“Wrap”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

The time pod #wrap-around-door opened—I fell out, not quite on the ground…damn no gravity.

Stupid coordinates! I was on the moon in a future too far. In the middle of an intergalactic weapons #market;

“Ah! Mr Bond, we’ve been expecting you.”#vss365 #scifansat #satsplat

— Fizzy-MorphedIntoXmas (@Fizzytwizler) December 18, 2021

He thought perhaps she had been human once, before she had begun to #wrap her armour so tightly around her that she had grown into the shape of it. He flinched as she approached his #market stall, all clanking metal & disjointed angles, her features blank. #vss365 #SciFanSat

— Amy Wilson – Micro Moods out now! (@WritesAmy) December 18, 2021

I will wrap you in my love, he said. There was something wrong with his arms. I woke up, tangled in blankets. The others were still sleeping in their dream pods, tentacles waving, colors flashing like lightning in the dark. #SciFanSat #wrap

— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) December 18, 2021

He sits in the same place, orders, eats without seeing. Nobody notices his eyes, the second transparent lids. Finishing, he leaves the package under the table, wraps himself in a scarf, and bustles out into the #market.
Like always, I collect it with his plate.#vss365#scifansat

— John Everex (@EverexJohn) December 18, 2021

Blizzard wind wraps around the house, and in the night she yells at the snowman in her ex-husband’s ugly Christmas sweater.

“Go away!”

Half its head falls away, revealing a human skull.

“No! I k-killed you!” she shivers.

“Last… Christmas…” it rasps.#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) December 18, 2021

In the #market of broken dreams I buy a shawl. Frayed & yellowed, glory days forgotten. Like me
But it's still soft, while I've grown hard..
I #wrap it around my shoulders to warm dark hours plotting revenge on #Valaser
Tonight I will…#vss365 #AchtenWrite #SciFanSat #satsplat pic.twitter.com/KaXYKh6Kkt

— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 📚📝 (@debbieiancu) December 18, 2021

Stars wrap
lonely sky

Love always
finds
way back home

Whispered
with a kiss #SciFanSat #haiku pic.twitter.com/TQwHqmmrqY

— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) December 18, 2021

They're selling moondust at the #market, wrapped in celestial longing.

I buy you some.

Thinking it is edible, you sprinkle it on your cereal. You shine all day and pine all night. #vss365 #SciFanSat

— Ellen✍K (@poeticnihilist) December 18, 2021

wrapped in shades of grey
we ask every sky for sun
receive asteroids

Bright arcs across our all-day dusk. We hawk their meanings like market traders: the storms will end, this world offers hope.

But they mean we're not alone.#SciFanSat #scifaikusaturday #vssnature #vss365

— Jenny Gaitskell (@JennyGaitskell) December 18, 2021

Asteroid shower?
Wrap the ship in styrofoam…
Welp, that didn’t work. #scifaikusatuday #SciFanSat #scifisat

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) December 18, 2021

I've told you my assignments can be as absurd as existence is cruel. The latest: Alphesian Market. Buy replica scroll of Bofurus (pronounced bo-few-russ), wrap in aluminum foil. Bake at 425°. Wait.

Saving a universe is more often stupid than sexy. #scifansat #vss365 #bravewrite

— Occam Razor (@BeKindHumans) December 18, 2021

Magnetic fields #wrap the planet like a flower's petals. The ions drawn in by them put on a dazzling display as photons are discharged. It makes the aurora look quaint. The fields are aligning which will set the darkness of space afire and also hide our strike force. #SciFanSat

— Scurra Ignavus (@ScurrasFolly) December 18, 2021

Gaudy lips followed in silence, shock suffocating the frigid. "Ho ho ho!" the joyful man's voice echoed from the fireplace. "Presents for every child and livers for dear Krampus. Unwrap your gifts while he unravels the naughty with a hatchet." #vssChristmas #vssmurder #SciFanSat

— Lexi Lefevre (@LexiIsAWriter) December 18, 2021

She tightened her #wrap across her shoulders. Courage; the door snatched open from her fingertips, crashed against the wall. She stared into the dark abyss beyond.

Just the wind. She clutched the fabric harder, went in.

Behind, the 'wind' slammed the door shut.#SciFanSat

— Titania Tempest (75,378) (@TitaniaTempest) December 18, 2021

"Left him wrapped up in the airlock like a Christmas present, huh? Serves him right. Asshole tell you anything useful?"

"Yeah. Names. You're next."

He grinned, hand resting on his blaster's grip. "That so?"#scifansat#superherosat#badwordsat#scifisat#satsplat#slapdashsat

— Christopher Sleighbell (@christopheresl2) December 18, 2021

“I lived,” Jacklyn breathed, her arms wrapping around her knees. “You’re still here, Jacks. You’re still here. You lived. You did it. You lived. She didn’t get you.”

The words were barely whispers. Breaths. Huffs. #SciFanSat #SkeletonKeyTeaser

— Justine Manzano (@justine_manzano) December 18, 2021

The advancing ship fired. The captain gave the command. I fumbled with sweat at the key pad. Our crew had a brief window to evade with warp.

I entered: "wrap."
The screen blinked: "Unknown command. Enter valid command."#scifansat #wrap

— Beth Cusack (@BethCusack9) December 18, 2021

Passing through the German #Market in his #ugly Christmas #sweater, Derek found the right stall. Inside, a tiny girl saw him, and rolled her three eyes.
"You want your #liver back, I guess?"
"Please."
"Ugh. Let me #wrap it up for you."#vss365 #2WordPrompt #SciFanSat #vssMurder pic.twitter.com/6zKmdWwNbQ

— Jasmine Arden-Brown (@JazArdenBrown) December 18, 2021

Ma wraps Heth’s leg in linen and then gives me the last of our coin.

“Wightheart philter,” she says. “From the market.”

“But the robber knights,” I say.

She grips my arm and shakes me. “Get me that potion tonight, or we burn your brother’s corpse tomorrow.”#vss365 #SciFanSat

— Armond Boudreaux (@armondboudreaux) December 18, 2021

An electronic HOHOHOHOHO rises over the sound of screams.
Damn. The Westdale Market SantaBot's malfunctioning. When I get there, it's got a screaming kid tied up in gift wrap.
NICE NAUGHTY NICE
It reaches into its sack and pulls out…#BadWordSat#satsplat#SciFanSat #vss365

— Paul Briggs (@paulproofreader) December 18, 2021