“Peak”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

Clouds hid the peak of the mountain. The Oracles lived there, writing messages in the sky. #SciFanSat #peak

— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) August 7, 2021

"Give me a reason to shoot you. Twitch, go for a gun. Sneeze. I'm not picky"
The #jamper smirks. I don't #petrify him, "You won't shoot me"
"I know you betrayed me at Eagle #Peak"
His smile drops,
then his body#vss365 #AchtenWrite #SciFanSat #satsplat #FromOneLine 83 pic.twitter.com/jppIjumYcx

— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 🍒 (@debbieiancu) August 7, 2021

Brookhaven surveyed the dead planet: the barren peaks, the petrified forests, the ruined cities. His revenge was complete. 20 years planning the downfall of those who betrayed him—nearly perfect—save for one flaw: no one was around to appreciate it. #SciFanSat #vss365 #Satsplat

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) August 7, 2021

Everest’s peak dims in Himalayan dusk. I see the creatures only in glimpses of claw and membranous wing.

The last Sherpa is torn apart screaming “Migou!”

“You won’t escape,” the cylinder I hold whispers. “They’ve prepared a cylinder for you, too.”#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) August 7, 2021

Hope was dim, easy to #petrify even him who's at the #peak of his career.
The last cylinder stood by as his last chance of escape. But to blow it up would endanger his own life.
A light beamed from atop, something improbable & out of the ordinary.#vss365#SciFanSat#2WordPrompt

— aran (@AranPotente) August 7, 2021

your gravity, I can’t #defy
a loyal follower, from a distance
orbiting your existence,
with persistence
hot flares don’t #petrify#peak-ed
subsided
like waves of molten lava

oh, brilliant star
let me admire,
the beauty of your strength
even from afar.#vss365#scifansat pic.twitter.com/8RW0e7FRTk

— kitkat – Cath (@kitkat_greentea) August 7, 2021

Derelict factory robots had turned to hooliganism and marauding, requiring short bursts of peak power during an attack— and they were increasingly, dangerously hungry for power. #scifansat #scifisat

— Irene 💫 (@_Irene_Dreams_) August 7, 2021

Peaks under water
Petrified sunset in sky
Golden island home #SciFanSat #vss365 #haiku pic.twitter.com/Aevx3li1va

— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) August 7, 2021

I find Ismene on the observation deck watching snow fall on craggy peaks.

“Operation’s ready,” I say. “Just g—“

She draws a plasma blade. “I’m sorry.”

Even as the glowing blade penetrates my heart, I know she means it.

“No one defies the State.”#scifansat #satsplat #vss365

— Armond Boudreaux (@armondboudreaux) August 7, 2021

It's not the climb that will #petrify you for you will be solely focused on the peak.

It is, once there at the top, when you take stock of all below you, that you will finally feel a fear of falling. #vss365 #SciFanSat

— Ellen✍K (@poeticnihilist) August 7, 2021

#scifansat

The #peak, the trough. Observation collapses the wave, smooths a sea of possibilities into outcome.

Until the moment when, across universes, every version of Dr S dreamt otherwise.

It was enough to let the cat out of the bag. Or box.

Now we ride the waves together. pic.twitter.com/WjBvXklfyM

— John Tannhauser (@JohnTannhauser) August 7, 2021

The hermit sat on his #peak, a #painted picture of calmness,solitude.

The #extreme-s of the #firestorm raging around him silhouetted a #petrified oak as he finally broke a 20 year silence.

"Bugger, forgot to pack the factor 50."#vss365 #vssDreams #vssdaily #vssmagic #scifansat pic.twitter.com/kyTPchVPhO

— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) August 7, 2021

And still I'm waiting for
The setting of the sun
Slow creeping darkness
Not yet begun

Mountain #peak calls
To the ebbing day
Before the oceans
Wash the light away

The #petrified moon
Turns her face from me
The distant believer on
The far side of the sea#vss365 #SciFanSat

— Anna✨💫✨ (@annaburnswrites) August 7, 2021

He'd trained for years. His powers were at #peak performance.
"Son, it's time."
"I'm ready to fulfill my destiny."
He joined the other soldiers. Joking and chit chat hid their trepidation.
"OK troops, our first stop is a watery planet we've been observing for decades."#SciFanSat

— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) August 7, 2021

Tharsis is the part of Mars people avoid. On the peak of Olympus Mons, I figured I'd be safe from him. But when I left the rover… shit. Even in a spacesuit I know my stalker.
"Sorry, babe. He paid me more than you." With that, my driver took off.#Satsplat #scifansat #BadWordSat

— Paul Briggs (@paulproofreader) August 7, 2021

I follow his progress, trace his rise; he enters the race at his peak. I visited his moon once, long time ago. He's unknown here.
Afterwards, elated, I call him by name, catch him trackside.
He stares, rabbit eyes; I #petrify him.
"Son, I—"
"You're no father."#scifansat#vss365

— John Everex (@EverexJohn) August 7, 2021

#vss365 #SciFanSat
Daisy was the first. She wouldn't stop barking. Something seemed to #petrify her.
About a day later I heard it: a low whistle. The pitch changing now and again; growing louder until it reached a #peak last week.
It's lower again, for now, but it's still there.

— AllOneWord (@AllOneWord5) August 7, 2021

The cyberplane looked like a city skyline at night, the infotower peaks alight with data transfer. The EtherHive was hunting me, but my droid partner would hide me while I—

"Masters, I have brought the human you seek."

Shit.#Satsplat#SciFanSat#scifisat#slapdashsat

— Christopher Slagle (@christopheresl2) August 7, 2021

#Petrified to let go of even a bit of her, he’d left the city. For days, he wandered among wind-blasted rocks, climbed peak after peak, venturing farther than he ever had into the Wasteland. Only then, did he feel capable of getting through the Song of Return.#SciFanSat #vss365

— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) August 7, 2021

They stood petrified
Dim rays from cylinder's peak
Showed proof of ETs#ScifaikuSaturday #vss365 #2WordPrompt #SciFanSat

— Rick Milone (@rwmilone) August 7, 2021