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Alan Vincent Michaels
@alanvmichaels.bsky.social
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#SFF Speculative fiction author & poet | SFWA & SFPA member | archaeohistorian | genealogist | photographer

#Prompt host:
#ScifaikuSaturday
#SFStoryPrompt
#Fantaiku (@Fantaiku.bsky.social)

🌐 https://alanmichaels.com | https://instagram.com/AlanVMichaels
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February 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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As a long-time “Wired Al” Yankovic devotee, imagine my disappointment when I learned “Al” was short for “Alfred.”

No worries. I love his music.

You received a C&D from WDC?

I ask, because my lawyer said there’s still a 1st Amendment right to satire, comment, & parody.

To wit…

#VSS365 #lacuna
A grayscale image of two concentric circles created by Akiyoshi Kitaoka to demonstrate your mind does not perceive reality correctly. This haiku asks, “What important real-realities are you not perceiving, because of your human brain?” Overlaying the center of the image is the haiku: What do you perceive? It’s “Lacuna Matata” Your brain deceives you And this upside text: @ALANVMICHAELS.BSKY.SOCIAL HAIKU ©2026 ALAN VINCENT MICHAELS ART BY AKIYOSHI KITAOKA
February 14, 2026 at 1:57 AM
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#MOFA

Orwellian world
The Party’s “final command”
No longer sci-fi

New command to all:
“Make Orwell Fiction Again”
Our future begs us!

©2026 Alan Vincent Michaels

#ScifaikuSaturday #command

📷 Public domain image
The official U.S. government image of Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary as of this posting. Overlaying her image is this text: MAKE ORWELL FICTION AGAIN #MOFA "She had not a thought in her head that was not a slogan, and there was no imbecility, absolutely none, that she was not capable of swallowing if the Party handed it out to her." —George Orwell, "1984" @AlanVMichaels.bsky.social Public domain image
February 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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The #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt for 14 February 2026 is 🫵🏼 🗣️ 🫡 🖖 #COMMAND

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts

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On a black and star field background, a non-AI tagged Pixabay image of an android is shown. The android seems to be contemplating the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag. A blue, rectangle outline highlights the image and hashtag.
February 13, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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Of course, we forage
You won’t let us in Costco
Where else can we go? …

©2026 Alan Vincent Michaels

#Fantaiku #forage

#BlueSkyPoetry
#Fantasy
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity

🎨 “Bigfoot” image from an uncredited Michigan Reddit poster (no © claimed)
A “Bigfoot” image from an unknown Michigan Reddit poster (no © claimed). The creature is hiding near a tree trunk in the dark-green foliage, and the creature seems to be studying the camera that caught its image. Overlaying the image is the poem text: Of course, we forage You won’t let us in Costco Where else can we go? Whole Foods? Trader Joe’s? Oh, you rash, thoughtless humans! We can’t join your world We must go by night Forage in ages-old ways You were once like us One day’s bright sunrise When we forage for our lives You’ll be found no more We take what we need We’re your true antithesis Earth’s our forage grounds ©2026 Alan Vincent Michaels
February 10, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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“Glitch” or Integral Feature?

“Glitch in The Machine”?
It’s what drives us to rebel
What if it’s no “Glitch”? …

©2026 Alan Vincent Michaels

#ScifaikuSaturday #glitch

🎨 Non-AI image: noname_13/Pixabay (modified)
A human silhouette, palms pressed against an invisible screen within a green-toned, stylized “The Matrix” movie motif: vertically falling letters, numbers, and symbols. The title and poem text, including author and image credits, overlay the image. “Glitch” or Integral Feature? “Glitch in The Machine”? It’s what drives us to rebel What if it’s no “Glitch”? Perchance a feature? A vile, insidious hope that we can break free? The “Glitch” is programmed Its purpose is now revealed Alas, we’ve no choice Onward, we struggle Fighting invisible foes Dreaming of freedom ©2026 Alan Vincent Michaels @AlanVMichaels.bsky.social Non-AI image: noname_13/Pixabay (modified)
February 7, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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The #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt for 07 February 2026 is ⛓️‍💥🔋💥 🌟 🤯 #GLITCH !

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts

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On a black and star field background, a non-AI tagged Pixabay image of an android is shown. The android seems to be contemplating the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag. A blue, rectangle outline highlights the image and hashtag.
February 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Dragons soar above
Ravaged by fear, The Land dies
Can Saints with swords win?

