“Finance”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

#Finance gives
wisdom more
purpose to#achieve our#faithful
dreams
beforehand,
shaping up
the world
into where
our desires
externally
expand.#vss365 #brknShards #writingCommunity #SciFanSat pic.twitter.com/pwNXIoH1yM

— KING OF THE MEEK🏁🪐☄️ (@Efizipapa) June 3, 2023

Life on the station was hard, and you were trapped there, just enough to live on. How could I finance a ride to Rigel? What could I sell, my soul? Yes, there is always a buyer, for the right price. #SciFanSat #finance

— Voima Oy (@voimaoy) June 3, 2023

The Senate will not finance my project. They say there's no point going to Earth now. Nothing except radioactive waste left.

But how else am I to #achieve my dream?

My ancestor hid the last manuscript in a bunker. It will have survived. It will be there.#vss365 #SciFanSat

— Ellen✍K (@poeticnihilist) June 3, 2023

The world now run by AI; financial decisions made in seconds but, I’d lost my job to a robot—savings, fading. Desperate, I teamed up with a group of rogue hackers to take down the system. But we soon realised we were up against something far more powerful. #scifansat #Satsplat

— Fizzy AllsortsOfAllsorts (@Fizzytwizler) June 3, 2023

We mined the galaxy for the resources which no longer existed on the home world. But the earth never again achieved financial independence, and it lost its place at the center of galactic politics beneath that sword of Damocles held over us by the colonies. #vss365 #SciFanSat

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) June 3, 2023

This union of sinew & wires
circuits of delicious crimson
you machine & me processing lust#financed with skin & 2 souls

Ur fingers stroke my attention
a visual input, penetrating eyes
spider legs tingle, take me deeper
as 1 we will meld for an eternity#SciFanSat 🎨husser pic.twitter.com/DGpQiR3qsu

— Spyder Collins (@Spyder_Collins) June 3, 2023

It literally took an act of Congress to finance them, and T.R. waving the big stick possibility of a second invasion to get the votes needed.

But seeing the steel fists of American battle walkers stave in Martian tripods when they did return?

Priceless.#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) June 3, 2023

all finance roots are cut
down to my last chocolate digestive
what am i to do?
Fly To The Moon
..who is there?
No One But It Is A Free Place To Live
no i mean..
Forget It
Wouldn't be interested if you knew
_
SEE!
..i'm the face on the moon#SciFanSat#vss #mpy

— susan osborne (@osbornecsue) June 3, 2023

#Vss365 #SciFanSat
Catbirds longed to gorge endlessly on the strawberry moon’s ever-ripe fruit. Financing a space ship w/ stolen blueberries was a bust, but they’d achieved flight eons before humans.
W/ an overdue lung mutation they rose on a wing & a prayer in a tight convoy. pic.twitter.com/y8KD9hklUa

— Cecily Winter: dreaming about writing again! (@winter_cecily) June 3, 2023

A planet full of pixies
Kept in a vault
Protected & adored

It's centre is gold
A retirement fund
For a #finance director

He shares it alone
In a mirrored hall
Far from his daughter

She'd spend it in a #crowd
While his son would melt it down#scifansat #finance#vss365 #crowd

— DW Keene (@Dragonandelf) June 3, 2023

Prewar maps predicted zero fallout in a priceless spot in the American Rockies. I'd drained my cash to finance a plot there. After the silos vomited out their heartbreaking cargo, there was one thing left to achieve.

Walk there from DC.#2WordPrompt#Satsplat#SciFanSat#vss365 pic.twitter.com/cFmwdIKTqX

— Bowen Greenwood (@bowengreenwood) June 3, 2023

Two goons stepped out of a hover-Lambo, weapons drawn.

“So who’s this we doin’?”
“Some punk bragging in the bar about how he YOLO’d the boss’ BTC into a shitcoin that went 10kX in a week, then absconded with said funds.”
“King of finance.”
“King of gettin’ smoked.”

#SciFanSat

— Alex K. Logan (@AlexKLogan) June 3, 2023

The alien invaders found us hiding in the caverns.

"You must have read my mind." said their leader. "This cave system is rich in rare gems that can help #finance the military station we intend to set up on your moon. Get some rest. Your first shift starts tomorrow."#SciFanSat

— Maria A. Perez (@MariaAPerez1) June 3, 2023

An impoverished scavenger unearthed an #extinct alien species from a hidden #mountain tomb.
His attempt to sell his discovery to the highest bidder and #achieve #financial freedom starts a war between nations for secrets best left untouched#vss365#whistpr#SciFanSat#vssfantasy pic.twitter.com/soFD3XjNIo

— Keren Kassian (@PriestessOfPen) June 3, 2023

God is riding a bicycle down the summer roads. #Finance, insurance, need to #achieve, and the lingering #ozurie soar like little pink clouds in the lazurite sky. #vss365 #SciFanSat #horrorprompt #scifisat

— Laila Amado 🇺🇦 (@onbonbon7) June 3, 2023

She's like a film star—high cheeks, pouty lips—the finance to #achieve her look inconcievable. Plastic surgery and body sculpture. Her fragility is clear. The planet's desert climate and thin air is tough for a native. For her? I tell her lies, "We'll be fine."#vss365#scifansat

— John Everex (@EverexJohn) June 3, 2023

She stumbled from the sidewalk over to the curb.
A man in a gray suit sat by her, shaking his head.
'One can't be their best without enhancements. Those take finances you clearly don't have. So, how about risking your life for your best one?'
'I'm listening.'#scifansat #satsplat

— Fennel (@FennelSteuert) June 3, 2023

He craved the inclusion of the Mars landing contest. He had the finances for his venture, but he had an unorthodox way of launching his space pod. Strapped in his seat, he felt the rumble of the engines. He'd achieve his goal, if it worked.#Satsplat #vss365 #BraveWrite #SciFanSat

— Rick Milone (@rwmilone) June 3, 2023

We stand back and watch the crowd gathered in front of the Bureau of Equity Finance.

“Who are they?” I ask.

“Useful idiots who thought they’d be part of the new regime,” Pa says.

Soldiers file out of the building.

Pa takes my hand. “Keep moving.”#SciFanSat #SatSplat

— Armond Boudreaux (@armondboudreaux) June 2, 2023

"Why try to use #finance to #acheive the #priceless?" the ad screamed. "Stop being #American, become Alpha Centaurian! All we need is one unblemished, #crisp soul!"

Seemed fair, and *these* aliens had a reputation as good dealmakers…#vss365 #2WordPrompt #vssmagic #scifansat pic.twitter.com/mlFRUdz2VS

— That Burnt Writer 🇺🇦 (@ThatBurntWriter) June 3, 2023