“District”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

The downtown #district had become a place of no #virtue.
Grimy, derelict, hiding petty crime lords.
A result of the chemical plant blast some years ago; but I’d a feeling it was the government’s doing. I’d seen stuff in that plant, nobody should. #vss365#scifansat#satsplat

— FizzyV2021FeelinSunEpic (@Fizzytwizler) June 5, 2021

I had travelled through the nine districts of Hell to reach the promised land of #virtue.

Stood at the white pearlescent gates, ragged, ruined and raw, I was disconsolate in the thought I would never be admitted.

But you let me in.#vss365 #SciFanSat

— Ellen✍K (@poeticnihilist) June 5, 2021

"Is this your first time?"
I nod, biting my lip
The man grunts, satisfied the price for my #virtue was justified
Fool
What did he expect in #Haplum #district?
I've play the part for decades
Perfected the #deception
Not a virgin
Or human#vss365 #AchtenWrite #SciFanSat #satsplat pic.twitter.com/XnSbGTvB27

— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 🍒 (@debbieiancu) June 5, 2021

In the historical district, everything was as it was a century ago. We walked past houses with flower gardens and wide front porches. There was a bank on Main Street and a dime store. We heard ringing from a phone booth on the corner. #SciFanSat #district

— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) June 5, 2021

#District Four. Known locally as the #Virtue District. It might sound nice but don’t be fooled. Virtue is the best place to go if you need information – but it’ll cost you. You’ll leave with less in your pocket & less in your soul than you had coming in. #vss365 #SciFanSat

— Amy Wilson (@WritesAmy) June 5, 2021

The DistrICT skyline is a shimmering mirage to the youngest members of the Outsiders in Area 404. Elders of 404 know that the mirage is all too real. They still bear the scars of their former connectivity. #scifansat

— Irene 💫 (@_Irene_Dreams_) June 5, 2021

Kem crouches behind the wall next to Pa and watches the Vashtäa District Militia drag the corpse of the hieromonk behind a tank.

“I don’t understand,” says Kem. “They were supposed to free us.”

Pa snorts. “Promises of liberation—always, always lies.”#SatSplat #SciFanSat

— Armond Boudreaux (is away finishing the book) (@armondboudreaux) June 4, 2021

Earth? Thats on the District Line, Mate. Take the Bakerloo to Titan, switch to the Jubilee, and then change again at Mars! No problem…

Apples! 5 for a Pound! What's that, love? Plums? A dozen plums! Here you go, me darling… Sorry, don't accept Venus Dollars!#scifansat

— 🐕Steve🐝Be🐇Thifty🌳Free🌸🖋📚 (@PatchieSteve) June 5, 2021

#vss365 #SciFanSat
The chip meant you couldn't go into the wrong #District, but his arm had been buzzing since touching the fence and this area felt strange. He hadn't heard a gunshot for over an hour and people were smiling.
The woman took his hand and said
"Welcome to #Virtue"

— AllOneWord (@AllOneWord5) June 5, 2021

#vssmystery#scifansat

Rodya's was looking shabbier than usual.

A thermo-grenade will do that.#Smoke billowed from the entrance. Bouncers and queue alike were fused to the pavement.

Including their chrome.

"Still think Rafik isn't angling for control of the club #district?" pic.twitter.com/U66f6OFQ2l

— John Tannhauser (@JohnTannhauser) June 5, 2021

#SciFanSat #district #scifaikusaturday #moon #haikuchallenge #abandon #vss365 #virtue

Abandon all virtues
Enter Moon district thirteen
Lawlessness reigns here

— Hawk&Young (@HawkandYoung) June 5, 2021

I snuck into the women’s district to surprise my wife on her “girls only” day.

I didn’t know men become women there.

We shopped — I needed new clothes. Saw the sights. Our overnight in the hotel was beautiful.

Intimate.

Amazing.

Love remains love.

We never left.#SciFanSat

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) June 5, 2021

Mother warned us to stay away from the "Amphi" #district.
Behind the fenced in area by the river, soldiers barked orders to the bipedal frog-like creatures as they dove into the river. It broke my heart. The enslaved creatures croaked sad folk songs as they labored.#SciFanSat

— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) June 4, 2021

Sophisticated furor
a ruin
that spans
a dozen stars
Beings
steeped in sadness
Districts
near and far
Bending truth
and virtue
Rebuilding
who we are #SciFiFri #SciFanSat #vss365 pic.twitter.com/nC8OoBPbaL

— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) June 5, 2021

He says my blood is dirty. I'll never find a place in his #district. He says I'll only become #virtuous through him. I feel my heartbeat in my ears as I see flames in his eyes. The flames I was destined to meet

The flames which will soon devour him#vss365 #SciFanSat #Satsplat pic.twitter.com/QNXxmOtiFy

— Anna✨💫✨ (@annaburnswrites) June 5, 2021

We rescued the Moon
freeing it from Earth’s district
and awestruck humans#SciFaikuSaturday #moon#SciFaiku#SciFanSat #district#Haiku#Poetry#AmWritingSciFi#SciFi
📷 pixabay | Adryanah pic.twitter.com/M04sjgvuqf

— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) June 5, 2021

We sit atop Mount Everest after I watched you staring at it with frantic #covetous eyes. My lungs can't adjust to their new #district as I breathe deep.

In.

Out.

They arrive as my eyes are closed.

…

Nice solid human forms.

In.

Out they went.#vss365#SatSplat#SciFanSat

— poetry by numbers (13/10/7) (@Poetryin13) June 5, 2021

0/XF
Luna's legion scattered all over the world. Their talent to adapt & improvise deserved awe & wonder.
Where else could a convert lose oneself better than in a red light #district, what society stigmatized as the breathing ground for the sins of the flesh?#Satsplat#SciFanSat

— aran (@AranPotente) June 5, 2021

Your covetous gaze lies. Smart, but I see what you've done. Skeletons litter this moon, picked clean by your fangs. A thriving district, bereft. No virtue left, just smoke and dark. Leave. My weapon will be at your back. Run.#vss365 #SciFanSat #2WordPrompt #vssmystery #Satsplat

— Helena O'Connor (@HelenaFiction) June 5, 2021

this bird poor
district stands muted
the wind
brings nothing but
scorched air & distant laser fire#SciFanSat #Tanka

— Jonathan Roman (@deft_notes) June 5, 2021