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Kit BashirThe alien fleet came out of a wormhole directly into Earth orbit. They milled around for a while, disrupted the orbits of a few geostationary satellites, and then jumped out again, apparently having forgotten why they came.Portal amnesia is a real thing, triggered by the momentary cognitive overload of entering a new room. You’ve probably experienced it in your home. Eventually we worked out that it was our messy lower orbits, festooned with cubesats, starlinks and other Kessler Kibble that saved us from invasion.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tootfic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PowerOnStoryToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PowerOnStoryToot</a>

AsakiyumeHello my <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/wss366" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wss366</a> peeps & others who like writing <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a>. I was alerted to this contest, submissions closing in 5 days, which you might like to try for:A story exactly 6 sentences long, no more than 400 words (title doesn't count toward that limit). "I want transformation. I want renewal. I want resistance. I want darkness. I want light. I want truth. If you need additional prompt words, try: gooseberry, pie, bitter, sweet, centipede." More: <a href="https://gooseberry-pie.com/its-national-gooseberry-month/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gooseberry-pie.com/its-national-gooseberry-month/</a><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/contest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contest</a>

Steven CudahyThe <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> for Sunday 6 April 2025 is:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/severe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#severe</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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a>

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

Albert ARIBAUD ✎<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writever</a> DésirerDevenir un fantôme, contrairement à une croyance répandue, ne découle pas d'un besoin de demeurer dans le monde afin de régler une affaire inachevée. Tout ce qu'il faut, c'est désirer vivre encore.<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#French</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fran%C3%A7ais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#français</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/sfff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfff</a>

Albert ARIBAUD ✎<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writever</a> DesireBecoming a ghost, contrary to popular belief, does not require that you need to remain in the world in order to settle some unfinished business. All that it takes is desire to live on.<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/FlashFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlashFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SmallStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallStory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/TootFic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TootFic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a>

🦋ShouldbeWriting🦋Lady Gygax spun about. In an instant, the group appeared before a stone tower."You wish for courage," said the lich, pointing to the lion. "The Tin Man wants a heart, and the Scarecrow wants brains."Dressed in her blue and white gingham dress, Lady Gygax knocked on the tower door. The raven transformed into a black terrier and hopped into the basket. The door opened, revealing Medea the Sorceress.She took in the entire group, and said, "Well, this should be good...."<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a>

Kit BashirOne asteroid prospector in a singleship makes for a hard living. Bring a couple of border collies flying gravity skimmers and suddenly it’s fun for the whole family. The hard part is getting them to stop. One of mine got into the Jupiter trojans and lined the fuckers up by size. Clever bitch.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tootfic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PowerOnStoryToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PowerOnStoryToot</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BonusEdition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BonusEdition</a>

Kit Bashir“The advantage of the atomic bomb — everyone got your bags? — was being able to destroy an entire city with a single bomb, rather than needing — remember to breathe if you feel faint — 1000 plane loads of firebombs to wipe out a city.”“Miss, will this be on the test? Why do we have to know this?”“So that it doesn’t happen again.”“How could it happen again, we all feel sick just thinking about it? How could you start a war or — uuurghh — fly a bomber with your head in a barf bag.?”“It only takes a few months of indoctrination to suppress the empathy of most humans. Before the Media Law people, even kids like you, faced de-empathic conditioning — advertising, we called it — every day of their lives.”<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tootfic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PowerOnStoryToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PowerOnStoryToot</a>

C. Knodel<a href="https://mas.to/@VisualInspiration" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@VisualInspiration</a> - This, gentlemen, is a… oh, excuse me, I did not check the list of students. Are you all gentlemen, or, well, are there any females among you? Please, point up. None? Okay, then. This, gentlemen, is a phraseoplectotronic disambiguator. You need it for, well, um, disambiguating phraseological misadvancements, you know, that’s – well, I’m talking of – no, let me start again… This’ gentlemen, is a device whose invention has dramatically changed the course of svarnetics in general and especially of the Kronshagen interpretation of parallel semiotics. It can switch between several layers of indistinct meaning so that the ontological boundary between author, character and recipient becomes informationally semipermeable. What at first sight looks like another complication turns out a solution to several interpretational problems, difficulties and – as mentioned before – misadvancements, but only if you toggle the single-reader-mode which allows you to directly contact other narrative instances for – oh, there seems to be a question. Yes, Mister… We’re listening.- Phaaaie – hsss aaaaa jsss ffffffhhhhsssaaaaaa….- Well, thank you, I think, I understand your question very well. You ask for an everyday example of using the disambiguator and I’m happy to explain one to you. Imagine you tell a story of body horror – you, alone in a group of, say, skeletons which are sitting around you and expect you to tell a story about, well, something about a teacher who has to explain a certain device to a group of students who look pretty much like, um, skeletons and – oh no! I forgot to activate loop protection, I mean, I said, the device can help you out with sentences to disambiguate several, you know, like, this, gentlemen, is a…<a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teaching</a>

