Ground tremors—buzzing in the air.
— Fizzy-AllSortsOfAllSorts (@Fizzytwizler) February 12, 2022
An alien swarm, are trying to bring a war of #attrition around the NASA compound.
As the army looks on, a woman with a big #hive hairstyle appears outside; raises her hands & shouts “Stop”, the swarm freeze. #vss365 #SciFanSat#Satsplat
A bee alights on the boy’s finger as he faces the robber knight. “Beware, the hive’s bravest warrior is my ally.”
— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) February 12, 2022
A sword rises to strike the beekeeper’s son, but a buzzing enters the knight’s helm through its visor.
He screams as his eyes are stung.#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt
The station looked like an enormous wasp nest, ships hovering in and out like insects. The voice on the comm greeted us in a chorus of hive-mind—Welcome strangers! Join us, join us….#SciFanSat #hive
— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) February 12, 2022
A mile inside the hive, our tracker fails. Jones tells us to press on anyway.
— Armond Boudreaux (@armondboudreaux) February 11, 2022
Vincent elbows me and lowers his voice. “Think this jewel will be worth—”
He lets out a choked sound as pair of ragged mandibles encircles his throat from behind.#SciFanSat #SatSplat
In a Mother Dimension
— Edward V. Fuller (@fuller_edward) February 12, 2022
you must hide at first
in her hexagonal universe
Borrow her thoughts
Siphon her time
Eat her nourishment
Occupy her mind
Earn her charity
By #attrition
survive
Repay your Queen
when you join her #hive
Busily
Buzz along
with her throng#vss365#SciFanSat
The human commander, trapped deep inside the hive, considered the queen’s terms: to bee, or not to bee. #SciFanSat #scifisat
— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) February 12, 2022
The spell was pure accident. It morphed the planet into a giant hive. The atmosphere actually thickened, so that the wings everyone was sprouting would support them in flight. Much larger flowers were engorged with nectar and pollen. It was suddenly a bees' world.#SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/EtKh9HLu40
— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) February 11, 2022
I watch them leave, a black swarm of mini-drones, a hive-mind AI. They murmurate like birds, flocking upwards toward the metropolis.
— John Everex (@EverexJohn) February 12, 2022
The generals call this #attrition.
I know another name.
One remains, rotor twisted. It senses me, unsheathing its toxin stinger.#scifansat#vss365
#SciFanSat
— aran (@AranPotente) February 12, 2022
Theirs was a constant #attrition, a robber to robber conflict w/c often began w/ the smallest of things. The way a visor was worn once heated an argument leading to the quarrel where to #hive away their stash.
The police later solved their problem.#vss365#2WordPrompt
"You," thundered the judge, "have shown zero #attrition. Let it be known that The #Moonstone #Robber will never see freedom again! Guards! Let us see his face."
— That Burnt Writer (@ThatBurntWriter) February 12, 2022
They raised his #visor, and the #hive mind flowed forth, stripping flesh.#vss365 #vssmagic #2WordPrompt #SciFanSat
Old timers told stories with the nostalgia of a Super 8 film. The way it was back when.
— Irene 💙 (@_Irene_Dreams_) February 12, 2022
And there were horror stories. Dystopian. Sawmills & beehive burners. Smelters & tanneries. Environmental collapse.
The way it almost was.#SciFanSat (hive)
#SatSplat #vss365 #SciFanSat
— Alex (أليكس) ☪ ✝ – ? (@A22523) February 12, 2022
Maria held her plasma gun&peeked over the wall at the hive of zombie aliens. Just beyond it was her ship.
She paused & closed her eyes.
Direct attack or weaken them via attrition?
She shrugged, opened her eyes, took a deep breath,&leapt into action.
We approached knowing that each step led to the unknown. They had warned us. Don't get near the #hive-s.
— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) February 12, 2022
Our bellies were empty. Yes, it was alien honey, but we agreed it was worth the risk. Nothing moved. Bravado spurred us on. Then the buzzing began.#satsplat#SciFanSat
On trash day, she stepped out into what seemed like a storm, then realized. The sky was dark with wasps. The old van near the dumpster had been ensconced by an enormous #hive.
— Meg Frye (@Meg_Frye) February 12, 2022
Thr swarm approached her. Trash splattered.#SciFanSat #satsplat
The bees exited the #hive and disappeared through a crack in the floor.
— Danielle Ste. Just (@DanielleSteJust) February 12, 2022
The law of #attrition states that this ruin was built during the pirate king’s reign.
I wedged my fingers underneath the slate and lifted. A tunnel!
The smell of treasure wafted up.#SciFanSat #vss365
Bionic bees bolt from a comb
— Beth Cusack (@BethCusack9) February 12, 2022
"It's a hive," declares Frankenstein.
#SciFanSat #hive
The round tunnel walls arched over the pupil of unknown ahead of me. In the darkness a steady #attrition of courage slowed my steps.
— A.L. MacDonald (@A_L_MacDonald) February 12, 2022
Amazing how regular the walls were. Almost as if they were –
A hum rushed toward me.
A #hive.
It was awake.#vss365#satsplat#SciFanSat
Anne weakly put on her helmet then bristled at someone else's thought:
— Fennel (@FennelSteuert) February 12, 2022
In folktales people wander with baskets of cheese.
Anne nodded. They needed more too.
She did it. She hacked energy from the hive.
In the hall footsteps bounded up the stairwell.#366FF #satsplat #scifansat
The lack of regular sleep pattern
— DW Keene (@Dragonandelf) February 12, 2022
The driving dream seeking
Demand & roll a self induced
Attrition upon the fragile body
Would it be thinned by
The addition of a hive mind?
Or broken by control?
No one answers#vss365 #attrition#SciFanSat #hive
I slogged across the treacherous terrain, clinging to shrubs & twisted trees, that somehow persevered despite the #attrition, the way I clung to hope
— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 📚📝 (@debbieiancu) February 12, 2022
I knew #Meece was in the #hive
But I didn't know if he was still alive – or uncorrupted#vss365 #AchtenWrite #SciFanSat #satsplat pic.twitter.com/0D3oK2I5CV
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 02.12.2022 “Hive” 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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