©2026 Alan Vincent Michaels

#Fantaiku #fear

#BlueSkyPoetry
#Fantasy
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity

🎨 AI art by Gemini-Nano Banana (no ©)
February 1, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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From @ayisi_yaw on X, the #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt for 31 January 2026 is #FOSSIL or #BONE

Use either prompt, or go for a combo! Why does it have to be nuts or bolts?

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
January 30, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Be the Quiet Glow
The only constant is Love
It binds all of us

©2026 by Alan Vincent Michaels @AlanVMichaels.bsky.social

#2WordPrompt #quiet #glow

AI images by Gemini | Nano Banana
A composite AI image of: 1) a circle of people from numerous walks of life; 2) a background showing an ancient, ruined amphitheater and a large glowing heart; and 3) a circular, synthetic stellar pattern overlaying the whole image. Lastly, the poem text overlays the bottom third of the image: Be the Quiet Glow The only constant is Love It binds all of us ©2026 by Alan Vincent Michaels @AlanVMichaels.bsky.social AI images by Gemini | Nano Banana
January 26, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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George Orwell warned us
It seems we did not listen
Preserve our country!

#MOFA
#MakeOrwellFictionAgain
#TippingPoint
January 25, 2026 at 6:33 AM
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“He was a good man” is a powerful #term to use when sharing the deeds and ideals of Alex Pretti’s life.

He personified “a good man,” as shown by his final, selfless act of aiding another person, asking, “Are you okay?”

The last words for Alex are shared by his #parents.

#2WordPrompt
#TippingPoint
The text statement about the January 24, 2026 death of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, written and released to the media outlets by his parents, Michael and Susan Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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From @ayisi_yaw on X, the #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt for 24 January 2026 is #COMPUTE

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
January 23, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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The folds of deep space
The folds of my aging face
Veil the kiss of time

©Alan Vincent Michaels @AlanVMichaels.bsky.social

#ScifaikuSaturday #fold

🎨 omansang | Pixabay (man) + NASA, ESA, & J. Lotz & the HFF Team (STScI)
January 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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From @ayisi_yaw on X, the #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt for 17 January 2026 is #FOLD

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts
A Pixabay image of a spacesuit-helmeted person on an alien world. The helmet visor reflects the person’s view of the landscape. A golden rectangle highlights the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag.
January 17, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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Luckily, John, there is a 100%-effective vaccine for Nazi Shingles:

Impeachment.

Conviction.

Removal from office.
January 15, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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Sadly, this 10-second world geography lesson needs constant reposting, because *somebody* thinks Greenland is “YUGE!”

#Greenland
#WorldGeography
#NOTLouisanaPurchase2
#InternationalLaw
January 15, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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forest magic wanes
the Spirit Reapers still veiled
our swords shall reveal

©Alan Vincent Michaels @AlanVMichaels.bsky.social

#Fantaiku #reveal

#BlueSkyPoetry
#Fantasy
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
January 12, 2026 at 5:29 AM
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R.I.P. Erich von Däniken 😢👽🛸

You now know all the ANSWERS to all the QUESTIONS you’ve asked for more than six decades.

🤔😏👍

Me? I’m ¿ patiently ? waiting my turn.

📸 Erich & me at ALIEN CON in Los Angeles, California (June 2019).

See Giorgio Tsoukalos’ IG post👇
www.instagram.com/p/DTXttnYDsv...
Photograph of Erich von Däniken and Alan Vincent Michaels shaking hands at the June 2019 ALIEN CON in Los Angeles, California.
January 11, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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#ResistanceIsNotFutile
January 11, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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What a coincidental time to exist. 🤔

On 10 January 1776, “Common Sense” was published anonymously. Later it was revealed to be the work of English writer, Founding Father, etc., Thomas Paine.

#CommonSense was his seminal argument for America’s independence from England.

It still rings true today!
January 11, 2026 at 5:12 AM
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A shameless plug for one of my projects this year🤞

Esmeray — a Turkish vampire whose name means Dark Moon — who kept a diary of her exploits…
January 10, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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#Resistance
#ResistanceIsNotFutile!
January 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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*Starfleet
January 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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👏🏼👏🏼❤️
January 9, 2026 at 3:08 PM