Legend says; Long ago, The Magic Circle allowed pointy bearded wizards in.
— FizzyV20.21 (@Fizzytwizler) April 24, 2021
Witches feeling it #unfair, made their own The Magic #Rings.
An epic battle was had. The wizards too strong, banished the witches into space, thus Saturn got it’s #rings. #vss365#scifansat#satsplat
The young ones left for a new world. Was it unfair to leave the very old people behind? We waved as their ships blasted off. Goodbye, good luck, we said. #SciFanSat #unfair
— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) April 24, 2021
Somethings will never change. We may have left a dying planet Earth eons ago, but humans have not evolved so much.
— Ellen✍K (@poeticnihilist) April 24, 2021
Teenagers screaming about unfair everything is whilst running #rings around us.
Our home was destroyed. They have no idea how lucky they are. #vss365 #SciFanSat
"Quarantine Day 6.#Solitude is affecting the subject. It may seem #unfair, but we can not let the #infection spread. They're drawing concentric #rings on the doo…
— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) April 24, 2021
The camera's off. What's happening? Where… they've got out! Oh sh…"#vss365 #vssDreams #vssdaily #scifansat pic.twitter.com/jpba7zvxXF
Last unfair moment
— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) April 24, 2021
World burning calamity
Bells ringing the end #SciFanSat #unfair #scifaikusaturday #last #vss365 #rings pic.twitter.com/f5ciZ8I8Sl
0/XF
— aran (@AranPotente) April 24, 2021
"#Unfair?"
Luna resisted using the ultimate solution against him.
"You are but my brother's creation, someone you tricked into sharing w/ you his powers."
"He had enough of your dominance." Eeri showed no remorse. "In me he found strength."
"He failed."#Satsplat#SciFanSat
I kick my legs over the edge of the roof of Living Quarters #5, letting my feet dangle above the city they said would save us. The #rings of Saturn burn bright overhead. Even at night.
— Lindsay (@LholtRVA) April 24, 2021
Seems #unfair to me to have come this far only to lose sight of the stars.#SciFanSat #vss365
The servers shamble, faces fixed, eyes raw.
— John Everex (@EverexJohn) April 24, 2021
"How d'you bear them?" I say.
"They never complain, say things are unfair or require payment."
The flavour is lost as I watch them #ring the room, wait for instruction.
"They'd be better off dead."
"They already are."#scifansat#vss365
“Our robotics wargame, canceled by cheerleaders for a pep rally!” Terri scowled. “It’s unfair! We’d already built the auto-paintball gun spider walkers!”
— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) April 24, 2021
“They’re done?” Laila asked.
“Yeah, why?”
“I think the pep rally needs a robo-paintball rampage.”#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt
Text from unknown sender: Warning—next time your phone #rings, DO NOT ANSWER
— Kevin Gooden (@kevingooden) April 24, 2021
A call—display shows… my name. What?
“Hello?”
I hear my voice say, “This is you, calling from a year from now. DON'T STEAL THE MONKEY.”
Hangs up
Life is #unfair
I want one#SciFanSat #vss365 #scifi
#vss365 #SCiFanSat #SatSplat
— Cecily Winter: find me in the marginalia! (@winter_cecily) April 24, 2021
Joe & Fay labored to chip the ice to wrap Saturn in glory & collide meteors w/ Jupiter’s moons to coat him in elegant dust. Erasing our cosmic-ring magicians from myth is unfair & no wonder they suicided organically in Neptune’s brightest Adams ring.
"I'm writing a retelling of Lord of the #Rings"
— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 🍒 (@debbieiancu) April 24, 2021
"Oh?"
"It tells the tale of the #unfair treatment Sauron got. You see he isn't an evil #wizard, he's a misunderstood jeweler who made #bargully pretty rings to give to all his friends"#vss365 #AchtenWrite #SciFanSat #satsplat pic.twitter.com/6Cmf32LDcc
#vss365#scifansat
— John Tannhauser (@JohnTannhauser) April 24, 2021
Ah yes – you're interested in these #rings?
They're suitable for many purposes – gladiatorial combat, servitude…
No, I can't tell you how they're made. However the effect is guaranteed for two months… What are you doing?
That was #unfair. Your bidding? pic.twitter.com/cOLf1QnSXq
They were connoisseurs from across the universe. Why here, and not Saturn? Oh my dear Earthling, yours are almost limitless. Why, it's almost a crime. Unfair. One could spend a lifetime here. And then she was literally tickled pink when your telephone rang#scifansat #vss365
— 🌻Bee🐝Springs🐇🖋🐕Steve📚 (@PatchieSteve) April 24, 2021
He had hazel eyes, light brown skin, unfairly full lips, & stubble on his square jaw.
— Carol Beth Anderson (goes by Beth) (@CBethAnderson) April 24, 2021
Kovian had flaws, as all mortals did. But after growing up around exquisitely beautiful faeries, Sela had learned to appreciate the attractiveness of imperfection. #SciFanSat #FaerieWIP
The metal arm pushed into the glittering planetary #rings. He watched the machine sift the precious ore from the ice. Then, a loud screech, and the sifter’s arm floated away. “So unfair,” he said. “We gave those traders good whiskey for that damn thing.”#SciFanSat #vss365
— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) April 24, 2021
In a world gone mad
— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) April 24, 2021
the Knights Templar reclaimed Earth
from the Lost Age beasts
Their sublime techniques
but brutal and unfair styles
put victory close
It was not until
the Knights faced the demon queen
did they scream, “Unfair!”#SciFanSat#HaikuChallenge#Fantasy pic.twitter.com/JNo0lK2IMf
Bena comes trudging back from the village, his head hanging low. “It’s unfair, Papá. I didn’t get to see her.”
— Armond Boudreaux (@armondboudreaux) April 24, 2021
I set down the firewood. “The Star Witch?”
“She left before I even got there.”
I sigh. It’s time he knew.
“Look here,” I say, drawing my wand.#scifansat #satsplat
We must do what we feel is right, even—and especially—when the consequences are unfair to ourselves. Think, my young apprentice, how much harder it is to bear the consequences of an unfair world for those who are not blessed with the power of magic. #SciFanSat #Satsplat
— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) April 24, 2021
After years of tenuous peace, we cried injustice as they culled our families, burned our homes, tortured our kings.
— Titania Tempest (@TitaniaTempest) April 24, 2021
But we forget…
We trespassed on their world, ravaged their resources, raised our cities upon secret, sacred sites…
So really, what's #unfair?#SciFanSat
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 04.24.2021 “Unfair” 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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