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Micro SF/F by O. WestinThe doorbell rang. I checked the peephole, and saw someone who looked almost like me. I let him in. "I'm your future self. Listen-""Wait! How did you even get here?" I asked."British Rail, Anytime Return ticket.""They killed British Rail in 1997!“"It'll be back. But list-"He disappeared.<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/TootFic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TootFic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a>

Kit BashirSCARS Message From: L667UW / L11482 Message: PAX IN A1 SMOKING IN AIRLOCK. MISTOOK PURGE BUTTON FOR EXTRACTOR FAN. CORPSE MAY BE HAZARD TO L1 APPROACHING CRAFT[Track Spacecraft www.satview.org]Area: Earth-Luna L1 <a href="https://aus.social/tags/acars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acars</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tootfic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PowerOnStoryToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerOnStoryToot</a>

Twoowls Elt<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/golden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#golden</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mastoprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoprompt</a>Glistening in the late evening sunshine. The moisture in the sea air condensing where it meets the almost ice cold glass, forming microscopic droplets which gradually coalesce into larger amalgamations, eventually rivulets, pulled by the force of gravity. Tiny bubbles form and meander their way in the opposite direction, slowly forming a thin layer of white froth. (1/2)

🦋ShouldbeWriting🦋Dastardly Doug sat across from a supervillain consultant. "My problem," he said, "is that I'm not memorable enough. I'm looking for ways to change that."The consultant nodded knowingly. "You're looking to make a splash," he said. "You want to make the cover of Villains Monthly, am I right?""Actually," replied Doug, "I'd settle for being memorable enough to make their yearly list of Least Memorable Villains...."<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flashfiction</a>

Steven CudahyThe <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> for Tuesday 15 July 2025 is:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chrome</a>The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.@ me, if you like, or just include the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a>

2xfo"the sorting machine keeps telling me it will solve climate change if i just keep giving it more power. I keep giving it more power and it keeps telling me it will solve climate change. It's been solving this problem for decades and we really need a solution soon. The planet is running out of things to burn and it doesn't seem any closer to solving this. "Hold on, I'm going to ask the machine if it's sure it will solve climate change before i venture out to gather more stuff for it to burn" <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a>

Kit Bashir"What's that ticking sound?""Tiger counter""Don't you mean *Geiger*"?""Why would I be worried about radiation in a zoo?""It's getting faster""Feeding time; they're all on this side of the enclosure, waiting""Aren't you worried, being in here unarmed?"No, I've got you""What am I good for?""Breakfast. Bye."<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tootfic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PowerOnStoryToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerOnStoryToot</a>

Twoowls Elt<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/halogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#halogen</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mastoprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoprompt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> They call them SevenA17. The Corpos hire them when they need unmentionable shit sorting. Fast, expensive, no fuss. (1/2)

Micro SF/F by O. Westin"There's been a new breakthrough on flying cars! Soon, the-""It won't happen.""This time, they fixed the-""Doesn't matter.""Why not?""Dragons.""What?""Flying cars get popular, dragons appear and eat them all, and make us forget it.""What?""Happens every time.""What?""Yup."<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/TootFic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TootFic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a>

🦋ShouldbeWriting🦋"If I pull the sword from the stone, I become king?""Exactly so.""What about that one?""That? You become an emperor.""And that one?""Prime minister, elected every four years."I frowned. "Is there one that offers great wealth, but no responsibility?"He smiled darkly. "You seek the blade of the dark ruler! An excellent choice!""No! I don't want to rule anyone!"The guardian rolled his eyes. "A socialite? How disappointing. This way, then...."<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flashfiction</a>

rdmDoctor Anderson woke up to her phone pinging. Careful not to disturb her husband she checked it, and saw that it was a new supernova. She slipped out of bed and went to the kitchen, where she logged into the observation database. Almost at once she could see something wrong. The report only came from the visible light observatories. None of the radio telescopes - not even the wide-field one - had reported anything. By morning it was clear that this was not any sort of object that was normally her field of interest. It was, however, not one she was going to stop studying. For starters, it was clearly inside the solar system - well inside the orbit of Jupiter. For another, it was accelerating - at about 1.5G if the repeat observations were correct. It was also getting brighter - a lot brighter, almost as if it were getting bigger. Her husband found her staring at her laptop in the morning, a half-empty and stone cold cup of tea next to her. "We have to get the kids up for school." Without looking up "Can you? I've got something here" she replied. He looked over her shoulder. "Um, that's not an FRB. Or a supernova," he paused, clearly doing maths in his head "That's a powered trajectory." "Yep. It's not heading for us, we don't think. It looks like it is planning a slingshot." "So how come you're heading it up?" "I spotted the anomalous behaviour first." "And by anomalous, that it was accelerating." "And getting brighter. We're re-pointing a couple of the orbital scopes." "I'll get the kids ready." "Thanks - you're a wonder."By the time breakfast was over, she was able to show her family a picture - a flower-shaped object, with a dark core, and fourteen bright petals around it. She printed three of them off, so that the kids and her teacher husband could take them with them."Our initial estimate is that it is about two hundred metres across. And it is holding a constant 1.5g acceleration. That is an insane amount of energy."By tea time, there had been no response to radio transmissions, and there had been no change in the trajectory. The following morning brought a dramatic change, though. Overnight the acceleration had changed to a deceleration. "It will stop just inside the Mars orbit around about midnight tomorrow. We've got a good look at it now, though."The petals now appeared bluish, and the dark core now appeared to be a grey colour.The following night, after getting the family up, all four of them clustered around the laptop watching the feeds from the telescopes as the craft finally slowed to a constant velocity. As they watched, the petals suddenly folded back. A few minutes passed - a sudden burst of violet light - and it was gone."Mummy where is it?" the youngest asked. "I don't know, sweety. I just don't know." "Did it explode?" "There's no sign of debris, so no" It had vanished completely.. "Maybe they were recharging their engine." "Maybe. Maybe."<a href="https://aus.social/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SF</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SFF</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/microfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tootfic</a>

