He wasn’t the usual #suspect; handsome fella wearing a fedora.
— Fizzy-AllSortsOfAllSorts (@Fizzytwizler) April 2, 2022
It was only when a veil of #hail pelted over him that I realized, it was the Time Stealers new disguise.
Following him in, I hadn’t been prepared to see a 10yr old me, staring back. #vss365 #scifansat #Satsplat
“I suspect the quantum flux experiment ran awry,” she ponders.
— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) April 2, 2022
“How so?” he says.
“Typically, I don’t speak or have an advanced physics degree.”
The hamsters exchange nods.
“Hey, wasn’t I human?” he asks.
“You do seem more attractive now, Professor.”#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt
space girl falls
— Jenny Gaitskell (@JennyGaitskell) April 2, 2022
in love with the stars
her first flight
she suspects
that stars shine brightest
when wished for#scifaikusaturday#SciFanSat
When the warp engine started to fail, we headed for the nearest planet to rest up and fix the ship.
— Ellen✍K (@poeticnihilist) April 2, 2022
The terrain was wild, the atmosphere unstable. Freak #hail showers of lava erupted intermittently.
No-one could have suspected foul play bought us here. #vss365 #SciFanSat
The encrypted hail of data surged. The suspecting diplomat busily touched his screen, knowing what they didn't. That this was the end. Hacking codes, he teleported to the hangar deck, stole a fighter, got behind the moon as the first salvo struck the ship.#vss365 #SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/hz9f55Y26Y
— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) April 2, 2022
"All #hail me! My experiment was successful, and I am now… #attractive!"
— That Burnt Writer 🇺🇦 (@ThatBurntWriter) April 2, 2022
They were quiet. I began to #suspect that #harvest-ing body parts to ornament myself might be frowned on upon this backward planet. Damn humans, so confusing…#vss365 #vssmagic #2WordPrompt #scifansat
We’re trained to watch for followers who say #hail too readily, authoritarian behavior on the playground, the beginnings of a tiny mustache.
— Danielle Ste. Just (@DanielleSteJust) April 2, 2022
We must kill any #suspects before their 18th birthday. Such is the life of the Time Traveler Fascism Prevention Corps.#vss365 #SciFanSat
Soft rain fell on the thirsty ground. The landing party didn't know what the biohazard signs meant. They did not suspect the invisible hail of radioactive particles until it was too late. #SciFanSat #suspect
— Voimaoy (@voimaoy) April 2, 2022
The last day began with a #hail storm and laughter; we ran with ice in our hair through petrichor-scented woods. Huddled under a tarp, we missed the darker shapes in the sky, never suspected a reason for the unseasonal weather. We made out as the cities fell.#scifansat#vss365
— John Everex (@EverexJohn) April 2, 2022
Time to leave, before they find the old paintings, the old photos, and #suspect the traveler.
— A.L. MacDonald (@A_L_MacDonald) April 2, 2022
I #hail my ship. At near-light I could go generations ahead in a blink. I looked at her photograph. I could go as far forward as I wanted. But never back.#vss365#satsplat#scifansat
#SciFanSat
— aran (@AranPotente) April 2, 2022
It wasn't an attractive sight: the holes on the wall emphasized the #hail of bullets was just a warning that if his experiment failed he'd join his late colleagues in the afterlife.#Suspect he did he's expendable, merely postponing the inevitable.#vss365#2WordPrompt
Professor Hawking discovers the reason for disappearing wormholes.
— Denise Carruthers (@CattyKoala) April 1, 2022
He travels back in time to send us word as
to whom is responsible.
He vanishes before unveiling the culprit.
The early birds are prime suspect.#SciFanSat ~suspect~
Suspect the sly Fox
— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) April 2, 2022
Star constellations falling
Don’t hail their coming!#SciFanSat #suspect#HaikuChallenge #fox#ScifaikuSaturday #fall#VSS365 #hail#SciFiSat#SciFaiku#Haiku#Poetry#SciFi#PoetryCommunity#WritingCommunity
📷 Pixabay | elvina1332 pic.twitter.com/MaRpWlKMKz
"I #suspect we are going to have an interesting conversation, my time-traveling friend," taunted the commander.
— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) April 2, 2022
I whispered to my crewmate,
"I wouldn't be so cocky if I were him. This traveler came from the future. He must have some tricks up his sleeve."#satsplat#SciFanSat
'I've been looking at the data, thinking about #velocity, mass etc and I #suspect the sun has exploded.'
— Latte Thinking (@lattethinking) April 2, 2022
'Aha, I looked at the sky and there was a massive fireball and now complete darkness. I know the sun exploded. The better question is what now?'#vss365 #SciFanSat
"Time travel, again? I feel like we've done this"
— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad – finished book 2 🧁📚 (@debbieiancu) April 2, 2022
"It's because we have, #Kedreth. I #suspect we're caught in a time loop"
"It was the radioactive #hail. Since the reactor blew it's been nothing but three headed deer & time loops"#vss365 #SciFanSat #Achtenwrite #Satsplat pic.twitter.com/Z7lJ1jFcOi
The dog zooms around the library on four articulated legs with wheels. There is a toppled plant on the floor. I suspect a hit-and-run. No matter. The orphaned children love their emotional support dog. #SciFanSat
— Irene 💙🌻🇺🇦🙏 (@_Irene_Dreams_) April 2, 2022
#scifansat "suspect"#satsplat "time travel"#slapdashsat #scifisat
— Pontius Paiva (@pontiuspaiva) April 2, 2022
Many came to welcome back the first person to exceed the cosmic speed limit. The space cadet's betrothed and infant daughter weren’t among them. He suspected as much when he was greeted by his great-grandson. pic.twitter.com/WKHyW8zwi9
The criminal always returns to the scene of the crime. And if he can move through time…
— Paul Briggs (@paulproofreader) April 2, 2022
I follow the suspect through the wormhole to a dark street. Good news—I'm about to catch him in the act.
Bad news—he must come here a lot. There's hundreds of him.#satsplat #scifansat
She camped out on the hill a month ago.
— Fennel (@FennelSteuert) April 2, 2022
You were supposed to meet her, down from the settlement in which she's barred.
2 weeks in she wondered if she just hoped. Hope..so suspect.
Atop the hill, she's shivered watching fools come & go & a dragon fill the sky.#SciFanSat #writemap
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 04.02.2022 “Suspect” 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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