Advanced Persistent Teapot"The ancients thought that it was the gods answering prayer - or punishing it" Kapellmeister Mahler stated, absently tapping his palm with his baton. "We now know that not to be true, of course. They thought magnetism was supernatural too. It is merely a natural phenomenon like any other, just a particularly powerful one. It is predictable, and we are beginning to understand its patterns. Observe." The Kapellmeister placed an odd metallic contraption on the table; two large spheres, one of steel, the other brass, about half a metre apart, on wooden poles. "Vaçek, Ricci, Tallys, a D minor chord please, second inversion. The rest of you, stand back."The three selected pupils looked apprehensive but sang as directed. The Kapellmeister's clear baritone wove a brief dance, landing on a dissonant augmented fourth with a flick of his baton. A sharp crack, a blinding blue-white flash between the metal spheres and a stink of ozone punctuated his motion. The class gasped. "Being admitted to the Conservatoire is both an honour, and as you see, a heavy responsibility" the Kapellmeister continued. "For homework you are to write two pages concerning the development of the sonata form, and its employment by Warmeister Handel in the Battle of Luxembourg. You are to practice your D, F, and G minor scales and arpeggios. And need I remind you, -absolutely- no unsupervised harmonising! Class dismissed!"<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tootfic</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a>

Noam writesYouss limped in the door, took off his shoes and lay down on the couch, sighing.“Hey, where were you?”He looked up from rubbing his foot. “Blister.”“Really, a one word response after disappearing for two hours?”“Writer’s block. I was trying to walk it off. Those shoes were not made for walking.”“What were you working on?”“Just those MastoPrompts. Some days they work, others not.”“And today?”“Nothing. Not a single word.”“Well, you can always try again tomorrow.”<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=lay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lay</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=blister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blister</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=metafiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metafiction</a>

🇨🇦🇩🇪🇨🇳张殿李🇨🇳🇩🇪🇨🇦<a href="https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jalefkowit</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microfiction</a>

Steven CudahyThe <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> for Saturday 5 April 2025 is:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/blister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blister</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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a>

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

fsniper- It's not fair! - You know the rules child, you are not allowed with explosions. - But you see what I accomplished!! - You talking about "that"? It's never about it. It's about breaking the rules - You can't do this! I am a grown up now! - Oh sweet child one small universe with your "big bang".. you still can't see the shortcomings ? Can you? - But.. - Did you check the light speed? Foresaw all the suffering you caused? Not a grown up yet, not at all. To your room now! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tootfic</a>

Leonard RitterWhen the war between heaven and hell ended, a pact was made: each side would take turns ruling earth, each turn lasting 1460 days. The demons liked this deal because seducing and torturing humans unimpeded was so much more fun when they were caught unaware, and the benevolent but frightfully impotent angels liked the agreement because the affordances of power that satan had installed for himself could be used for good — or so they reasoned.<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a>

Albert ARIBAUD ✎<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writever</a> Incommunicabilité"On a eu une rupture du lien radio principal et R42 s'est retrouvé en incommunicabilité pendant une heure.""Ah, c'est pour ça qu'il est figé ? c'est le choc ?""Non, c'est juste qu'il télécharge toujours les données en retard."<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#French</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fran%C3%A7ais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#français</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/sfff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sfff</a>

Albert ARIBAUD ✎<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writever</a> Incommunicability"The main radio link was down, and R42 underwent incommunicability for one hour.""Ah, so that's why it's not moving at all? It's the shock?""Nope, it's just still transferring all the backlogged data."<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/FlashFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlashFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SmallStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallStory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/TootFic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TootFic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a>

AsakiyumeThe City of Ships is a <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/port" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#port</a> of call unlike any other. At the mouth of the River of Vapors, thousands of ships from across the Great Sea are anchored, some of them centuries old.You see, every time a ship from across the Great Sea arrived, its passengers & crew were told they could only proceed upriver in local boats. Nor could they build residences along the River--and so their ships became their homes, gradually sprouting additions and connecting, floating walkways.<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/wss366" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wss366</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a>

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