“Number”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

I leave a #trail of crow feathers from his home to my tomb; every day.

A reminder to forget me not. The #number of weeks days hours, shortening, till we meet again.

For true love never dies, though my body did long ago—just, he came back first. #vss365 #scifansat #satsplat

— Fizzy-ENTissues🤒 (@Fizzytwizler) June 4, 2022

A surprising number of worlds have rain, the old spacer said. Graphite, lava, fire. But only Earth has the smell of rain, and water sparkling like diamonds. #SciFanSat #number

— Voima Oy (@voimaoy) June 3, 2022

When the sky stopped moving; when the constellations ceased their trail; when the earth wobbled on its axis and flung the others to the sky; the gravity of your eyes fixed me to you, as we held hands and counted the number of the stars. #FromOneLine #vss365 #SciFanSat #satsplat

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) June 4, 2022

Trail number one takes you along the luxurious methane sea. Trail number two wanders through fields under liquid iron rain. On trail number three you will enjoy corundum clouds with occasional sapphire and ruby sprinkles. Stay for the sunset!
—Exoplanet Today#vss365 #SciFanSat

— Danielle Ste. Just (@DanielleSteJust) June 4, 2022

My #number was called. The end of my #trail. I picked a sword. I looked up at the doors. They rattled in their metal hinges with the roar of the crowd beyond.

I wondered if she would be watching. I wondered if she would look away at the end.#vss365#scifansat#satsplat#vsspic pic.twitter.com/wFm5mAnqjD

— A.L. MacDonald (@A_L_MacDonald) June 4, 2022

I've made the trip to the edge of the galaxy a #number of times. Usually it's no big deal. I stare out at the darkness. The stars are not flashing by fast enough. I let my mind wander and almost feel your caress. You're so far away, yet so close. I love you.#satsplat #SciFanSat

— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) June 4, 2022

Strange world
beyond the pale

long chill nights
when numbers fail

Ideology and phobia
engender insanity

Ghastly delusion
informs my choice
as I walk along
the trail #vss365 #trail #SciFanSat #numbers
Image – AyhanAkinn pic.twitter.com/EFghWGZTYY

— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) June 4, 2022

#SciFanSat
"State your #number and crime. You, next in-line approach the, Overseer of Time, at light speed. Hurry!"… "Sir, all I did was give the nymphs' scales, possibly the ability to breathe fire, maybe added girth to their mass, and kissed a few princes along the way"…

— Kimberly (@bionicanadian) June 3, 2022

“How can you love an incorporeal being? Can you understand it?”
“Yes! I call her Whisper and think of her as female for my own comfort, but she transcends all that. She took me inside and showed me the #trails of comets and infinite numbers of stars.”#scifansat #satsplat #vss365

— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) June 4, 2022

“All this love, lost in shared dreams we forget.”

She splays six of his fingers. “We’ll keep trying.”

The world fades as he splays four of hers. “Remember.”

He awakens with six fingers out.

Elsewhere, she adds a four to a list. “It’s, a phone number?”#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) June 4, 2022

#SciFanSat
He read the #number on a piece of paper, aware he's in the future following a #trail she left in the past. His drive summoned by fidelity to find lost love wherever she could be.
A creased feature faced him, no other than her in a body time faded.#vss365#2WordPrompt

— aran (@AranPotente) June 4, 2022

Moonlit woods reflect in the boy's eyes, moving slower now. The man-with-no-teeth has driven through the night, the woman-who-hides-her-smile rides shotgun.
And now? Where's this?
He tries to remember his dad's number as they pull onto a rough dirt #trail.#vss365#scifansat

— John Everex (@EverexJohn) June 4, 2022

"#Number Four, pull up, you've got a tail!"

I had fire #trail-ing, and ammo #slink-ing towards zero. Almost unconsciously I reached out to the holo of my #love, #lost in the 1st bombardment.

One last act. I headed for the capital ship.#vss365 #2WordPrompt #vssmagic #scifansat

— That Burnt Writer 🇺🇦 (@ThatBurntWriter) June 4, 2022

Island of hope?
She lived on it, with a number of beings that enjoyed her holding on as they trampled through.
Isles of hope don't stay that way without __, & food chains mostly help what's in top place.
Thank god for whales that let you survive inside them.#slamwords #scifansat

— Fennel (@FennelSteuert) June 4, 2022

The trail of number 13 is always with me. I lived in a house with that number for 13 years and I was 13 when I left it for another house with that number. 13 years later I got my flying certificate into space, there's God's hand in everything I do with 13! #scifansat #vss365

— Ayten Suvak (@SuAy30) June 4, 2022

Diaristic notes
Numbered days of addiction
Deadly soothing spice#SciFanSat #ScifaikuSaturday #BraveWrite

— Rick Milone (@rwmilone) June 4, 2022

I always get called to a scene if anyone senses a trail of magic. I recognised her instantly. And the magic's signature:Mine. It seemed my opposite number had called time on our truce and was setting me up for a fall. Good job I hadn't given away all my tricks. #vss365 #SciFanSat

— Lexikon (@Lexikonical) June 4, 2022

Next up, jump after jump 'til I find a reality where Nerdcore rapper Valley Dick Torian's song Kicking Diaristics is actually a number 1 hit. Jesus cosmic trail to hell lovin Christ my life's stupid. I mean, not a terrible song but existence saving?#vss365 #bravewrite #SciFanSat

— Occam Razor (aka the Truant Memphis nerd) (@BeKindHumans) June 4, 2022

Till I got here, I described music as numbers mixed with feelings.
But in this city soundwaves are sustenance. The experiment nourishes the body—yet messes with the mind.
Feeding on music creates mutations science can’t see. I know it.
Something is wrong with my soul.#SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/HmIxw1hCYL

— Gil Liane (@gil_e_liane) June 4, 2022

Out past sextillion, you start finding numbers that don't follow the rules. Try to divide or subtract from them, and they regain their value as if healing.
Graph these numbers, and they form a sort of trail. There's more than one way to the Infinite.#scifansat #vss365

— Paul Briggs (@paulproofreader) June 4, 2022