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— Kimberly (@bionicanadian) November 4, 2022
A #novel idea, imaginatively speaking, with bluebells ringing menacing undertones… paranoia landed and I galaxy your orbit of unchecked words. Remind me to book the pages where it becomes a best seller in the aisles of make believe, a sold out sensation, fantasy!…
In a world where mythical creatures once existed but are now extinct, a museum worker, inspired by the fossils of unicorns and dragons, writes novel, a caper of the distant past. But there is magic in her pen and the fossils come alive as she writes.#satsplat #SciFanSat #vss365
— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) November 5, 2022
The caper was hardly novel, but why change up the tried and true? A little misdirection in the form of a lovely lady.
— R.S.Bass is querying (@RebBassWrites) November 5, 2022
And yet his nerves were keyed up. It wasn’t like he minded putting himself on the line.
But her? Even if she’d asked to help, it sat wrong.#vss365 #scifansat
#SciFanSat
— aran (@AranPotente) November 5, 2022
The crusade faltering as defeat after defeat diminished morale, sowing division in the face of impending loss.
It's not a #novel idea nor a madcap #caper but sending a kamikaze to bomb the enemy's headquarters could be the acid test toward victory.#vss365#2WordPrompt
We all have tales to tell, the old spacer said. Poems, a novel, it doesn't matter. Tell me your stories, and I'll tell you mine. #SciFanSat #novel
— Voima Oy (@voimaoy) November 5, 2022
Sifting through the ashes of my home and library, I discover in moonlight the book burning mob had been successful in their crusade.
— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) November 5, 2022
With one novel exception.
I flip steel pages and read words etched by acid. "That is not dead which can eternal lie.."#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt
I finally found the old chapel. I pulled the #novel from my pack. Page 87 described every broken stone and beam perfectly. If the gold was hidden in the altar then the #caper was real.
— A.L. MacDonald (@A_L_MacDonald) November 5, 2022
A gun clicked behind me.
"You read my book!" A voice exclaimed.#vss365 #scifansat #vsspic pic.twitter.com/6j4qJ9yByh
The seer's novel is prescient: The steamer does pass white sand beaches. Kids #caper in the surf, race us. A distant storm mutters.
— John Everex (@EverexJohn) November 5, 2022
The dream hound presses against me, shivers.
"What is it?" I stroke her calligraphic scars.
"The next chapter" she think-speaks.#vss365#SciFanSat
Each new time traveler gets a pamphlet with Four Quick Tips:
— Danielle Ste. Just—Returning to Norminal (@DanielleSteJust) November 5, 2022
1. If you're planning a heist or caper, make sure to outsmart the Time Police
2. No one wants to read your time travel novel
3. DON'T GET OFF IN 2049
4. Always remember to pack your je ne sais quoi#SciFanSat #vss365
~Marooned on a Tidally Locked World~
— Flooded Ember (@FloodedEmber) November 5, 2022
The stars never move
above the squinting horizon
of perpetual twilight,
as the maddening taunt
of daylight
exposes exhausted silhouettes,
and the smirk of a red giant
wears away at the #novel-ty
of jumping ship.#SciFanSat #SciFiSat
After a life of many a #caper, spent running across the world, and beyond, beyond the veil of reality and death, I thought it wise to settle down with a cup of tea and a #novel on my lap.
— Jan Trompper (@UntoldTallTales) November 5, 2022
Then my past caming knocking down the door.#vss365 #scifansat
For my next trick, I'm going to write a series of novels about a secret Agent on a forever caper to save the Universe. The Agent works for an omniscient being who constantly sends the Agent on absurd missions. Oh, wait… Dammit, Bob.#vss365 #bravewrite #scifansat #Author pic.twitter.com/1BWPtF5c9A
— Occam Razor (aka the Truant Memphis nerd) (@BeKindHumans) November 5, 2022
A boy and his family are enslaved by a warring race intent on expanding their empire at all costs. When the oppressors learn of his telekinetic and telepathic abilities, he is forced to train as a soldier in their army. A coming of age space opera #novel #satsplat #SciFanSat
— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) November 5, 2022
In this noir caper, a 70s hard-boiled detective in San Francisco must stop a psychopath going by the name of Zodiac, who only kills blondes going by the name Patty Connor.
