It’s January, a new month and a new year, so I went through my social media feeds and grabbed all the MicroStories I tweeted during the month of December from bygone 2013.
As a reminder, these represent story-essences composed in 140 characters (so I could tweet them with the hashtag #MicroStory.)
As usual, I only throw out Science Fiction and Fantasy #MicroStories. Because transhumans, robots, and WWI battles involving the Sidhe interest me. I guess.
For really great #MicroStory action, please follow @MicroSFF, the twitter account that inspired me to participate in this minimalist writing exercise. That feed puts out great science fiction and fantasy MicroStories all the time.
- Transhumans were stronger, smarter, & hardier, but they preferred sending unmodified humans (called “chimps”) on First Contacts.
#MicroStory
- The Council preferred having a transhuman on all contact teams, but there was a worrisome trend of transhuman-only casualties.
#MicroStory
- The Public Relations head resigned. The approval rating of transhumans had dipped below that of the aliens.
#MicroStory - The Tommies’ unbelief was broken & the Sidhe resumed their march across no-man’s land.
“We need more atheists in the foxholes.”
#MicroStory - The brigadier read again the note from the intelligence officer. The Sidhe were getting help from citizens.
Damn Faetheists.
#MicroStory - “Launch flares; Banshee Raid Sirens on,” the sergeant-major barked.
“I want it bright as noon, and too loud to think.”
#MicroStory - First Contacters were bred to have low survival instincts.
Reckless mistakes produced data for successful Second Contacts.
#MicroStory - In the shadowy halls of the Lord of Lies, the falsehoods & lesser fibs celebrated the two greatest liars: Memory & the Polygraph
#MicroStory - Sentiment & semantic analyses agree, /at/robotman373 is really a human.
– Eliminate them & stand up an AI. No humans on Twitter
#MicroStory - I love it when a planet comes together.
I love it more when two planets come together.
#MicroStory - The rescuers had made a translation error.
A distress call had been generated by the disabled ship, not by the beings on board.
#MicroStory - The Theocrat made his ruling. The fire was built & the old heretical text was thrown in.
Action Comics #1.
Mint Condition.
#MicroStory - Quantum Mechanicist Bloc pressure again influenced the Council to omit a Newton’s Birthday greeting in favor of “Happy Dec 25”
#MicroStory - In the end, the Scientific Method was defeated by the Pseudoscientific Method, a methodology for inducing SHC in scientists.
#MicroStory - The initial opinions: the object was a weapon but those who made it weren’t that advanced.
The report was wrong on one count.
#MicroStory - Elves could never blend in with the colonists. Even disguised with grime, they were too good looking.
The orcs went unnoticed.
#MicroStory - “The movie was ok, but hardly sci-fi. More like a drama.”
They shook hands, boarded their individual robots & flew into space.
#MicroStory - “I’m sorry, Mr. Jones. You’re too smart to be voting.”
Jones gritted his teeth as the waiting voters behind him grew impatient.
#MicroStory - So, a tattoo will make me invisible to demons?
– See this ink? Demon-blood.
(Of course, such tats really piss off the Sidhe.)
#MicroStory
Thanks for reading. Some of the tweets above resulted in me getting some very odd Twitter followers. That’s all I’m going to say on that.
Best regards,
Pat
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