“Few”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

Listening to
gentle stardust rain
at midnight
surrendering to
inner galaxy’s solitude
neighboring planets
far and #few
until creativity’s colors
explode like
lit #dynamite supernovae
a personal Big Bang
birthing new ideas
into existence#vss365 #SciFanSat #moonmystic pic.twitter.com/OXahtv8YJy

— Jamie Kovalsky (@ThePuckishPen) July 17, 2021

I count the stars, the old spacer said, and the countless worlds around them. Life is few and far between, and not what we imagine. #SciFanSat #few

— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) July 17, 2021

The #dynamite of a guy is probably on a long journey, missing out his friends & acquaintances. Perhaps in good humor as loving messages & sympathies reach him as he zoomed out to outer space.
A #few words of goodbye but countless wishes to you, Scott.#Satsplat#SciFanSat#vss365

— aran (@AranPotente) July 17, 2021

Not many could handle working on 1-a-6, where ammonia storms raged, the temp was -120, and a suit malfunction meant instant death. Renny set the #dynamite to to expose a big seam of cobalt ore. If he made it out alive, he’d earn enough to buy his moms a house.#vss365 #SciFanSat

— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) July 17, 2021

The news
caused pain;#dynamite
to my brain.
There are few
like you.#Poetryin13 Scott 🧡#vss365 #SciFanSat

— Ellen✍K (@poeticnihilist) July 17, 2021

These people look like humans. Yet their religion is so different than ours. They are united in the belief that only a #few reach a higher plane of existence. It is a right reserved to those who inspire others with their words and poetry.#SciFanSat
Scott, this one's for you.💜

— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) July 17, 2021

Knowing the truth is different to believing. The thoughts wriggle and burn, scratch tired eyes and my fading resolve.
There are a few of us; we recognise the struggle.
If I pretend I never saw, I can avoid dropping the #dynamite.
Besides, they are watching.#scifansat#vss365

— John Everex (@EverexJohn) July 17, 2021

The mission through the black hole will be dangerous. But the fewer men, the greater the honour. We…brave..few? What happened to the others?

They left.

No matter. We brave two. Once more into the breach, my friend?

Not me.

That’s just dynamite.#vss365 #SciFanSat #satsplat

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) July 17, 2021

Robots and dinosaurs charged, but the army women of the New Model Infantry fought like Valkyries.

“We few, we plastic few!” Sergeant Rosie yelled, machinegunning a Gorgosaurus. “We band of green sisters!”

Marx’s Mountain Playset wasn’t lost yet.

Hooah.#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt pic.twitter.com/cLyujg0XwK

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) July 17, 2021

Trapped inside a beautiful Nebula, you’re twinkling a sombre gleam.
1 day brightness will light the sky like millions of #dynamite burst across the Milky Way, a beacon to #few travellers crossing the darkness of Cassiopeia.
1 day your purpose will be filled.#vss365#SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/d6z1ZBDmNM

— kitkat – Cath (@kitkat_greentea) July 17, 2021

There are so #few of us, and not much #dynamite substitute left. The eerie #lilt of this planet's apex #predator outside means it's nearly time.

As it begins its #descent into our cave, I press the igniter… nothing.

Oh shi…#vss365 #vssDreams #vssdaily #vssmagic #scifansat pic.twitter.com/atyyRotdeZ

— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) July 17, 2021

Only a #few aliens left. Same as us, unfortunately. Worse, they'd disabled us. Only one of us had a right arm, and it was “throws like a girl” Jenkins

We waited above the pass, Jenkins with the #dynamite. They approached.

He lit the fuse. And threw.

Omigod#SciFanSat #vss365

— Kevin Gooden (@kevingooden) July 17, 2021

Words are powerful
They can destroy the world
They can heal your hurt

A #few words, destructive as #dynamite, dropped in disdain, leave relationships in rubble
But words can pick you up
Heal #mbrun
Brush tears from your cheek
Let you breathe#vss365 #AchtenWrite #SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/iMxNy741oV

— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 🍒 (@debbieiancu) July 17, 2021

One of the few things he thought he'd have to do was absorb this loss. The shuttle had lost attitude control and crashed a click out from the base. "Round up a salvage team and let's get down there ASAP. I doubt if there is anyone to rescue" #SciFanSat #few
Photo Chris Mathews pic.twitter.com/0PfXUeglvF

— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) July 17, 2021

Few people truly understand that with great power comes a huge utility bill. And now I radiate at such high frequencies it hertz.#BadWordSat #satsplat #SciFanSat #SuperheroSat #DoomsDaisy pic.twitter.com/g9hs3Ty32Q

— DoomsDaisy™ (@DoomsDaisy) July 17, 2021

Haven problems are few. Not half as many as what's beyond the walls.
She never could vibe her way to seeing a million problems as wallpaper.
Here, a giant peeks into her window to make sure she's still someone worth protecting .. and too good to wield a flamethrower.#SciFanSat

— Fennel (@FennelSteuert) July 17, 2021

We travel, for an unfathomable time, across an immeasurable space, across galaxies of flowers and #dynamites, and reach the void. But few things could have prepared us for this. An unmistakable radiance stares back at us. Darkness is all we expected.#vss365 #vsspic #SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/BW7QYzZEsN

— Arvind Iyer (@ArvindIyer15) July 17, 2021

A #few? A handful? A quarter of a million? How many of us will escape the grasp of the dying planet? Ships launch, chrome and silver. Ahead of us, wondrous new worlds bloom waiting, but I fear we’re our own #dynamite, carrying destruction in our pockets. #SciFanSat #vss365

— Laila Amado (@onbonbon7) July 17, 2021

The ride of your life!
Just select a few planets
I’m your Space Uber#SciFaikuSaturday #select#SciFaiku#SciFanSat #few#Haiku#Poetry#AmWritingSciFi#SciFi
📷 iStock pic.twitter.com/2aLHMQHAkC

— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) July 16, 2021

We put a few lit sticks of dynamite under the heavy cart and fled the room.
BOOM.
Before the dust settled, dark blue tentacles were reaching out of the hole in the floor.
This heist was a bad idea. That was no treasure vault down there.
That WAS a prison cell.#SciFanSat #vss365

— Paul Briggs (@paulproofreader) July 17, 2021