warning in small print
— Jenny Gaitskell (@JennyGaitskell) October 23, 2021
as with any new genesplice
risk of mutation
You cower at first sight of your snout; you only wanted to look more innocent. #SciFaikuSaturday #whistpr#SciFanSat #vssnature #vss365
“You disgust me,” the lieutenant says to his squad.
— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) October 23, 2021
They continue to cower under the couch.
“If they want us to do stealth shrink covert eliminations,” one grumbles, “we need weapons that kill more than humans, Sir.”
The cat paws under the couch again.#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt
Remember when we would cower behind the billboards, hiding from the surveillance drones while the traffic flew by overhead? One time you found a stash of peanut butter, and we all had bread. #SciFanSat #cower
— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) October 23, 2021
#vss365 #SciFanSat
— AllOneWord (@AllOneWord5) October 23, 2021
This is the house I was born in; the only home I've known. From the garden I see darkness over the hill, but you, with the #innocence of youth, only see the sky beyond. You don't #cower at invisible dragons, like we've always done, you fly past them and escape.
I hear his #shallow breaths as he #cower-s.
— Fizzy-pumpkin mummying around (@Fizzytwizler) October 23, 2021
I see confusion on his face; my sudden appearance from the night sky.
But it’s the fact that I look just like him, puts fear in his eyes—just before I land him one fatal blow to the head, with my metal arm. #scifansat #vssmurder
They #cower before the #Olsomtum professing their #innocence
— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 🍒 (@debbieiancu) October 23, 2021
If only I believed them
"Unleash the anteaters"
A snicker, "I'm sorry what?"
"Is that not terrifying enough?" I roar. "Get the sloth"
*Laughs intensify*
"Fine. Puppies it is"#AchtenWrite #vss365 #SciFanSat #satsplat pic.twitter.com/jrEyEycUQv
The monomania
— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) October 23, 2021
of monstrosity
Flavoured concern
turned to scented cowering
A blur of innocence
fallen before
the zealotry of art
Bells ring across
the midnight forest
Blood spills
in the scry
of flattering sparks#vss365 #SciFiFri#SciFanSat #Poetry pic.twitter.com/MhczFAwGQk
Warnings from the sky
— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) October 23, 2021
Cower underground we did
The youngest survived#SciFanSat #cower#SciFaikuSaturday #warning#SciFaiku#Haiku#Poetry#SciFi
📷 pixabay pic.twitter.com/mn0k5iMuFM
In the beginning, a terror so great even the nascent, innocent universe recognized it as evil. But creation did not cower, it fled, into the unknown, beyond reality, at speeds of which it should not be capable, for ever and always, until the end of time.#vss365 ##SciFanSat
— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) October 23, 2021
People cast down their eyes and cower before me as I ride through the streets, victorious once again.
— Ellen✍K (@poeticnihilist) October 23, 2021
I have come to claim my prize, but as I reach for you, your veil slips and eyes full if #innocence stare up at me.
You are not afraid. And suddenly, I am.#vss365 #SciFanSat
He's cornered; his stealth defeated.
— aran (@AranPotente) October 23, 2021
To #cower in fear & plead #innocence, couching it in a manner he'd be believed, could postpone the inevitable.
His pursuers listened, his accounts contrary to what they're told.
"It's true. Wipe out his memory."#vss365#SciFanSat#2WordPrompt
If I may humblebrag, or just brag, really, I never cower to Bob. Show respect, sure. Grovel? Fuck that. My innocence is clear. Your innocence is clear. We are pawns, blessed end results of nature's grand scheme. Ope, there's my portal. Time to go.#vss365 #bravewrite #SciFanSat
— Occam Razor (@BeKindHumans) October 23, 2021
#SciFaikuSaturday #warning #Scifaiku #haiku #scifi #SciFanSat #cower
— Hawk&Young (@HawkandYoung) October 23, 2021
warning klaxons rang
a Captain cowers not, for
he loves his ship most
Seeking cover, we cower beneath the deadfall. I grip his hand, feel his demise, follow the tremble of his face.
— John Everex (@EverexJohn) October 22, 2021
"Remember that night? The #café?" he says.
I nod, avoid the memory's tenderness.
Then we hide.
A scyth-bot hovers, and in fixed silence, he slips away.#scifansat#cafe
It entered as a creak in the attic.
— Scott Leminski (@ScottLeminski) October 23, 2021
"It's only this old house," they said.
Closer it came, little by little. Hangers chimed in closets.
They dismissed it as drafts.
Its shadow bled into the halo of lights, no further.
"There are batteries if the generator fails."#SciFanSat cower
Marble columns crashed against marble floors Innocence was a hard taskmaster for a man w/a dragon who thought he was the size & shape of a hound It was only when Drog saw him cower away from the falling statue that he stopped wriggling w/pleasure#vss365#SciFanSat#vssnature
— DW Keene (@Dragonandelf) October 23, 2021
She cowers a lot, waiting for small people with outsized tech to use it thus.
— Fennel (@FennelSteuert) October 23, 2021
The phantasm virus never affects that tech.
But it messes with the holograph of her AI friend Sonny. For her, Sonny's been glitching into H fields nearby with outsized looks of pain.#366FF #SciFanSat
He cowered on the stoop, his back against the door, ears ringing from the gunshots. When he dared to open his eyes, a scream rose in his throat. Gone was the pleasant yard, the white brick neighborhood, his home. All around him lay rubble & rock #SciFanSat #SciFiSat #SlapDashSat
— Jen Anderson (@jenanderson731) October 23, 2021
I can smell them board my ship. My nostrils tingle at the scent of their adrenaline. I hate that I must #cower in silence, but patience is necessary for the safety of my family.
— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) October 23, 2021
The first one enters the hatchery. I shoot out my tongue and make of him a tasty treat.#SciFanSat
The galaxy cowers in the farthest corner of the universe. A gem! A beauty!
— Anathea N. Krrill #FBPE (@AnatheaKrrill) October 23, 2021
I hold my breath to not disturb the sacred peace emanating from its pulsing arms.
BoomBoom… I cloose my eyes and feel the heartbeat of the cosmos.#SciFanSat #scifi #AmWritingScifi
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 10.23.2021 “Cower” 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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