“Entrance”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

The #entrance to AA for Aliens (Addicts Anonymous) was making me #tense.

I don’t know why, I mean I’m not an addict.

That’s why I bet my latest 2 seater UFO on them telling me so on the very first day, today—with my best friend. #vss365 #scifansat #satsplat

— Fizzy-AllsortsOfAllsorts (@Fizzytwizler) July 30, 2022

"I know the #entrance to the portal is here."
We looked at the smooth cave wall, then at each other. Someone whispered, "He's delusional. Too many days in zero gravity has finally fried his brain."
We were about to leave when a section of the wall shimmered.#SciFanSat #satsplat

— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) July 30, 2022

The commander’s boots clicked as she made her grand entrance. She expected to see lust for adventure in the troopers’ eyes, but their faces were #tense. “Why are they not eager?”she asked her attaché. He looked askance at her.
“Blood. Pain. Death. Ring a bell?”#SciFanSat #vss365

— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) July 30, 2022

You may see a brown tabby cat lounging by the subway entrance. In reality, I am a portal guardian, I watch who comes and goes. Some are heading home in the evening. Others are going beyond the end of the line.#SciFanSat #entrance

— Voima Oy (@voimaoy) July 30, 2022

Archways honeycomb the non-Euclidean ruin.

“R’lyehian design,” the professor nods.

His daughter steps inside. “Lots of entrances.”

“No, wait—”

Her step exits an archway two stories above him.

“Many exits to a tesseract,” he says. “Only one entrance.”#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) July 30, 2022

It's so #tense, the air is electric. Her #sapphire eyes dance, #entrance; promising a lifetime of #ruin if you #exit now… and exquisite pain if you stay.

She clears her throat and whispers, soft and sultry.

"Make your choice."#vss365 #2WordPrompt #vssmagic #scifansat

— That Burnt Writer 🇺🇦 (@ThatBurntWriter) July 30, 2022

We figured out time travel, sort of. 2 times out of 3, it would work. The trouble was, we didn’t know if the machine would send us to the past or the future, or leave us right here in the present. Standing at the entrance to the portal, it was uncertain, tense.#SciFanSat #vss365

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) July 30, 2022

Tense chameleon
Iconic evil entrance
Rock and Roll plays on #vss365 #tense #SciFanSat #entrance #SciFiFri #evil
Image: Qzzy Osbourne pic.twitter.com/tqQj6olNpQ

— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) July 30, 2022

#SciFanSat
He bolted the #entrance to his house hoping no assault in the offing.
He'd face #ruin once his creditors discovered they were duped, no graceful exit to speak of.
Waiting in a #tense room – his convincing power diminished – he's fallen by his lies.#vss365#2WordPrompt

— aran (@AranPotente) July 30, 2022

did it ever occur to you
that negotiation
would gain you entrance
faster than trying
to storm the castle walls?#micropoetry #microstory #mywords #scifansat

— (Quiet) Storm ☽✪☾ (@MadQueenStorm) July 30, 2022

Standing at the entrance to a new beginning. Again. Yet, I can't stop looking back.

The past blurs, distorts: was there happiness there? It wants to drag me back; my feet start to twitch.

With every muscle #tense and determined, I grab the handle, push down.#vss365 #SciFanSat

— Ellen✍K – back from holiday (@poeticnihilist) July 30, 2022

After tense negotiations mediated by bourbon and an impressive indica strain from Mornt, the Dorik Planetary Nautical Mile law is officially in place, my entrance into politicking is successful, and I've received a free two day spa treatment. Boing.#vss365 #scifansat #bravewrite

— Occam Razor (aka the Truant Memphis nerd) (@BeKindHumans) July 30, 2022

The #entrance to the deep cave has a faint metallic scent, like iron, or blood..
My flashlight reveals a massive object in the cavern. #Besast 3.0 stirs, shedding rust flakes
"You returned, Master?"
I #tense but don't correct him
"Yes"#Achtenwrite #SciFanSat #satsplat #vss365 pic.twitter.com/ulQOcHghf1

— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad – is done editing Tar&Bone (@debbieiancu) July 30, 2022

The cave entrance is surrounded by trees burned to blackened skeletons. We walk the final yards, boots crunching the crusted ash.
Duty nearly binds me. As the others proceed, bodies #tense, attention ahead, the kid runs.
I almost call out. Instead, I also flee.#scifansat#vss365

— John Everex (@EverexJohn) July 30, 2022

The other diplomats' beatific smiles did nothing to ease her tension as the "man from the stars" made his entrance. Was she the only one not deluded by his otherworldly charm? Did only she realize his kind hadn't come in peace?#scifansat#satsplat#vss365#scifisat#slapdashsat

— Christopher Slagle (@christopheresl2) July 30, 2022

Only those with painted faces get into their entrance. In her wildest dreams, she can't imagine a version of herself that wants to.
Then 1 shows up, paints her face neon & goes through the entrance blazing glory. The cacophony gets even louder & it all..rises.#puredoe #SciFanSat

— Fennel (@FennelSteuert) July 30, 2022

"The House of #Delusion has many #entrances," says the warlock.
"And, uh… How many #exits?"
He grins.
"One. But it leads only to #ruin." Then his shoulders #tense up. "Unless, of course, you find the Sun #Sapphire in time."#SatSplat #SciFanSat #2WordPrompt #vss365 #vssMagic pic.twitter.com/aIEOxwRNjQ

— Jasmine Arden-Brown (@JazArdenBrown) July 30, 2022

I stood at the entrance to the court. I'd never been in through this door. To say is I was feeling tense would be an understatement. The man had used his magic to enslave 5 to his will; but the law was too slow. The prisoner's door opened and I walked forward. #SciFanSat #vss365

— Lexikon (@Lexikonical) July 30, 2022

My breath came in gasps and my head was swimming. I had muted the CO2 alarm but the red flashing warning couldn’t be overridden. I clumsily punched the code into the keypad at the #entrance only to receive the response “Access Denied.” Who had changed the code?#Scifansat

— Scurra Ignavus (@ScurrasFolly) July 30, 2022

The planetoid was my entrance to a better life.
Its gravity was a fraction of Earth’s, and its temperature was always warm with a gentle breeze. I could run all day.
Did it exist? or, was it only a dream I confused with a memory?
That was the last time I was happy.#SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/vhAUuAnu1o

— Luis (@cryoluis) July 30, 2022