Steven CudahyThe <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> for Monday 14 July 2025 is:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/golden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#golden</a>The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.@ me, if you like, or just include the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a>

Kit BashirDid you ever notice how every “disruptive” business idea contains the seeds of its own destruction? All these “revolutionary” ideas like AirBNB, Uber, self-driving cars, delivery vanbikes that can (ab)use bicycle lanes, restaurant reservation flipping services et cetera…. These all work if a few people do it, but break society when everybody does. AI slop is the same, it puts one person ahead of the pack, until the pack catch on. The early adopters get rich and then the whole house of cards falls down.Disruptr, our new AI business model generator helps you find your next disruptive business idea and predict the optimum moment to eject before collapse. It…wait, who threw that. What are you…Aargh. No help.— Transcript of bootleg footage from the riot at Something Digitial Launch keynote, Brisbane, Aug 2025.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tootfic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PowerOnStoryToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerOnStoryToot</a>

🦋ShouldbeWriting🦋"This," said Eru, "is nice." He sipped his wine. "You know, I haven't been to earth in millennia.""You're welcome to stay...""You're Rebecca? And you truly believe?""I do.""And who's this?""Who, me? I'm David.""And you believe?""What? No. I'm an atheist."Eru looked startled, "You... don't believe?" He vanished in a puff."Dammit, David!" Becky exclaimed. "Seven days prostrated before a burning altar! I warned you! He's a shy god!"<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flashfiction</a>

Steven CudahyThe <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> for Sunday 13 July 2025 is:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/halogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#halogen</a>The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.@ me, if you like, or just include the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a>

Wandering Shop StoriesToday's Wandering Shop Stories <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prompt</a> is <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/point" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#point</a>. Feel like writing something short and sweet that has the word "point" in it? Check out the definitions of the word at: <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point</a> Join in and tag it with <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/wss366" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wss366</a>! <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritingLife</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> h/t <a href="https://bonequest.net/@tobadzistsini" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tobadzistsini</a>

Twoowls Elt<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tell</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/mastoprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoprompt</a>I still see them. Maybe a kilometer away, maybe 10, it’s impossible to tell out here, there is so little to define distance. The screaming feels like an eternity ago, lifetimes in a different universe, certainly not here in this one. So…. What now? What in the actual fuck do I do now? Breathe… sorry, an automatic self preservation mantra, Laughable. If only. I can see the ship, iridescent in the (1/3)

PoloniousmonkJust in case anybody missed it the last time I posted it, I'm a lil' proud of this piece of <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> Armistice DayHe said he'd had enough. I distinctly remember him saying that as he dropped his rifle and went over the trench. "That's fucking enough", he said. But he didn't charge. He just sat down on the battlefield and looked bemused. There was a small smirk on his face as he settled in to die. We all waited for the shot, but it didn't come. Hell, we stopped firing just to see what the crazy bastard did next. Eventually, he opened his eyes. I was no further from him than you are from me, and I heard him say, "Ha! That's unexpected." Then the speech we all heard. "So hows about y'all try getting along instead? I mean, it can't hurt. You can always go back to killing each other when it doesn't work out."

Kit Bashir“Mmmn, Toasty”“Innit just”“Your heating bill must be enormous”“Nah, it’s solar powered”“But it’s winter. And rainy. And *dark*”“Slow glass solar panels, they’re just now receiving the light from two summers back”<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tootfic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PowerOnStoryToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerOnStoryToot</a>

MH ThaungThe hooded figure said, "Let's see if you deserve to become my apprentice."The boy lifted his chin. "What do I do?"He pointed at two identical doors. "One leads to my domain. The other, to certain death.""How do I <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tell</a> which is which?""It's a test. That's the point."After the door closed behind his visitor, he shrugged off his concealing robes and stretched, enjoying the wind's play across his aged bones.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a>

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