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1. Micro SF/F stories by O Westin (microsff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 11:45:34 UTC Micro SF/F stories by O Westin

   "Please," said the man, "can you do magic to make me be kind?"
   "No," said the witch. "Magic cannot change anyone's nature."
   "So there is no hope for me?"
   "You ask the wrong question. Kind is not something you are. It is what you do."
   "Is it that simple?"
   "It is that hard."
   #MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic

   • Razib • রাজীব 🇧🇩 (rzprime@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 11:49:38 UTC Razib • রাজীব 🇧🇩

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     I really like this short story of yours 💮

   • sarantium (sarantium@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 11:52:09 UTC sarantium

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     @MicroSFF lovely story

   • Fida (fida@mstdn.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 17:04:41 UTC Fida

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     @MicroSFF sounds a lot like Instagram’s A Small Fiction https://instagram.com/asmallfiction?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= whose author is James Miller.

   • Elie ESH Hirschman 🎱 (ehirschman@bluejay.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 20:32:30 UTC Elie ESH Hirschman 🎱

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     @MicroSFF I love these! Would you be OK with me recording some and posting to my Soundcloud page?

   • Micro SF/F stories by O Westin (microsff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 20:32:30 UTC Micro SF/F stories by O Westin

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     • Elie ESH Hirschman 🎱

     @EHirschman I'd rather you didn't. Sorry.

   • Gethin A. Lynes (monkeynumber1@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Nov-2022 04:24:40 UTC Gethin A. Lynes

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     @MicroSFF cracker

   • Ram (rcs@techhub.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Nov-2022 07:05:42 UTC Ram

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     @MicroSFF

     I love your microstory! It evoked a rich backstory of what could have unfolded to result in this scenario. Please consider my minor edits to see if they are worthy.
     
“Please! Give me a potion that’ll make me kind.”
“There is no such potion. I have no such spell. Magic cannot change a person’s nature."
“So… there’s no hope for me.”
"Kind is not what you are. It is what you do."
“It’s that simple?"
"It is that hard."

   • Micro SF/F stories by O Westin (microsff@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Nov-2022 07:05:42 UTC Micro SF/F stories by O Westin

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     • Ram

     @rcs Do you do this with every writer you read?
     I'm not claiming my stories are perfect, but when they're published they're done, and won't be changed apart from fixing typos.
     Your edit removes "You ask the wrong question" which IMO is the key like of the story.

   • TheLargeGlass (thelargeglass@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Nov-2022 12:16:23 UTC TheLargeGlass

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     @MicroSFF

     A short story, certainly!

     But I would upgraded this to a “parable” (illustrating an instructive/principled lesson), something alone the lines of when Jesus (purportedly!) said: It is easier for camel (largest animal know to the desert dwellers of Canaan back then) to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

     Albeit, Romans (&Pharisee?) killed Jesus and Christians killed witches—so one should be mindful as to whom advice is given;)

   • it's B! Cavello 🐝 (b_cavello@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Nov-2022 15:07:51 UTC it's B! Cavello 🐝

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     @MicroSFF this was really good, and I thought I knew where it was headed, but then that last line hit and WOW 💖😭💖