"Were you in the office this week?"

"Uh, not exactly."

"Why not?"

"I was overseas. The Asia thing. Operation Pancake Causeway."

"Oh. Did you file a report?"

"No. Are we supposed to file a report for things that 'never happened'?"

"We'd still like one, yes."

#MicroSFF

Skimming the flat rock on the pond, he counted six before the distinct contacts blurred together.

It was an improvement. Five had been his best before that, with three to four an average over the preceding year.

"Seven, please, happen soon."

Below the surface, the pond's nyad also hoped he would succeed. She really wanted to meet him face-to-face.

Putting back the best stones on the pond's edge had not helped yet.

#MicroFiction
#MicroSFF
#SmallStories

Microstory

Qualcosa da leggere, in inglese:

https://t.co/d44rrkJsMG

Many congratulations to all finalists, and in particular those in the fan and related works categories!

ITA
Tantissimi complimenti a tutti i finalisti, e in particolare a quelli delle categorie fan e opere correlate!

#VSS #Microfiction #Fiction #writers #microsff

Tech: I have an idea. It’ll be brilliant.
Godlin: It’s only brilliant if it works.
T: My ideas almost always work!
G: So what you are saying is-
T: Don’t you finish that!

#microsff #shortstory

O. Westin writes excellent microfiction where each story fits into a single toot. You can follow at:

➡️ @MicroSFF

The stories often have a science fiction or fantasy theme.

#OWestin #MicroSFF #MicroFiction #TootFic #FediFiction #SmallStories #Writing #Literature #Fiction #Stories #ShortStories #SFF #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Fantasy

"I turned off the redundancy, everything works now." "Oh"

#microsff #storyprompt

(Cc @mwlucas)

docker run mindsimulator@beta test-upgrade

It took irritatingly long to run. She felt her hypothetical self for a moment, and it did feel better. Tests passed, too

docker-compose up

She felt the hypothetical self spin up again, and then felt her consciousness split. It was always an unnerving sensation. Then the old image spun itself down after being disconnected. That always felt like a loss. She liked the feeling of there being two of her, however briefly

- [X] Update to latest

#microsff