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Jason H. Abbott @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social · 21h

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 08-OCT-25 is:

Global & Technology

#Prompt

SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · 1d

Writers, submit something that will send us into orbit! Nine days remain to get your manuscripts of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More into #SciFanSat before submissions close on October 16th at scifansat.com/landing.html!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! October’s theme is MOON. The deadline for submissions is October 16th, 2025.

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SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · 2d

Published author alumni of #SciFanSat: In a world rife with lunacy, remember to chart your course by the right stars and vote in the issue twenty-six peer review poll! Nominate your favorite piece and author to put them in the running for the 2025 Bartleby B. Boar Award!

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More!

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Jason H. Abbott @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social · 4d

He presses play, and the Moonlight Sonata begins.

He pours wine. Checks his suit. Lights candles, marks the circle, casts the spell.

Her ghost appears.

A translucent hand to his, he places a ring.

It clatters on the floor. She is gone.

The music stops.

#SciFanSat #vss #sff

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Alan Vincent Michaels @alanvmichaels.bsky.social · 5d

The 04 October 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#STORM

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

#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.

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Jason H. Abbott @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social · 6d

“Harvest Moon”

Art by me for October’s upcoming #SciFanSat issue and its theme of MOON! Writers, 14 days remain until submissions are due on October 16th. Full details are on our landing page at scifansat.com/landing.html!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

A fantasy illustration of a woman holding aloft two apples under the stars and light of a crescent moon. She is gazing upward past her offerings, illumed from above.

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SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · 7d

The 2026 prompts will be released next month with the November issue. :-)

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SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · 7d

Calling all writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy and More: Submissions are open for October’s #SciFanSat issue until 10.16.2025 at scifansat.com/landing.html!

Our theme this month is… MOON!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 11d

Proud to have a short story in this month’s issue. It’s a reprint from a magazine which went defunct in 2019, so I’m glad it is resurrected here.

SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · 11d

AVAILABLE NOW: School is in session and the latest issue of #SciFanSat Magazine is up at scifansat.com! Enjoy a recess within our worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More!

Many thanks to every contributing #SFF author, and to our readers... like you!

#AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 11d

Delighted to have my flash sf appear once again at @scifansat.bsky.social, courtesy of editor @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social - this time, 'Flechette', a schoolroom tale that may leave you pensive.

scifansat.com/bibi/?book=S...

Do read the editorial, too, particularly if you're in North America.

Cover of SciFanSat 26 - the 'School Issue'.
'The New Student' by Jason Abbott; a child with muscular arms and pink bows in their hair sits with their arms crossed at a school desk, their face obscured by a breathing device.

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That Burnt Writer @thatburntwriter.bsky.social · 11d

So, although I've got a sci-fi/black humor short story in this month's #SciFanSat, and I'd LOVE for you to read it, please allow me to draw your attention to the editorial by @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social

It's important, so take the time time to read it, and stay safe.💖

Free at: scifansat.com

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SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · 11d

From the staff of #SciFanSat, and all the alumni who voted for their favorite #SFF authors in the August poll, we extend our congratulations to R.J. Glynn who earned a 2025 Bartleby B. Boar Nomination for their short story, “ALIEN REQUIEM”!

#AmWritingScifi

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SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · 11d

AVAILABLE NOW: School is in session and the latest issue of #SciFanSat Magazine is up at scifansat.com! Enjoy a recess within our worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More!

Many thanks to every contributing #SFF author, and to our readers... like you!

#AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy

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Jason H. Abbott @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social · 11d

Surf pounds the shore. We watch water plume from underground caves as I draw my bowstring.

I’ve developed a way to sing with them. My voice cannot match those of the giant alien sea worms, but my cello can.

I’ve taught them Handel.

It’s wonderful.

#SciFanSat #vss #sff

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Alan Vincent Michaels @alanvmichaels.bsky.social · 12d

The 27 September 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#HOPE

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

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

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Jason H. Abbott @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social · 13d

“The New Student”

My September #SciFanSat cover art for the issue coming out this Saturday. I loved the escape school provided me from my dysfunctional family as a child, and hated the abuse I got there from peers that almost became my supervillain origin. Almost.

Fearsome masks also conceal pain.

An illustration of an elementary school aged girl wearing a fearsome steel mask in a classroom. Her eyes are glaring and fixed on the viewer, her posture slumped and angry with arms folded and elbows on her desk. The other students behind her, seemingly normal kids, gaze forward giving her little notice... as if her challenging presence at the front of the class is unseen.

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morganrrhaze.bsky.social @morganrrhaze.bsky.social · 16d

Date: September 22nd
#ScifFiMicro #45
Word prompt: Ancient Beacon
Image prompt: uncredited pixabay.com

Image is NOT tagged AI give the artist a ❤️ on pixabay.com!

Any and all takes on the prompts are welcome.

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Jason H. Abbott @jason-h-abbott.bsky.social · 18d

She sat motionless, except for her hands on the viol.

The professor approached amidst strange melodies. “How many days? Zann was terrified of his music: You’re obsessed with it!”

He found a corpse, as soulless an instrument as the viol it still played.

#SciFanSat #vss #sff

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 18d

Today marks the 1 year anniversary of my debut flash science fiction collection, 'Mars & More' 😀

Available at books2read.com/MarsMore

Or order in print (paperback) through your favourite bookstore: the ISBN is 979-8-227-17966-1

Cover of 'Mars & More' by Alastair Millar. On a lunar landscape, a suited astronaut observes conflict on the planet and in space.

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Alan Vincent Michaels @alanvmichaels.bsky.social · 19d

The 20 September 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt is

#CARE

✍️ 👽 🛸 👍

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

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SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · 19d

(Checks timestamps...) Nine minutes before midnight. Yes, you did almost miss homeroom roll call, didn't you, Mr. Michaels. ;-)

a person sitting in a classroom with the word bueller written on the screen

ALT: a person sitting in a classroom with the word bueller written on the screen

media.tenor.com

SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · 19d

Submissions are now closed for September’s #SciFanSat issue, and we have begun assembling it for publication on Saturday, 09.27.2025. Many thanks to all the writers and poets who submitted pieces!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! Our next issue will be published on Saturday, September 27th, 2025.

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SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · 19d

Burnt, you, and all the other writers that got their manuscripts in before the deadline, have earned an A+ in Submission Promptness, 101! ⭐️

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FizzytwizlerAllsortsOfAllsorts @fizzytwizler.bsky.social · 20d

Their parents #opinion had been there was a lot to #gain from studying at #the_firefish_school. Years later they’d been proven right; Earth had been flooded.
But with the firefish’s wisdom, they were able to adjust into an aquatic way of life, with ease.

#2wordprompt
#scifansat

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SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · 20d

Authors, homeroom attendance is about to be taken! Get your written assignments of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More in before #SciFanSat submissions close at 11:59 PM EST tonight at scifansat.com/landing.html and be saved by the bell!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! September’s theme is SCHOOL. The deadline for submissions is September 18th, 2025.

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