He was feeling an emotion never felt before.
— Fizzy-AllsortsOfAllsorts (@Fizzytwizler) July 23, 2022
From the tips of his toes to the #brilliant glow of his halo: which was turning slowly, into an invisible heavy #lead weight ring.
It was love! She was love he realized! As his wings began to crumble. #Vss365 #scifansat #satsplat
I walked into a brilliant, hulking friction, hair draped over my face like branches from a lost willow. Morning used to have its pleasantries until he'd led a malefic tryst on my palette. Cookies. With chocolate covered raisins.
— Lexi Lefevre (@LexiIsAWriter) July 23, 2022
"Where is he buried?"#SatSplat #SciFanSat #vss365
Brilliant stars align through his sextant.
— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) July 23, 2022
"Which one do you set your course by?" she asks, passing it back to him.
He sets the airship's ornithoptic wings into motion. "The most important one…"
He taps his heart.
"Now, straight on, till morning."#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt
It was a sudden flash of bright apocalypse. After the black, a brilliant sun and blue sky, and a cardinal calling "Pretty, pretty, pretty."#SciFanSat #brilliant
— Voima Oy (@voimaoy) July 23, 2022
Brilliant with cascading colors and bright pricks of stars, the constellation looked almost broken, the color bleeding into the blackness around it.
— R.S.Bass is writing (@RebBassWrites) July 23, 2022
The shuttle was a silvery, winging streak arcing toward the green world below.
She wished she was braver.#2WordPrompt #SciFanSat
The #lead vehicles go dark, lights going out one by one, dusk and panicked cries filling each space. We watch the tenebrous wave approach, vehicles in front turning, driving off the road.
— John Everex (@EverexJohn) July 23, 2022
"Brilliant, they've found us," my passenger mutters.
"Who?"
"No. What."#vss365#scifansat
"You," he muttered, "can #lead a horse to water, but you can't make it…"
— That Burnt Writer 🇺🇦 (@ThatBurntWriter) July 23, 2022
"Oh, just #brilliant!" I yelled. "You offer platitudes, whilst… *that* is blocking out the #stars. Look at the size of it's damn #wings, and #shift your ass!"#vss365 #2WordPrompt #vssmagic #scifansat pic.twitter.com/cbtAcUlq1s
#SciFanSat
— aran (@AranPotente) July 23, 2022
He's not sure if they're angels the #brilliant illumination behind them blurred what looked like clipped wings. The #lead star as he viewed her communicated telepathically imparting only ecstatic emotions uplifting him.
But where then was his body?#vss365#2WordPrompt
I traced the rough edges with my finger, and held the stone to the light. It seemed to have the right brilliance, the right glow. It definitely wasn’t lead. Was it true gold? I called the master alchemist over, handed it over, and waited.#FromOneLine #vss365 #SciFanSat #satsplat
— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) July 23, 2022
When we learned we were being invaded, our leaders wanted suggestions. The #brilliant scientists came up with clever ruses to trick the invaders. The brave soldiers gave battle plans. Lucky for us, it was a naive child that met them first, and she offered friendship.#SciFanSat
— Scurra Ignavus (@ScurrasFolly) July 23, 2022
I shielded my eyes from the #brilliant light and shouted,
— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) July 23, 2022
"Why was I summoned here?"
Foggy purple swirls enveloped me. A screeching voice pierced my ears.
"You have received a special gift." An energy burst coursed through my body. "Now, here is your mission."#satsplat #SciFanSat
Brilliant visit with Daf and the kids. Short and tropey sweet and whatnot, but desperately needed. Now I'm off to a galaxy inside the Deconstruction to lead interplanetary peace talks. Strange first for me. Crazy to think Bob sees me as a diplomat.#vss365 #bravewrite #scifansat
— Occam Razor (aka the Truant Memphis nerd) (@BeKindHumans) July 23, 2022
I had the star and wings pinned to my chest. My job was to lead us to new worlds like this one.
— A.L. MacDonald (@A_L_MacDonald) July 23, 2022
It was only at dawn that we saw the canopy of brilliant stars overhead was a lattice of glittering branches.
It was closing fast.#vss365 #2wordprompt #satsplat #scifansat #vsspic pic.twitter.com/vxMRV3KEC4
“I can’t move!”
— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) July 23, 2022
I stared at the pulsing stargate. Fear gripped me. My heart raced.
On my link, she spoke gently. “Wormholes are safe.”
“No!”
“Please, my love.”
I stepped into the #brilliant, glowing light, and into my beloved’s arms.
I was safe. I was home.#SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/CsZeIby7oj
"No more crappy planets, crew! The last one was a lump of literal lead!"
— Danielle Ste. Just (@DanielleSteJust) July 23, 2022
"What exactly are we looking for, Captain?"
"The kind of planet that glimmers. A brilliant planet, more valuable than a lump of diamond."
"Oh, you mean like Earth?"#vss365 #SciFanSat #SciFiSat
Transmit. 3462.IV. Requesting transport. Station personnel afflicted by mass delusion. Productive mine abandoned for seam on ridge. Crew digging ore, type unknown. Ore is dull like #lead but crew sees brilliant jewels. And now, greed has turned to violence. #SciFanSat #vss365
— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) July 23, 2022
The alien looked like a spider, each foot shining with brilliant 484-nm light. The light faded as it died.
— Paul Briggs (@paulproofreader) July 23, 2022
"Only one reason for its feet to glow at that exact frequency," said Dr. Li. "So the others can track its movement. Now they know we killed it."#scifansat #satsplat #vss365
watching from afar
— (Quiet) Storm ☽✪☾ (@MadQueenStorm) July 23, 2022
the brilliant burn
of a scintillating spirit
how it catches the eyes
and longing the heart sighs
wistful at the sight
knowing it to be
forever out of reach
across the void #poetry #microstory #mywords #scifansat
#scifansat #brilliant #scifaikusaturday #fight
— Hawk&Young (@HawkandYoung) July 23, 2022
brilliant minds fight hard
strategize to save themselves
universes die
A Trojan Horse trope
— Rick Milone (@rwmilone) July 23, 2022
Leading the ETs to fight
Brilliant or daft#SciFanSat #satsplat #vss365 #BraveWrite #scifaikusaturday
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 07.23.2022 “Brilliant” 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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