“I am the sorcerous superhero, Man-Drake.”
— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) January 15, 2022
“I was expecting more Cumberbatch, and less Howard the Duck.”
“Note the hyphen.”
“A curse?”
“A fowl secret identity spell.”
“Can you use it on me?”
“Why?”
“I shoot adhesive ribbons; I could be Duck-Tape!”#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt
We're the weathermakers, shoot our best thoughts to the sky.
— Jenny Gaitskell (@JennyGaitskell) January 15, 2022
Honest hopes bring sunnydays. Meditations become snow.
Those who duck under umbrellas will never know: there's sweetest truth in the rainfall.#SciFanSat #TurningThePhrase
A brand new world
— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) January 15, 2022
We praised our luck
Old one a mess
Drowned in nuclear muck
Prayed for no aliens
That would really suck
Settled in for the night
Till something ran amok
We heard quacking
A gigantic weird #duck
Giant eggs rained on us
Someone shouted, Oh ___#satsplat#SciFanSat
The smell of sweet death ravages our strange town. A corpse flower stays abloom in every home, crying dark droplets that make the dirt bioluminescent; & a weekly rainfall has been unearthing truths buried overnight. Duck—lest a dollop descends your head. #SciFanSat #horrorprompt
— Lexi Lefevre (@LexiIsAWriter) January 15, 2022
You will not notice as
— Anna✨💫✨ (@annaburnswriter) January 15, 2022
She #ducks out of view
Hidden in the darkness
Yet still she tracks you
Comprised of night's shadows
Too late her #serenade
Notes of defeat on your tongue
Delivered by her blade#vss365 #SciFanSat
Image: Fabian Schmidt pic.twitter.com/yuK1CYRYgG
We are willing to pay the price. Never ducking our responsibilities. When the second star entered our system we knew the third planet was doomed. The entire fleet is tasked to transport every human to another Earth, 15 light years away. Wish us luck.#SciFanSat #duck pic.twitter.com/MttrFVi2jz
— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) January 15, 2022
Like mandarin ducks, they paired for life. How tender their love. How glorious their adventures! Now, she swims alone among the stars. #SciFanSat #duck
— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) January 15, 2022
With a thrill of recognition the cosmos ducked, making room for a rogue universe to pass.
— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) January 15, 2022
The multiverse serenaded it with boos and cried “watch where you’re going!”
The galaxies rearranged their stars confounding scientists on multiple worlds.#SciFanSat #FromOneLine #vss365
The #identity parade was a mishmash of farmyard animals.
— Fizzy-AllSortsOfAllSorts (@Fizzytwizler) January 15, 2022
Tho’ I knew who the culprit was, the threatening death #note, warned me to pick #Duck; being the chicken I was—I did.
In the distance racoon sniggered away…the free bandit he really was.
#scifansat #2WordPrompt
Engine crippled
— A.L. MacDonald (@A_L_MacDonald) January 15, 2022
Sitting #duck
The planet reared
We fell into
Our last escapade
An ion ripple
Lamented luck
Torn magnetosphere
We became
Plasma #serenade#vss365#Satsplat#SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/tFenH6fvin
He would #duck under anything out of sight or hide under the covers but her hair-raising #serenade would still make him quiver. Her identity unknown his family inherited her ghost, a note unsurprisingly the former house owner failed to inform them.#vss365#SciFanSat#2WordPrompt
— aran (@AranPotente) January 15, 2022
Sometimes work is fun. In Off-World Customs line on a privately owned planet with an overnight bag housing a featherless duck named Carl.
— Occam Razor (@BeKindHumans) January 15, 2022
Agent: "What's in the bag?"
Me: "The salvation of the universe."
Agent: "I'm gonna need you to step out of line."
Yep.#bravewrite #SciFanSat
We follow its progress by tracking the duck #serenade, the panicked squawking and sudden whirr of wings moving relentlessly toward us. Sitting among the reeds, we catch our breath.
— John Everex (@EverexJohn) January 15, 2022
"I can't run anymore," says gran. She smiles, holds me with her eyes. "You can."#vss365#scifansat
"Shame what happened to that #Jackal."
— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) January 15, 2022
"Not really – he was hunting, and thought that when Bob screamed #duck it was 'cos he was scared."
"I know, but the look on his face when that fifteen foot mallard sat on his head…"
"Yeah, still quacks me up."#scifansat #ConverStory pic.twitter.com/TYs3GcqJxD
Star Duck is grounded
— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) January 15, 2022
Interstellar fuel stations
won’t take our EarthCoin#SciFanSat #duck#SciFaikuSaturday #fuel#SciFiSat#SciFaiku#Haiku#Poetry#SciFi
📷 iStock (modified) pic.twitter.com/ZvuDxISlZD
Sailors must beware of
— Paul Briggs (@paulproofreader) January 15, 2022
The ravenous mermaid
Lest they be lured to drowning by
Her deadly serenade
But what can lure a mermaid?
I had the strangest luck
To see the sirens die in air
Around a quacking duck#vss365#satsplat#scifansat
We duck into a hollow log to observe the tsintaosaurus herd, and I start taking notes on my pad.
— Armond Boudreaux (@armondboudreaux) January 15, 2022
“Data entry?” you say, gesturing at the dinosaurs. “Right now?”
I shrug. “It’s my job.”
You snatch the pad from my hand. “It’s becoming your identity.”#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt
The high pitched #note lingers, echoes rippling. Crystal shatters.
— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 📚📝 (@debbieiancu) January 15, 2022
I #duck as the glass rains transparent shards upon us
The #seranade reveals the visitor's true #identity as his mask dissolves
Terror grips us
He has no face#AchtenWrite #vss365 #SciFanSat #satsplat #2WordPrompt pic.twitter.com/919RCQrJno
The initial obstacle to giant duck flights was getting ducks to follow plans. They didn't like going long distances without other ducks. They also fly much better overnight.
— Fennel (@FennelSteuert) January 15, 2022
The present obstacle is hunters who think human travelers on ducks are fair game. #SciFanSat #BraveWrite
The cosmic duck sped
— Ryan Dowes (@RyanDowes) January 15, 2022
past the orbit of Pluto
heading for Oort cloud#SciFanSat (duck) #SciFaikuSaturday #SciFiSat#haiku #senryu #micropoetry
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 01.15.2022 “Duck” 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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