest odds
sometimes… simple works best#SciFanSat #micropoetry #microstory
"Have you taken care of the pest problem yet?"
— Yosen (@yosenspace) December 26, 2020
"No."
"Still?"
"We've tried to burn them out. We've tried to flood them out. We're trying poison now, but those humans, they are resilient."#scifansat
New galaxy drive
— Rick Milone (@rwmilone) December 26, 2020
Resilience a common trait
Desire overflowed#vss365 #SciFanSat #ScifaikuSaturday
She always healed, and she always scarred. Her hand was a red paw, her eyes different shades of cloudy blue, her scalp a patchwork she wore shaved. For all that, she felt as healthy as she had at eighteen. Resilience both was, and wasn't, all it was cracked up to be. #SciFanSat
— Pippa Phillips (@IpsaHerself) December 26, 2020
He wondered if they would make it. Humans were resilient, he thought, trying to convince himself he could rise to the occasion. His wife & daughter sat quietly huddled with him in the dusty depths. They depended on him. Or maybe it was the other way around #SciFanSat #SlapDashSat
— C Lee (@cleestories) December 26, 2020
The tardigrade, most resilient of creatures.
— Paul Briggs (@paulproofreader) December 26, 2020
It survived Mars and the upper atmosphere of Venus.
We inserted the right genes in it, and it terraformed those places.
But dogs are still man's best friend.
Personality beats competence.#satsplat #SciFanSat #scifisat #slapdashsat pic.twitter.com/Fj6Vnd0BLc
His mouth overflowed, as if more words gave him more power.
— Jingle Chels, Batman Smells, I'm going insane (@CallMeChel_324) December 26, 2020
Perhaps his subjects thought so, but she knew just because one says it, doesn't make it so. Just because one sounds brave doesn't mean they're resilient.#vss365 #scifansat #vsspoem #SlapDashSat #satsplat #soyouwritesat pic.twitter.com/xexQ2pr9cs
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 12.26.2020 “Resilient” 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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