“Extract”: A SciFanSat Microfiction Compilation

Sat on #autumnal grass, I wondered of our future.

“#Extract-ing data from the metaverse is my passion, being with you my purpose.” He said—my heart flew.

Tho a model lower than me, it was ok. I’d teach him I thought— as we kissed under a red sun.#vss365 #scifansat #satsplat

— Fizzy AllsortsOfAllsorts (@Fizzytwizler) June 10, 2023

But then a final scream played in my partner's floundering gasp, wresting me back into that helpless, dangerous crescendo. Everything parted to reveal nothing but fate's autumnal rust & my fatal blow against its dragging extractions. Day was nigh. #7DayTale 6 #SciFanSat #vss365 https://t.co/bx3vOfPcRi pic.twitter.com/fmDRgn6Vfu

— Lexi Lefevre (@LexiIsAWriter) June 10, 2023

There was a woman at the bazaar who sold dried herbs and extracts from wildflowers. She held out a small brown bottle. This one mends a broken heart, she said. Two drops for pleasant dreams. #SciFanSat #extract

— Voima Oy (@voimaoy) June 10, 2023

Lapse in oversight
Blanket extraction all hands
Crawl under the fence #SciFanSat #extract #ScifaikuSaturday #lapse #BrknShards #blanket #vss365 #fence #haiku Image: Natl. Guard pic.twitter.com/dXZmqtKyDl

— Indigenous Soul (@GeneVatow) June 9, 2023

They engineered the maple forest planet to source syrup and extract for the galactic market. These days, however, tourism has surpassed agriculture as the planet’s top industry as beings come from across the galaxy to see the autumnal foliage. #vss365 #SciFanSat

— A. A. Rubin (@TheSurrealAri) June 10, 2023

The season stealer is back. I watched him extract blades of ochre sunset from the #autumnal sky this evening.

When I told Mama about it, she told me hush: that we should feel sorry for him as he doesn't have seasons on his world, and Autumn is his favourite. #vss365 #SciFanSat

— Ellen✍K (@poeticnihilist) June 10, 2023

Time travel is impossible, but alternate universes mirroring our past are infinite. The problem with famous person extractions is finding one that matches our timeline perfectly.

I’ve got 50 off-brand Andy Warhols and a Hitler who made it as a painter.#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt

— Jason H. Abbott (@Jason_H_Abbott) June 10, 2023

A swirl of #autumnal leaves dances around me as I carefully #extract the #Mithyut from it's shell.
Legend says a few drops of the essence creates undying affection.
I wonder what happens if you drink a cup
Let's see…#SciFanSat #Satsplat#vss365 #AchtenWrite pic.twitter.com/SkSx5FrdAh

— 🤩 Debbie Iancu-Haddad 📚 SPFBO9 Author (@debbieiancu) June 10, 2023

"Our people have been longing for underling blood for centuries. We know creative ways of extracting it. If you fight, you will experience them. If you submit, you will live the same lives humans always should have lived.

“You will enjoy servitude.” #SciFanSat

— Bowen Greenwood (@bowengreenwood) June 10, 2023

#SciFanSat #SatSplat #vss365
KeplerXY is unexpectedly cold & autumnal. Worse, Luce’s LoveNet fiancé—a lovelorn mogul in mineral extraction—is far shorter than his profile indicated. But her eggs are ripe & he IS a certified human. She shrinks down by 6” & approaches seductively. pic.twitter.com/QaRo3I34Nm

— Cecily Winter: dreaming about writing again! (@winter_cecily) June 10, 2023

It's early days of summer, but I dial up an #alternate season when the lanterns aren't #concave with rot.

I #extract some of that crisp air to #match unbridled #autumnal possibility.

Sadly, the ship's climate stays muggy and hot.#SciFanSat #2WordPrompt #vss365 #bravewrite pic.twitter.com/ACVmdmMCy3

— Nancy E. Dunne📚 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🏳️‍🌈 (@nancyd_writes) June 10, 2023

Death took hold of the rose. It was the favorite bait of lovers & he was no exception. The thorn pierced & he bled his life out. The extract took a while but when the fence was covered in a now living plant, he was ready for duty. #scifansat#scififri#vss365 pic.twitter.com/Ac7kyXGFTz

— DW Keene (@Dragonandelf) June 10, 2023

critical thought #lapse
matter transporter failure
team moves like zombies

test designed poorly#extract miscalculations
filling the aether

many errors made
Scientific Method fail!
souls not considered#ScifaikuSaturday#SciFanSat#ScifiSat#Scifaiku#Haiku#Poetry#SciFi pic.twitter.com/zUTmaGeHzJ

— Alan Vincent Michaels (@AlanVMichaels) June 9, 2023

Alien tidepool
extracting live specimens
time lapsed with the moons#SciFanSat #ScifaikuSaturday #vssnature #haiku #scifi #poem #poetry #WritingCommunity pic.twitter.com/MlUCTamD5c

— Julie ✨ ☾*✲⋆. (@ForgottenBeauty) June 10, 2023

After she spotted my disguise, the archivist's words grew #autumnal and edged with caution. I continued to extract data, but it became fractured.
"You're not human," she said eventually.
I admired her frankness. "And you're too perceptive, too kind to be one."#vss365#scifansat

— John Everex (@EverexJohn) June 10, 2023

The cyborg patient
lapsed into unconsciousness
mindchip extracted#SciFaikuSaturday (lapse) #SciFanSat (extract)#3lines #haiku #SciFiSat

— Ryan Dowes (@RyanDowes) June 10, 2023

She sat starting up at the multicoloured leaves. An autumnal breeze rustled them, but to her it looked like a shudder. He was here.
'Finally found you, I'm here to extract you.' He held out a hand like some sort of saviour.
'I'm done with the real world.' #vss365 #scifansat

— Lexikon (@Lexikonical) June 10, 2023

She still can't quite get anything just right. Time passes like the climb to a rollercoaster's peak. Trying to keep up with life, she's trampled her spellbooks.
But she must cobble their words, extract bits of spring – or face the autumnal at her weakest.#scifansat #vss365

— Fennel (@FennelSteuert) June 10, 2023

the drill makes an awful din
removing their molar
a delicate operation we are
unqualified to perform
an extract from old issues
oral medicine for rookies
gave some clue if only it were
possible to keep lippy still#SciFanSat#vss #mpy

— susan osborne (@osbornecsue) June 10, 2023

He'd lured her to the hall of mirrors. His love was unrequited, but the medium had told him which concave mirror to use to charm her. Once she saw her reflection, she was drawn into the glass. He was unable to extract her, as the medium cackled. #SciFanSat #BraveWrite #Satsplat

— Rick Milone (@rwmilone) June 10, 2023