Notices by Micro SF/F stories by O Westin (microsff@mastodon.social), page 2

"But why do I need to be locked up in a tower?" the princess demanded.
"Tradition," the queen said.
By the third day, she had found the hidden sword and fencing instructions. After a month, the lock picks, which after a while led to clothes and money.
And her life's first choice.
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@trelane @Louis_Gray I have written sonnets too, you know. One even went viral on Tumblr.

"Look," said the android. "I can do this."
They showed a 'Prove you are not a bot' web page and selected all images with traffic lights.
"Okay," said the librarian.
The android switched to a different tab.
"But not this."
"It looks very similar."
"It says 'Prove you are human'."
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When Anne Shakespeare arrived home with the groceries, a strangely attired person left the house.
"Will? Who was that?"
"Oh, another visitor from the future, asking if I wrote my plays."
"Another? You should write a play about them."
"And give them credence? I think not."
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@RolfTheViking Yes, but you don't get inspired by the earliest instance that exist, but by the one you encounter and which makes an impression on you.
Communicators existed in SF before Star Trek, but it was that one that inspired the design of Motorola's StarTac mobile phone.

@Denian Pokeballs are very advanced devices that can shrink living creatures from a distance, put them in stasis, and then bring them back. How is that not science fiction?
Not to mention the cloning facility of the first movie, it the mind transfer in Detective Pikachu. It's all SF.

"One of the things I love about science fiction is how it inspires real inventions."
"Like what?"
"Star Trek Communicators inspired early mobile phones. The stasis pods we use for long-distance travel is another example."
"They had those in Star Trek?"
"No, in Pokémon."
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@kaitou Oh, they've installed 4.0? Cool!
I'll be using that next time.

@silentium Thank you!

"There are three types of people-"
"Don't you mean two?"
"No, then it just becomes a matter of 'us' and 'them'."
"Isn't that the joke?"
"That's always the joke. In reality, there's us, and them, and the people we are similar to in some ways, but not all."
"Oh. Them."
"No!"
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"There are three types of people-"
"Don't you mean two?"
"No, then it just becomes a matter of 'us' and 'them'."
"Isn't that the joke?"
"That's always the joke. In reality, there's us, and them, and the people we similar to in some ways, but not all."
"Oh. Them."
"No!"
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@IsaPirsic I didn't have the characters to spare. I also post these stories to Twitter, which has a limit of 280 characters.

An #introduction post, given recent influx, with hashtags to aid searchability.
I am O. Westin, a #writer of #MicroFiction, mostly #ScienceFiction and #fantasy #fiction, and occasional #poetry. My stories are generally less than 280 characters, because I also post to Twitter.

No set schedule, stories are written and posted when inspiration strikes.
I am LGBTQIA+ positive, and usually favour wholesome over darkness and edgy nihilism.

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After First Contact, humanity was disappointed to learn that while the galaxy was full of space-faring species, there was no interstellar trade.
"No goods are worth the cost," the aliens said.
They returned the next week.
"Those 'books' you gave us, do they have sequels?"
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@willknott @Repealist_ Might be worth checking out the #tootfic and #SmallStories hashtags as well.

"Refill?" my new friend asked.
I waved at our empty cups. With a slight smile, my friend copied my gesture, and the cups filled up again.
"So you are saying," I said, "that you, you, gods and devils, are the same?"
"Almost. Except we don't believe in ourselves."
"We?"
"We gods."
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He moved to a new town, and began introducing himself as "Tam, son of Jamer".
It was a new name, but it was his own.
The name wasn't the important part, though. Neither was his father's, nobody here knew that name.
People nodded, said "Nice to meet you", and accepted him as him.
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@uncle_kridley I only ever use the chronological timeline on Twitter. The algorithm and I don't have the same interests.

"I have come to say goodbye," the princess said.
"Oh?" said her friend, a dragon.
"An old covenant. Every hundred years, a noble virgin shall be given in tribute to the demon Azcrafn."
"Hm. No other restrictions? No rules of the tribute's conduct?"
"No, why?"
"I also qualify."
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