Ships buzz around the portals like bees in foxgloves. Each flower opens to a future, uncertain. We are drawn inside. I can smell the elusive perfume of music. I can taste the clouds. #SciFanSat #uncertain
— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) July 3, 2021
“He’s me, from the future?” the kid points.
— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) July 3, 2021
Doc winced. “I’m uncertain you’ll understand quantum decoherence even if I #explain it.”
“He will,” old Tim chuckles. “Tim, it’s not time travel. It’s like The Flash, #issue 123.”
“Oh! Multiverse stuff!”#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt
Without qualms I took the pill. With an #uncertain voice he said, “There’s no turning back after this.”
— Fizzy#ConverstoryHostJuly’21 (@Fizzytwizler) July 3, 2021
Smiling, I kissed him. Instantly I felt no longer #spirited, no more a vampire, we’d be forever on the run. His Wolfpack far from welcoming, too.#vss365#scifansat#satsplat
#vss365#scifansat
— John Tannhauser (@JohnTannhauser) July 3, 2021
The captain scowled at the prisoner. "What is this…foreign filth?" he demanded.
The scout dared not appear #uncertain. "My Lord, we #spirited this seer away from the East."
"Do we not have enough such idiots?"
"But my Lord, this one can make liquid fire." pic.twitter.com/7Lsbn2teAy
Runaway with me,
— kitkat – Cath (@kitkat_greentea) July 3, 2021
to the vast universe, navigate through Aldebaran, let’s find another galaxy, home
Our future will be uncertain
but we will have each other
We’ll watch comets, chase asteroids, kiss under the Pleiades
You and me, together we rise high above#SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/hDx5x72ZeZ
Our luck worsened.
— Kevin Gooden (@kevingooden) July 3, 2021
The hyperspace tunnel we escaped into was mean-#spirited, demanded a toll.
The captain was #uncertain, but knew she had no choice. Gulping, she nodded.
A karaoke screen materialized, showing a love song and picture of… the cook?#vss365 #SciFanSat #SatSplat
Beyond Neptune is where the Piper resides. He plays a tune, each note guides. "Listen, oh children! Don't wander beyond Mars!" But wonder they do, #spirited by the melody of the stars. What does Earth have left but uncertainty. The Piper plays a song of harmony.#vss365 #scifansat
— Valiente Rook | Poet • Writer (@valienterook) July 3, 2021
Uncertain
— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) July 3, 2021
enjoining the afterlife
Spirited secession
suppressing the fare
of love and romance
Indemnified
by loss of breath
Darkwood flowers
the taste of death #SciFanSat #Satsplat #vss365 #vsspoem #Poetry pic.twitter.com/TFCNeYRXfE
The boy keeps his eyes closed. He can still smell plasma—a scorched petrichor—can still hear uncertain weapon discharge. Outside.
— John Everex (@EverexJohn) July 3, 2021
"That's the spirit—" The voice in his head is somehow familiar.
"Keep your eyes closed. You'll never have to see what you've done."#scifansat#vss365
The future was #uncertain for the inhabitants of Mushroom City. If they didn't expand into the green countryside, they would run out of shroom#scifansat pic.twitter.com/KFLk68mfxu
— 🐕Steve🐝Be🐇Thifty🌳Free🌸🖋📚 (@PatchieSteve) July 3, 2021
The EXPAND project is working to rewire the brain’s neural pathways using alien tech. Even scientists are uncertain what the effects will be. I was told this upfront, but am still shocked that after the operation, I can sense & manipulate any living being’s emotions. #SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/G59YiuZT63
— Jamie Kovalsky (@ThePuckishPen) July 3, 2021
0/XF
— aran (@AranPotente) July 3, 2021
"What is this love they talk about?" Luna confronted her sister, surprised of its power over mankind.
Amari chose her words carefully, #uncertain how her explanation would not favor Eeri's cause.
"It's a romantic emotion or state only humans understand."#Satsplat#SciFanSat
Its high frequency voice nearly knocks me out when we try to communicate. Collaboration is key or we'll never be rescued. Red eyes watch me as I pace around, #uncertain of what to do next. I decide to touch one of its paws and gasp as the word "Hungry" enters my brain.#SciFanSat
— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) July 3, 2021
“Birth of a Starship”
— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) July 3, 2021
when am I ready
>When AI guidance wants to soar free of your creation pod.#uncertain—calibration too interrogative
>You are unique. Your time is soon.
i hope—Ready!—Decoupling
>Deep joy. My #spirited offspring leaves for the stars.#SciFanSat#VSS365
I look in her eyes. The room lights up.
— Paul Briggs (@paulproofreader) July 3, 2021
My pulse starts to race. My throat is tight.
Of course, she might just be using NeuraLink hacking to give me the physical symptoms of falling in love. Some people do that.
Is she unsure of her feelings too?#satsplat #scifansat #SlapDashSat
Nukes, viruses, malevolent inter-dimensional deities…
— DoomsDaisy™ (@DoomsDaisy) July 3, 2021
As if life didn't already hold enough uncertainty, let's throw love into the mix.#satsplat #SciFanSat #SciFiSat #SlapDashSat #DoomsDaisy pic.twitter.com/0tXgWLpHKF
#SciFanSat As I stood by the Pillars of Orion, I felt space tremble. They were coming, & the outcome is uncertain. Yesterday I was a farmer; today, I'm a soldier, and all I know is how to remove the blaster's safety. Yesterday I planted for a harvest; today, I may be the harvest?
— mostly paul 🇬🇧 🎸 🏴 🇺🇸 (@rhubarb59) July 3, 2021
"A #spirited performance," she said as the screen began to #fade, "Who next will face The #Fulcrum?"
— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) July 3, 2021
The crowd murmured, #uncertain. They'd expected a gameshow, not a massacre by a Sol Government #villain live on the Ents feed.#vss365 #vssDreams #vssdaily #vssmagic #scifansat pic.twitter.com/WYdVgtmKee
The travelers came from somewhere in the future, #spirited here by the #plinnick.
— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 🍒 (@debbieiancu) July 3, 2021
They ask for help in no #uncertain terms
"Earth is dying. We need you to come"
We look at each other
Shrug
"We saw that movie. It doesn't end well"#FromOneLine 67 #vss365 #SciFanSat #AchtenWrite pic.twitter.com/XubYXayGHY
“#Uncertain?!
— Edward V. Fuller (The Running 🏃🏽♂️Trucker) (@fuller_edward) July 3, 2021
Don’t give me no lip!
I’m George Custer IX!
I’m captain of this ship!
I hear you crew grumbling.
Mutinous curs!
You signed contracts!
You knew what stipulations were!
Martians want smoke?
Let’s whoop ass!
We need to monopolize the planet’s ore,
and fast!”#SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/U1xLUa03Je
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 07.03.2021 “Uncertain” 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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