Old bones hold memories. A cyclone of intrigue bears down upon the shore of time. All worlds are included in the calling as we hunker on the beach, reciting ancient rhymes. #SciFanSat #SciFiFri #vss365 #FromOneLine #poetry pic.twitter.com/PNOSgiJFeU
— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) July 9, 2022
#SciFanSat
— Kimberly (@bionicanadian) July 8, 2022
Imagination got away from me started penning stories about darkness & earth it's locus to exist in. The #intrigue of it kept me curious, so I let my pen midnight words. Turns out those ideas took, my bad. So sorry, please forgive me. Think I'll stick with poetry!
He had traveled two star systems. Yet a question remained.
— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) July 9, 2022
"What took you so long?"
"There were obstacles. Some folks don't think that a mercenary should marry the Chancellor's daughter."
I kissed him. No elaborate #intrigue or conspiracy would keep us apart.#SciFanSat #satsplat
“The worst intrigue I’ve faced? The Jester Assassin, m’lady.”
— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) July 9, 2022
She smiles. “Killing jokes?”
“No. Puns,” the old advisor said. “Death by disgust!”
“Ghastly. How did you ever survive?”
“I’m hard of hearing,” he nodded. “It was a near-deaf experience.”#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt
The forest floor erupts as if harried by a cyclone: dead leaves and pine needles fill the air around me. Slowly it reveals a silvern shape, tenuous and indistinct.
— Danielle Ste. Just (@DanielleSteJust) July 9, 2022
“The palace intrigue is not about your brother,” it whispers, “it’s you they want to kill.”#vss365 #SciFanSat
"It's just empty desert out there," they said.
— A.L. MacDonald (@A_L_MacDonald) July 9, 2022
I was #intruiged by the dust storm skipping across the sand. I could see the shadowy outlines of – buildings? I grabbed my hat.
They were wrong. She was out there, a siren of the #cyclone city.#vss365 #vsspic #satsplat #scifansat pic.twitter.com/ndNDPicAn0
He who can tame the intrigue of the winds is powerful wizard indeed, for his is the power of the cyclone and the knowledge whispered on the breeze. #SciFanSat #vss365 #scifisat
— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) July 9, 2022
Always was an unusual kid, alone in my thoughts. That night, i turn down invites of stolen liquor and midnight kisses, choosing to walk under the stars. When i first see it—a thin #cyclone descending from space—intrigue and fear wrestle like rats in my stomach.#vss365#scifansat
— John Everex (@EverexJohn) July 9, 2022
#SciFanSat
— aran (@AranPotente) July 9, 2022
Quite dependable his scientific advisor never sowed #intrigue nor pushed him in harm's way until recently. Surviving a #cyclone scare the man withdrew to himself, his ghastly behavior bordered on the extreme, an ally no more but a dangerous rogue.#vss365#2WordPrompt
I'm not much of a diplomat, the captain said. Why me?
— Voima Oy (@voimaoy) July 9, 2022
Don't you love the intrigue of first contact, said the snake-girl as she wrapped herself around him. #SciFanSat #intrigue #revised
She was coy. He was intrigued. 1 day she'd form a heart in his latte & other days, she was aloof. He awaited a day w/a heart topped latte. He asked her out & romance bloomed. Married for 15yrs, there'd be morning coffee w/a heart, other days there'd be none. #Satsplat #SciFanSat
— Rick Milone (@rwmilone) July 9, 2022
The planet #Peliub is wrapped in a #cyclone. A nest of interplanetary #intrigue, rogue operatives and bad descisions.
— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad – is done editing Tar&Bone (@debbieiancu) July 9, 2022
A mistake waiting to happen.
I'd sworn never to return here, and broken my promise time and time again…
For her. #vss365 #SciFanSat #satsplat #Achtenwrite pic.twitter.com/E5iWyUNVhm
Billy disappeared while riding the #Cyclone. Never came out of the tunnel. I knew we’d never find him because a fox came to me in a dream. Said Billy was with them, living a life of adventure and intrigue. Lucky him. I just hope they open the rollercoaster.#SciFanSat #vss365
— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) July 9, 2022
The Empire's master AI used fleet deployments and devious intrigues to steer the cyclone of war into enemy space.
— Paul Briggs (@paulproofreader) July 9, 2022
Its counterpart responded in kind.
Every spy mission was a flirtation.
Every battle a kiss.
Which would be on top in the end?#satsplat #scifisat #scifansat #vss365
"Do not listen," he said, "to that #ghastly woman! She will #intrigue you with tales of magic, but you'll just get a #cyclone of #necromancy!"
— That Burnt Writer 🇺🇦 (@ThatBurntWriter) July 9, 2022
"Oh shut up you over-bloated %$!&wit," said #GrumpySwearyFairy.
"Ribbit," said the #advisor.#vss365 #2WordPrompt #vssmagic #scifansat pic.twitter.com/z65Hof7xfT
His archaic intellect. That's what #intrigued her most. When he materialized out of a #cyclone of molecules in her new teleporter ("Now Travel thru Time AND Space!") she expected a fun fling. How quickly he stole her heart with his 20th century mind! #satsplat #vss365 #scifansat
— Tasha Lyn (@RnRwordpress) July 9, 2022
#SciFanSat "Oh wow, that light is intriguing!" Matt smiled.
— Alex (أليكس) ☪ ✝ 🌻 (@A22523) July 9, 2022
"Yeah, it's so orange! Maybe it's another planet!" Tiny dino-dragon Peculiarexus grinned.
"Ooh, maybe!" Matt gasped. "Ow, my eyes hurt!"
Jessie walked in and sighed. "It's a streetlamp, guys. Stop staring at it."
Histo-scientists are intrigued about the mysterious narcolepsy pandemic that wiped out over 95% of humanity in the 21st century.
— Luis (@napperluis) July 9, 2022
Statements are dramatic:
"We don’t have the means to find the cure, we cannot stay awake to find it."
"The end is near."
"Help us, please!"#SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/feRkMmc3Er
Alien intrigue
— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) July 9, 2022
A fresh, unique perspective
Your eyes see wonders
You give me new eyes
Intriguing visions abound
Once veiled realms, now mine
Wild gamut of sights
My eyes search the spatial depths
An intrigue of worlds#SciFanSat #intrigue#SciFaikuSaturday #eye #SciFi pic.twitter.com/PcDxLx83iS
Adam’s sits ramrod straight, peering into the night. I've no doubt he sees things out there that I can’t, but I don't ask. Instead, I focus my own vision, studying shadows and faint moonlight, waiting for the spectacle that has so intrigued him #SciFanSat #SciFiSat #SlapDashSat
— Jen Anderson (@jenanderson731) July 9, 2022
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 07.09.2022 “Intrigue” 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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