— Luis (@elauraeterea) November 5, 2022
“Is the killer coming from the future?”
“How do you know that?!”
“I read the novel.”#vss365 #scifansat pic.twitter.com/rSlcacdqNF
"A fun #caper!" they said. "A #novel take on the #crusade-s, updated for the 27th Century!"
— That Burnt Writer 🇺🇦 (@ThatBurntWriter) November 5, 2022
The Olde Worlde language shoulda been a giveaway.
This planet's an #inferno, with lakes of #acid and uncivilised beasts that want me for lunch.#vss365 #2WordPrompt #vssmagic #scifansat pic.twitter.com/t4BjcE9n1d
“When Paper is No More”
— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) November 5, 2022
I lay in a heap
My novel SF ending
Too close to believe
Chiseling novels
Speculating far too long
My words closing in
“Apocalypse End”
My final novel’s words fall
Heaping around me#HaikuChallenge#SciFanSat#ScifaikuSaturday#Haiku#SciFaiku#SciFi
She is a being of cold now.
— Fennel (@FennelSteuert) November 5, 2022
When she wanders into a warm cabin
the appeal of apple cider
is in dousing raked embers.
Then she'll sit by the hollow hearth,
reading a novel, as the warm ones
back away instead of
whatever it is they do
for each other.#slamwords #scifansat
My fingers traced along the lines of the novel. I let out a sigh as the intricacies of the caper unfolded. Who didn't love a good heist story? The page started to feel soft. I really shouldn't,not after last time. Grinning, I plunged my hand in and dove inside. #vss365 #SciFanSat
— Lexikon (@Lexikonical) November 5, 2022
The characters startled when their writer appeared, anachronistically dressed and waving a battered #novel. “No, no, no! It’s right here, on page 394—the origin of the beast is #occult in nature, not extraterrestrial—this is a fantasy, not science fiction!”#SciFiFri #SciFanSat
— Katherine Traverse (@kattra) November 5, 2022
At the book signing, she analysed every facial expression, every gesture as she handed out her 500 page #novel. Who would be the one? The one to take the only copy with 501 pages? A final page like no other. A portal to her world. A world she needed help saving. #SciFanSat
— Jaime B (@jaim_ee_bree) November 5, 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 11.05.2022 “Novel” prompt and event.
~Jason H. Abbott
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.
You can find and explore other Science Fiction and Fantasy Saturday Compilations here.
Aethereal Engineer 
Those were great, Jason. Marvelous talent, you’re right. I’m amazed at the variety and imagination. Every one of these is the perfect seed for a book…. “novel.”
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I agree, Diana. Founding the SciFanSat event, maintaining its space, and hosting it is an honor I enjoy every weekend.
I’m sorry to have been so quiet on WordPress the last few months. I missed this comment from you from weeks ago. This year has been very difficult and insanely busy since the spring when I decided to purchase my parents old property, sell my house, and move back to my hometown. I will write a long blog about it, but It didn’t go smoothly before a good end in mid-September. Then two days after that I was in the hospital for five days and should have died, but miraculously (according to several doctor’s) made a full recovery. And while I was in the hospital for that they discovered an unrelated but 90% likely cancerous growth on my kidney that I’m having surgery on a few days before Christmas. I’ve spent the last two months recovering and trying to get all the needed work on the old place done to make it livable before winter and getting laid-up again by new lifesaving surgery. I’ve had very little time to write until now, and had to curtail my social media activity for the same reason.
But we’ve reached our goals to pause on the home improvement for winter, so I’m going to get the social media machine moving again soon, so I can have it humming again for my next spot of downtime while I recover into January. So as you can probably tell, I’ve had A LOT going on.
My prognosis on the likely cancer is very positive: It has been caught early and hasn’t spread, and I shouldn’t need chemotherapy after the mass is removed. I and the doctor are upbeat, but of course it’s scary. It will be a long surgery involving my surgeon, his team, and his robot buddy.
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Thanks so much for letting me know how you’re doing, Jason. My husband just went through cancer surgery and he was able to skip radiation and chemo, so thank goodness for early detection. I have full confidence that all will go well for you. Take your time recuperating and start 2023 feeling positive and rested. 2022 was a tough year here too and I’m looking forward to a peaceful 2023. <3
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