“Comfort”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

The shimmering silver rain portal disappeared in a vaporous cloud. The old man smiled in joy to see an ephemera of butterflies in wildflower meadows. It brought him such comfort to see this rainbow world, where the butterflies go.#vss365 #scifansat #scifisat

— Irene 💫 (@_Irene_Dreams_) January 30, 2021

Ocean #spray swept over the #longship fast and hard.

They were in kraken territory and there was nought a #comfort in sight for the crew.

Their captain was the first to be taken by the beast’s wrath…#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt#vss

— FizzyV20.21ShortButPithy (@Fizzytwizler) January 30, 2021

Lonelius, the brightest star to grace the galaxy of Farfaraway, was born in a little star nursery in the heart of the #Butterfly nebula, and sometimes, when he is really, really lonely, he still goes there– in the old lanes of childhood, still full of #comfort.#SciFanSat #vss365

— Arvind Iyer (@ArvindIyer15) January 30, 2021

The station had every comfort you could imagine. For some, a shower was a welcome luxury. For others, the holo-shower offered a tropical waterfall, jungle greenery, the calls of bright-colored birds.#SciFanSat #comfort

— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) January 30, 2021

In the soft black crush
Seeming safe darkness
Bones scrape against
An empty rage
No #comfort here
Lies dressed as#Gossamer dreams
A malignant nightmare
Cloaked in #butterfly wings
I choke on malice & deceit
Bound so I can
No longer breathe#vss365 #SciFanSat #Whistpr

— Anna✨💫✨ (@annaburnswrites) January 30, 2021

Tiny Vikings raided my backyard in longships from my duck pond. I sprayed them back with a garden hose, comfortable in a lawn chair as they call me “Jötunn”.

They returned with another Jötunn to fight me.

She’s a nice Norwegian girl. We started dating.#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) January 30, 2021

Time travel 101
Never change anything when you go back or even step on a #butterfly
But accidents happen
I #comfort myself
Nobody knows
I #slam the door & turn to face a gigantic humanoid winged insect
"You killed my ancestor. Prepare to die"
#vss365 #BraveWrite #SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/2JHtZPXn9J

— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 🍒 (@debbieiancu) January 30, 2021

#Butterflies know no #comfort. Beating their fragile wings against the currents of the wind—their short lives nothing but struggle—they knit the aether into a transfiguration matrix making all magic possible. #SciFanSat #vss365

— Laila Amado (@onbonbon7) January 30, 2021

She happened upon a sunlit meadow filled with #butterflies clinging to stalks or zig-zagging in the hot air.
“Daydreaming again? The rats aren’t going to skin themselves.”
Knife in hand, she returned to her comfort meadow. And the rat changed into a rabbit.#SciFanSat #vss365

— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) January 30, 2021

We needed her to operate the damn thing, but Sally never left the comfort of the time machine. We wanted her to enjoy the adventure, but whenever we approached, she murmured, “butterfly effect, butterfly effect” in a low monotone, over and over again #vss365 #SciFanSat #satsplat

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) January 30, 2021

Fluttering within his left iris, is a tiny #butterfly. Its wings of beguiling blue, bring bliss and pacify. In a serene state, our minds warped by false #comfort, does his control solidify. Beholden to his will, our minds become shells for his insects to occupy.#SciFanSat #vss365

— Valiente Rook | Poet • Writer (@valienterook) January 30, 2021

The portrait of comfort began in
the Butterfly Nebula. It had the
feel of myth, and the taste of
pride. Each facet performs a
tangible seduction, giving in to the
quarter of peace and the light of
life. #SciFanSat #comfort #vss365 #butterfly pic.twitter.com/EdgIPWwylX

— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) January 30, 2021

0/XF
Eeri implanted irrational fear in humans, keeping them submissive to his whims & caprices. He loved the suffering: they sought his grace for #comfort.
Even natural catastrophes w/c Luna controlled favored his divinity: the faithful pleaded for his mercy.#Satsplat#SciFanSat

— aran (@AranPotente) January 30, 2021

There's some comfort in the creature's wingbeats. If I close my eyes, press myself against its scarred carapace and forget the reeking chasm below, I can imagine I'm tiny, clinging to the thorax of a #butterfly, fluttering between flowers in a summer garden.#scifansat#vss365

— John Everex (@EverexJohn) January 30, 2021

"Why such #jaundice? Can't you seek #comfort in these #halcyon times? Be like a #butterfly, and #hibernate bad feelings!"

"Butterflies don't hibernate."

"Oh."

"So bog off."

"Someone's not at home to Miss Happypants…"#scifansat #vss365 #vssMagic #vssDreams #winterwords

— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) January 30, 2021

Our wild race to Mars
put aside comfort for speed
Victor gets the spoils#SciFanSat #comfort#SciFaikuSaturday #wild#SciFaiku#SciFiSat#Haiku#MicroPoetry#Poetry#AmWriting#AmWritingSciFi#SciFi
📷 NASA pic.twitter.com/lHpU2EZYwr

— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) January 30, 2021

#vss365 #Satsplat #SciFanSat
Being out of her comfort zone is normal, but those blue butterflies flocking to suck sweat from her skin & flutter like animated eye tattoos mid-copulation totally freaks her. Next time out, she’s greasing w/ pesticide. Protected species be damned. pic.twitter.com/L6m0YvLx7G

— Cecily Winter: find me in the marginalia! (@winter_cecily) January 30, 2021

Hardly
Any comfort
Inbetween two
Lonesome stars
Until a
Soft gentle
Butterfly stroke
Rewrites them#vss365 #SciFanSat #SciFiSat #amwriting #creativewriting #poem #poetry #writingcommunity

— Dunglish (@EdHaiku575) January 30, 2021

"I am ready to fall into the comfort of Death's sweet embrace."
"How kind of you to say! Most people complain I'm bony but I've actually had my sleeves padded specifically for hugs."
"I've changed my mind actually."
"Cuddles! Oh come on, it's not like it'll kill you."#SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/4uDugswTId

— Ross Young (@InkDisregardit) January 30, 2021