“Beam”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

zodiac goddess
infuses each sign
with stardust #beam-s
creating astral identities
mirrored in Earth dwellers’ psyches
their eyes forever
searching skyward
seeking answers
in mysterious realm’s
prophetic fabric
whispering wisdom’s
mystical mantra:
as above, so below#SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/iTWF2at84M

— Jamie Kovalsky (@ThePuckishPen) September 11, 2021

Thru fog light #beam-ed revealing land too late, as our ship crashed onto #shore; weeks after being lost at sea from the storm.
Relief swooshed thru our lungs, until we saw no lighthouse. But large yellow glowing eyes of a beach full of zombies. #vss365#SciFanSat #Satsplat

— Fizzy-TweetingSince2019 (@Fizzytwizler) September 11, 2021

Imaginings
beamed from world
to world
Unredacted strangers
scratch in sand
on far off shores
Sundown shatters
evening illusions
but always reassures #vss365 #shore #SciFiFri #stranger #SciFanSat #beam #Poetry pic.twitter.com/pjs6psn4ZF

— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) September 11, 2021

“We look like Ghostbusters,” he says.

“The proton packs were also nuclear accelerators,” she replies as they power-up the guns. “But these shoot neutron beams. To bust robots.”

“And you’re sure they’ll bluescreen those metal mofos?”

“Reasonably sure.”#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) September 11, 2021

We shielded our eyes as the #beam of light lanced across the sky. When it was over the cities were untouched, we assumed we’d been spared. Until we realised that the trees were burning and down on the #shore the heat had been enough to turn the sand to glass. #SciFanSat #vss365

— Amy Wilson (@WritesAmy) September 11, 2021

I #remember.

I sat on the exoplanet's #shore, hopeless, staring at the #pentacle #torn into #titian skies. Our #beam weapons were useless, judgment was upon us, but I'd be damned if I was going down without a fight.#vss365 #vssDreams #vssDaily #vssMagic #SciFanSat #autumnwrites pic.twitter.com/OpIVgvJNMx

— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) September 11, 2021

wrenched stars from nightskies
my stars beam rememberings
of begin-endings

On fertile shores of a flooded shopping mall, a new-old thing considers its fins.#scifaikusaturday #SciFanSat #whistpr #vss365 #vssnature

— Jenny Gaitskell (@JennyGaitskell) September 11, 2021

His first foray was a bust, a sure wonder that sparked controversies and investigations. Thanks to the disbelievers, witnesses were doubted; mere rumor mongers.
When his #beam of light landed on a lonely #shore he quickly transformed into a human.#vss365#SciFanSat#2WordPrompt

— aran (@AranPotente) September 11, 2021

Staying connected to loved ones is now as easy as saying "Hello." Introducing our newest FTL technology, the Sunbeam Ansible. The SA is small enough to fit in your ear and is cute as a quark. #SciFanSat (beam)

— Irene 💫 (@_Irene_Dreams_) September 11, 2021

Waves break along the #shore
splintering like glass
The lighthouse's #beam, swallowed by untold darkness#Nabthe's hand in mine is cold & clammy
"I don't want to go back"
"You must. It's where you belong"
I weep as he silently fades#vss365 #AchtenWrite #SciFanSat #satsplat pic.twitter.com/cohpG22AgQ

— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 🍒 (@debbieiancu) September 11, 2021

Through the canopy of leaves, beams of light in yellow-green, the color of cats' eyes in the shadows.#SciFanSat #beam

— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) September 11, 2021

A single beam of light illuminates the shore beneath the midnight skies. You look up expecting to see the moon, but there is no moon, just that shaft of light amidst the darkness, shining off into eternity. #vss365 #SciFanSat #satsplat

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) September 11, 2021

During the dark, when the guilt gnawed, I took to walking the #shore. It was how I saw it—a laser sharp beam—piercing down into the restless sea.
It began with the fishermen. They'd return pale and tight-lipped, more each day, till the boats remained docked. #vss365#scifansat

— John Everex (@EverexJohn) September 11, 2021

#SciFanSat
Pocket dimensions, #beams of light spun threads of time unravelling. The Devil guy fell flat on his face, laughter descended from above, slightly mad but satisfying. Just another end of the world sale, so can I get your support… Smile, the aliens are about to land..

— Kimberly (@bionicanadian) September 11, 2021

Laser beam eyes cut
through steel, cyclops gave up
heroism long
ago, professional welder
is a less stressful career. #poetry #tanka #SaturdayVibes #SciFanSat

— Māku (@MarkoSGata) September 11, 2021

Village legend said the chosen one would be illuminated by a beam of light on the shore. Each day, she waited for them in the sand-strewn breeze to no avail. That day, she knew time was up. She’d have to save them herself. The light reached for her as she left. #vss365 #scifansat

— Laura A. Barton (@Laura_Barton) September 11, 2021

Marooned on an icy shore of uninhabited tundra. Ship was hit w/ an energy beam, source unknown. Provisions are decent and ship's power cells are intact, but repair is tenuous. I hesitate to invoke my antipoetic emotional review of the situation…#vss365 #bravewrite #SciFanSat

— Occam Razor (@BeKindHumans) September 11, 2021

They came promising salvation after we had made the Earth unlivable, but couldn’t help us all. They told us to choose, which worked about as well as you could have expected, so we cast lots to be beamed up. When the day came, I watched the #beam immolate the 'winners.' #SciFanSat

— Scurra Ignavus (@ScurrasFolly) September 11, 2021

Though the light still shines bright, decay slowly sets in like the announcement of dusk when a natural day took 24 hours: a beam of darkness appears like a stain on a white piece of cloth.#SciFanSat #SciFiSat #SlapDashSat

— Dunglish (@EdHaiku575) September 11, 2021

39.5 light-years, and the radio beam was still tight enough to focus on a 50-m-wide spot just off the shore.
So we couldn't listen in on it, but when the ocean turned black and started rising, we realized what it was.
A kill switch.#scifansat #satsplat #vss365 #SlapDashSat

— Paul Briggs (@paulproofreader) September 11, 2021