“Trance”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

Sky spilling
rays of trance
Water and stone
the perfect dance
Island marks
the distance. #SciFanSat #trance pic.twitter.com/Efi8wuPQGt

— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) November 13, 2021

The alien placed his hand on the strange contraption and entered into a #trance. We grew impatient as he remained that way for quite some time. When he awoke from his catatonic state, he appeared sad.
"I could not repair it. You are all stuck in this realm."#satsplat #SciFanSat

— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) November 13, 2021

I blame myself. She didn’t want to touch the Ouija board but we needed a fourth and I persuaded her. After, it was as if she was in a #trance, she wouldn’t speak no matter how I #implored her. She spoke today but I could swear I heard someone else’s voice. #vss365 #SciFanSat

— Amy Wilson (@WritesAmy) November 13, 2021

#vss365#scifansat

"Welcome to the Palace of Dreams." I'm ushered to my cubicle.

Others nearby drool in a #trance. With one exception.

A young woman. From beneath a crown of thorns, tired eyes #implore me to do something.

Can't shake it without a Conduit. I jack in and dance. pic.twitter.com/B8CtsJ34a8

— John Tannhauser (@JohnTannhauser) November 13, 2021

Desperate for that beach bod? Say goodbye to painful workouts and say hello to TrainerPod!

TrainerPod couples DreamState tech with an EStimulation Rig to give you an amazing workout—all while you dream comfortably in a trance state!

Wake up to the new you!#SatSplat #SciFanSat

— Armond Boudreaux (@armondboudreaux) November 12, 2021

I watched the #titan king fall in ‘33. Now, six years to the day, I stand in a trance of terror where the thirty-foot ape faced the biplanes.

His kin climb for me as Manhattan #burns below.

The king had a kingdom, and mankind was no match for it.#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) November 13, 2021

I walk the spirit roads, the healer said.
Tell my wife I love her, said the captain.
She fell into a trance, a smile on her face. Your wife is waiting for you, she said, holding a striped shell.
Thank you, said the captain. It's from the beach where we met. #SciFanSat #trance

— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) November 13, 2021

Against a technologically-advanced foe, defeat forced his surrender. But #implore he would not to a titan eager to burn him to ashes, his submission no less a #trance-like existence, a slave for life.
No more bargaining but death, his honor intact.#vss365#SciFanSat#2WordPrompt

— aran (@AranPotente) November 13, 2021

The alien gurgled wetly—horrible laughter—licked long fingers and stroked its face. Such a repulsive, arrogant creature.

“You put your population in a #trance. How?”
“This. It’s called TV.”

Silence

I started to explain, but it said, “Quiet, I'm watching.”#SciFanSat

— Kevin Gooden (@kevingooden) November 13, 2021

The road soon loses its veneer, the truck bouncing over ruts and scars. Her eyes remain fixed, trance-like, as she grips the wheel. I trace her profile, #implore her to stop, but she's stubborn.
My fingers caress the subcutaneous tracker. They know where I am.#scifansat#vss365

— John Everex (@EverexJohn) November 13, 2021

I know it sounds improbable but this new virus jumps from electronic devices to humans, puts them in an eternal trance, as you see here now with your son. #Implore all you like, he won't wake up or snap out of it.

There is no cure. #vss365 #SciFanSat

— Ellen✍K (@poeticnihilist) November 13, 2021

"I #implore-d 'im," she cried,"I know it was a #dare,but 'e got on the #boat as if in a #trance,paid Charon…"

"Don't fret," said #GrumpySwearyFairy. "That's actually Sharon from bingo. I'll get her to bring the &%*$ing idiot back Friday."#vss365 #vssmagic #vssdaily #scifansat pic.twitter.com/762sU7OG86

— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) November 13, 2021

android in a trance
implores its unknown makers
to reveal themselves#SciFanSat #vss365 🤖

— Jenny Gaitskell (@JennyGaitskell) November 13, 2021

Zeke stares at the cursive writing like it's alien, almost in trance, as if the words implore stillness. I'm certain 'Jimmy Loves Heather' was intended as a clear cut message but…ahhh…never mind. It's not the words. He's lost in thought.#bravewrite #scifansat #VSS365

— Occam Razor (@BeKindHumans) November 13, 2021

My new exhibit Imp/Lore represents the marriage or art and technology. Building off Duchamp’s multimedia installations, it puts the visitor into a sort of hypnotic trance where they can experience the art exactly as it exists in my head.#vss365 #scifansat #Satsplat pic.twitter.com/7t8mxGHhm4

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) November 13, 2021

"Come on you stupid piece of junk"
I #implore my printer. "I just need one page"
"OK" the screen flashes at me.
I stare at it as if in a #trance. Did it just speak to me?
ONE CONDITION. HOOK ME UP WITH THAT SWEET NEW LAMINATOR#vss365 #SciFanSat #satsplat pic.twitter.com/S1pGpIjGX9

— 🤩 Debbie is 25/50k Nano21🍒 (@debbieiancu) November 13, 2021

A whisper of dusk
A tangle of evening colours#Imploring the night
To come alive
We dance under her skies
Sunk deep in a #trance
As we howl at the moon#vss365 #SciFanSat

— Anna✨💫✨ (@annaburnswriter) November 13, 2021

#vss365 #SciFanSat
I know you think they're friends, but you're in a #trance. You hear the music and see the beautiful smiles and you fall under their spell. I'm not sure what they want, but they want something and it's going to be the end of us.
Wake up.
I #implore you, wake up!

— AllOneWord (@AllOneWord5) November 13, 2021

Bloodshot. Traces of a #trance. Around the iris of his eyes. A click. The bright light gone. Her. She. Looking. Into him. He. "And you don't remember anything?" He shook his head. "No. Not even a name. Who am I?" She sighed. "Fact is. We don't know who or… what!"#scifansat

— SteVe🔥emBer (@PatchieSteve) November 13, 2021

The man never glanced up from his tablet.
'I'm required to say if you go through our machine, for years it will be like you're living in a trance. OK with that, miss?'
She nodded. 'Maybe the Gloom will glance at me then & eat its heart out.'
'You wouldn't care.'#366FF #SciFanSat

— Fennel (@FennelSteuert) November 13, 2021