Mushroom soup—a staple known in every planet #zone & galaxy; but I hated it!
— Fizzy-AllsortsOfAllsorts (@Fizzytwizler) August 19, 2022
So imagine my horror, when left on a 2mth expedition of a new planet, to investigate possible water sources—to only find every single lake sea & spring..was fucking mushroom soup!#satsplat #SciFanSat
Rift Zone. A slightly hysterical laugh escaped her as she crested the hill and spotted the sign.
— R.S.Bass is writing (@RebBassWrites) August 20, 2022
The bubble of unreality crouched over the town as a red smear that she could faintly make out distorted buildings through.
Stomach dropping, she kept going.#vss365 #SciFanSat
In my father’s old boat, I like to slip out into Gulf of Maine Exclusion Zone.
— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) August 20, 2022
Where the meteor fell. Where great beasts now roam the waves.
They call me crazy, trolling for kaiju. But titan gods pay me little notice.
Dwarfed beside terrible majesty.#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt
Sheer transparent flame bubbles are constantly oozing from the surface zone here on Hiraeth. Some say it is the praxis of Gods. Others claim it to be the exhaust of Demons deep beneath. I handle it with aplomb, and enjoy the show.
— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) August 20, 2022
#vss365 #bubble #hiraeth #SciFanSat #SciFiFri pic.twitter.com/btRZnq6pvd
#SciFanSat
— Kimberly (@bionicanadian) August 19, 2022
Looking glass dance illusions in the twilight #zone. Up is sideways & believes time has made contact between the 'Nevermore' & 'Eternals'… From my front row advantage I'll window unseen into the debate, let you know whose pole we'll be flagging & in what spectrum..
What if you could buy more time? The taxi driver said, glancing at me from the rear-view mirror.
— Irene (@_Irene_Dreams_) August 20, 2022
I felt a strange sense of déjà vu.
He parked in a no parking zone by an old theater. I transferred all of my credits to him.
Have a good life, he said.#scifansat #scifisat
I dwell in the space between black & white. The grey #zone. Is it neutrality or indifference?
— Anna✨💫✨ (@annaburnsitdown) August 20, 2022
Or worse, is it the shameful conformity, to never question, to never want
I find my outline fading, as fragile as a #bubble that ruptures at the slightest pressure#vss365 #SciFanSat
You don’t know how right you were to call the little bubble of space your species can inhabit “The Goldilocks Zone.” Our species are not bound by that narrow landscape. You might say you’re surrounded by the three bears, and those bears are hungry.#SciFanSat #Satsplat #vss365
— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) August 20, 2022
#Bubbles started falling overnight, a few at first, their iridescence delighting children of all ages. Scientists pondered their meaning as impromptu parties broke out.
— John Everex (@EverexJohn) August 20, 2022
In places, exclusion zones were formed as accumulations built up like eldritch frogspawn.#scifansat#vss365
People tend not to linger in Zone C; we soon found out why.
— Ellen✍K – in the gutter, looking at the stars (@poeticnihilist) August 20, 2022
Beautiful as it is, there resides a power to read one another's thoughts.
I watched, fascinated at first, as a thought #bubble appeared above your head. But when the words formed, creeping horror.#vss365 #SciFanSat
Once we were clear of the debris field, we were out of the danger zone. What was that? said the Captain.
— Voima Oy (@voimaoy) August 20, 2022
It's an anomaly of some sort, the navigator said.
Like a river around a rock, said the science officer. A ripple in space-time.#SciFanSat #zone
We set up a dome on the icy surface. The air here is toxic and the ocean below is liquid ethane. At least this moon has an atmosphere. The last outpost I visited was in constant darkness. I wish they'd send me just once to a planet in the goldilocks #zone.#satsplat #SciFanSat
— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) August 20, 2022
#SciFanSat
— aran (@AranPotente) August 20, 2022
The project proponent assured them their #bubble's safe #zone was miles away from any imminent danger. The meteor's trajectory plotted, they could be directly hit, the gulf between promise and reality shrank by the minute, obliteration inevitable.#vss365#2WordPrompt
It's nicknamed The #Bubble #Zone because of what they do to human physiology. Two centuries ago, the sky in the #east was en-#gulf-ed in flame when the #meteor fell, bringing with it the alien parasites.
— That Burnt Writer 🇺🇦 (@ThatBurntWriter) August 20, 2022
They were just the advance guard.#vss365 #2WordPrompt #vssmagic #scifansat pic.twitter.com/23DYFbrMd2
DO NOT enter the BUBBLE ZONE.
— Danielle Ste. Just (@DanielleSteJust) August 20, 2022
Why, sir?
Those bubbles are pluripotent. They can turn into any spherical object.
Ooh! Like beach balls?
Yes, soldier. And cannonballs.
I’ll take my chances. Maybe if I enter with a pure heart, I’ll get giant purple grapes.#SciFanSat #vss365
New discovery: The portals have access to "shadow" zones. They aren't alternate dimensions. Rather, hidden, finite realms bound by the natural laws of whatever dimension they're located within. Like bubbles in water.
— Occam Razor (aka the Truant Memphis nerd) (@BeKindHumans) August 20, 2022
I've located Sushi inside one.#bravewrite #vss365 #scifansat
My warnings of caution were ignored, and the experiment went terribly wrong.
— Luis (@elauraeterea) August 20, 2022
A bubble of false vacuum appeared in the sky, and the restricted zone started to expand at the speed of light. We shot anti-protons at it with no effect.
We’re dead. I have no regrets.#SciFanSat #vss365 pic.twitter.com/z1cwZJan3m
Commands unheeded
— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) August 20, 2022
The Bermuda Zone beckons
A new ghost ship sails#ScifaikuSaturday #command#SciFanSat #zone#SciFaiku#SciFiSat#Haiku#Poetry#SciFi#PoetryCommunity#WritingCommunity
📷 Pixabay | 177419 pic.twitter.com/4xdfLHVScA
They stood in a #bubble, a #zone of stillness in the midst of the storm, a shelter created by the Singer’s voice. Asche pulled him closer. The wrath emanating from him was dulled by fatigue. Vindt also felt something he had never felt from Asche before: fear.#SciFanSat #vss365
— Thelma takes a break 🖊️ 📖 🖤 (@ThelmaMantey) August 20, 2022
Pink pools bubbled beneath blue neon bridges. Golden trees lined manicured pathways. Sasha had to shield her eyes. “How can you stand it, Con? After months in the cold black of space, why come here?”
— Lɪʙʙʏ Dᴏʏʟᴇ (@LibbyDoyle9) August 20, 2022
“The drugs, chickie. Best thing about the R&R Zone.”#SciFanSat #vss365
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 08.20.2022 “Zone” 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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