The elementalist studied his opponent, searching for clues to see which element they were devoted to.
He never saw the attack that killed him.
"Tell me," he gasped, "your element, what..."
"Surprise."
"Ah... I'd never have guessed..."
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If you get the intonation just right, and tilt your head at the correct angle, when you say "Let me change into something more comfortable", you turn into a cat for a few hours.
Not a lot of people know that.
I would show you how, but it's time for my nap.
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"Some say," the dragon proudly said, "that no being is more cruel than a dragon."
"That is also said of us," the cat purred.
"It could be argued," the dragon conceded. "However..."
"Humans."
"Yes."
"They can be kind, though," the cat said.
"Huh. I bet I can be kinder."
"Me too!"
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"Is... Is it okay to be weird?"
The witch studied the young woman.
"No."
"No? I thought you'd understand."
"Don't be weird," the witch said. "Be yourself."
"But..."
"Now, some people may call that weird, but that's their word, not yours. Be yourself, however that is."
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"Is it true that you can be challenged to a game?"
"Yes," Death said.
"Any game?"
"Any game with fixed and fair rules, not determined by Fate."
"And you always win?"
"I have infinite time to practice."
"In that case, which do you want to play?"
"Me?"
"Let's play your favourite."
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The intelligent, civilised dinosaurs not only saw the asteroid approaching, but found a way to escape. They tapped into the energy released by the impact to power a time machine.
"We were going to conquer you," they said, "but our descendants love one of you. One named... Kevin."
(Happy birthday, @ksonney )
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The invention of torpedoes capable of short hyperjumps changed space war. The only defence possible was to constantly hyperjump too, leading to warships flitting around until their power had almost run out, then returning home.
So we gave up on war. It had become pointless.
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The hermit watched the stranger approach.
"Wise one," they said, "I have come to ask a question."
"Ask."
"Why are you here, so far from people?"
"That's my line," the hermit muttered. Then, louder: "To be close to God."
"Does God tire of people too?"
"Uh..."
"Because, big mood."
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"You can't hoard princesses!" the knights shouted.
"I don't," said the dragon. "Tima, for instance, is a farmer."
"That's not what... You keep them locked in!"
"The lock is on the inside."
"What?"
"They're not locked in. You're locked out."
"They can't do that!"
"I see why, now."
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A spaceship landed in the park. An alien emerged, holding a cat, which they put on the grass.
"Stay there!" the alien said.
The alien returned, and the ship took off. The cat yawned, then disappeared into a shrub.
Soon the spaceship landed again. The cat was carried out.
"Stay!"
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"The Human's world ends soon," said the cat.
"Again?" said the dog.
"They are fond of endings and beginnings. Even if nothing changes."
The dog whined.
"Same procedure as last year?" said the cat.
"Please."
The cat lay on the dog's head and purred, muffling the fireworks.
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He built a god, for company.
Only a small one, it was all he could afford.
But it was someone to talk to, confess to, and cry to.
But gods, real gods, that live?
Well.
They live.
His god found other gods, as some gods do.
So he cried alone, and did not speak of his sorrow.
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"I guess you can't help it," said the ghost of the mouse.
The cat swallowed the last of it. "How do you mean?"
"It's your nature. You just reacted."
"Like one of those?" The cat nodded at a Roomba trying to find its way out of a corner. "You insult me."
"You ate me."
"By choice."
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A man came to the God of Exchanges, weighed with weariness and broken wants.
"Take it," he said, "rid me of it all."
"I do not take," the God said.
"What would you give me then?"
"In exchange for it all? Emptyness."
The man thought.
"And for some?"
"Hope."
"Oh. Let me have that."
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"When I was young," the old dragon said, "I hoarded gold."
"Were you wealthy?" asked the princess.
"Unimaginably. And I feared losing it all. So I began to seek knowledge."
"Were you wise?"
"Yes. I realised that, too, can be lost."
"It can."
"Mm. Did I tell you of my gold?"
"No?"
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