Notices by Micro SF/F stories by O Westin (microsff@mastodon.social), page 4

It was the first time Human scientists were invited to the Galactic Union cosmology confab.
Their paper "Please correct us..." summarised their understanding. It was well received apart from the ending.
"Not a heat death," S'Zr said. "It'll end after one 'Hold my beer' too many."
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I did not know,
Did not understand,
Before I met you:

There is no emotion,
No feeling, no mood,
You can't express
By simply
Breathing out.

I have heard them all.

I have made you do
Them all.

I was so proud of some
I so regret some others

Wherever you are,
Breathe on
#poem

"How can you travel faster than light? According to Einstein-"
"He told a good story," said the visitor from the stars, "but his wasn't the last."
"What?"
"We all tell stories to explain the universe."
"But one must be true."
"We have learned this: there are always more stories."
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"Tell me about the alien," the investigator said.
"The what now?"
"The alien. We know a space ship landed here."
"Oh! That. Yes."
"Tell me."
"A spaceship landed. A door dilated. A guest emerged. We invited them to share our food and fire. They did so. They thanked us, then left."
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"You own my lamp," the genie said, "and so I am obliged to offer you a wish."
"Are there any restrictions?"
"Only one. I can only fulfill wishes you will regret making."
"Well, that's simple. I wish you were free."
"That wish... I can grant."
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@GiacomoSansoni
Good news! You have read all of it!

"Oh dear, you have a lot of... things."
The cyborg looked up. "The word is prosthetics."
"So much machinery. Don't you worry you will stop being human?"
"Oh, there is a line I will not cross."
"What line is that?"
"I will not question another person's humanity."
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@buwel I am lucky. It is very rare I get evil or nasty comments, anywhere. When I do get criticism that seem sincere, like in this case, I generally consider the points raised, and I'm always ready to admit they are valid.
I have messed up in the past, and I try to learn from those occasions, and to apologise to those I have hurt.

"I found these centuries-old comics about people with 'super powers'. Did people really have those?"
"No, people have never had- Heh. Well, some did. People like us did."
"Like us? But we're nothing special, there's nothing unusual about us."
"In those days, we were invisible."
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"Time to put the book down and go to sleep."
I look up. My future self is standing next to the bed. I check the time.
"Damn! Sorry."
"I only have myself to blame," future me says.
"You look terrible."
"I'm knackered. We need to find a way to travel more than five hours back."
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"So, uh, you're an Elf?"
"Indeed."
"Are you, like, homo or heterosexual?"
"Me, or Elves?"
"Er, both?"
"Most Elves are homosexual, some are heterosexual, some bisexual. I am bisexual."
"You like both men and women?"
"What's gender got to do with it? I like both Elves and Dwarves."
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"You are the chosen one."
"Me? Wait, like in a hero?"
"Yes, the chosen hero."
I shook my head. "That can't be... I've never heard of a hero like me."
"There are countless heroes, of every kind you can imagine. You are one. We don't choose heroes. We choose whose story to tell."
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"Oh," he said. "When you said you were a mermaid... I thought you'd look different."
"Oh?" she said. "How?"
"Well... I thought you'd have larger eyes."
"To see in the dark?"
"And be more pale."
"From lack of sunshine?"
"Yeah. And thin."
"Oh! You've got me confused with Gollum!"
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A spaceship landed in the park. A door dilated and an alien emerged.
"Er," they said.
They looked around, turned and looked at the door, then turned again.
"Do you also experience that?" they asked the gathering crowd. "You go through a door and forget what you were going to do?"
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"So," said the astrophysicist, "since you have much more advanced technology than us, and travel through wormholes and all, I'm sure you can tell us-"
"Gullibility," said the alien.
"-wha... Pardon?"
"What you call 'dark matter'. Gullibility."
"Gullibility?"
"Gullibility."
"Huh."
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"Oh! It's beautiful! Just like my bowl!"
"I... Thank you. I mended it myself."
The sorcerer bowed.
"Thank you for your time. I will return when I have gold for you."
"You are welcome."
4/4

"You can use soul pitch."
"Oh! I saw that! A black goo that sort of splattered out when it broke... Ah. That is also earned, is it?"
"It is," said the witch.
"I see. Could that also be used to mend a soul?"
"It could."
"Could you use it?"
"I could."
"But you wouldn't."
"I daresay there are those that would, but I won't touch the stuff again."
The sorcerer thought for a long time, then took a step back and squinted at the witch.
3/4

"No, soul gold. Don't you have any?"
"What is... No, where can I get some?"
The witch sighed.
"You'd need to talk to a priest, except priests don't like to talk to people without a soul. It's... You earn it, right? It builds up."
"How, what do I need to do?"
"I'm not sure. Be good, I guess?" She shrugged.
"Do good. Love, others and yourself. Help, give, feed. Stuff like that."
"Oh."
"Or..."
"Or?"
2/4

"Can you repair this?"
The sorcerer held a bowl of fine blue porcelain with veins of gold. The witch squinted until she could see the shards of a soul at the bottom of it.
"Yours?"
The sorcerer nodded.
"How did you break it?"
"How do you know I broke it?"
"Nobody can break a soul but them whose it is. Hearts and spirits, yes, others can break those, but not souls."
"I didn't know that. Can you repair it?"
"It takes gold, like in your bowl."
"I have lots of gold."
1/4
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"You want me to...? No. Your kink is not my kink, and that's okay, but no."
"It's not a kink, it's... You're an administrator. A good one."
"I don't see how that has any-"
"Bite me!"
"No! Why?"
"So every full moon I'll be able to sort things out, reply to emails..."
"Oh. Okay."
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