Twitter fiction
January 25, 2017 9:58 PM Subscribe
Tiny stories, worlds, horrors in in 140 characters or less.
Note: not all of these accounts are currently active.
@ASmallFiction
"YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME." It was scrawled in blood on the wall by the body.
"He's back," the detective said.
"Who?"
"The Gingerbread Man."
@CompactFiction
With Finite Information Transfer, people could not learn without another to unlearn it. Felons were punished by becoming Ignorance Banks.
@ctrlcreep
An alarming number of signs at the protest say "WAKE UP", "PLEASE COME HOME", "THIS IS ALL JUST A BAD DREAM"
@DeadEndFiction
When I’m feeling down and think of my ex; I like to go out to the lake and stare into the murky depths. Because that’s where I put his body.
@echovirus12
Once the highest celebrity in the land, now Maria burns her merchandise and costumes, and walks off into the fog at the camera’s far limit.
@EldritchSwift
you go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me, talk to the figure whose amorphous face resembles yours a touch more each day
@EMForestry
That’s all for today, class. Practice your visualizations. Next week’s lesson: altering the past via deja vu, same as last week.
@MicroSFF
"We tracked down the Nazi-punching guy."
"And arrested him?"
"No. He's from the future."
"What?"
"Punch-a-Nazi safaris will be huge."
@nikepinksunrise
You wake up. The room is dark, darker than usual. A kind of black static fills the air. It brushes against you like many small wings.
@paperscifi
Never say "just kill me" in jest around a robot. They won't kill you, they will just lecture you about how less enlightened robots might.
@QuietPineTrees [Previously]
Off-planet colonies had no room for trees. When she left Earth, she funded her new life with a jar of maple syrup and a big bag of cinnamon.
@s______w______s
Right now thousands of miles below you, a sleepy Siberian mammoth grumbles and groans, trying to free itself from a thousand year freeze.
@ThePatanoiac [Previously]
There were no longer any thunderstorms, for they had hunted lightning to extinction. Now they only had fire, but the sky still had its rain.
@VeryShortStory
After months of looking, the only job I found was working as a mannequin. It paid very little, but was better than standing around for free.
Bonus round! Some bots:
@brandnewplanet
@MagicRealismBot [Previously]
@UnchartedAtlas (and the emoji version)
Note: not all of these accounts are currently active.
@ASmallFiction
"YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME." It was scrawled in blood on the wall by the body.
"He's back," the detective said.
"Who?"
"The Gingerbread Man."
@CompactFiction
With Finite Information Transfer, people could not learn without another to unlearn it. Felons were punished by becoming Ignorance Banks.
@ctrlcreep
An alarming number of signs at the protest say "WAKE UP", "PLEASE COME HOME", "THIS IS ALL JUST A BAD DREAM"
@DeadEndFiction
When I’m feeling down and think of my ex; I like to go out to the lake and stare into the murky depths. Because that’s where I put his body.
@echovirus12
Once the highest celebrity in the land, now Maria burns her merchandise and costumes, and walks off into the fog at the camera’s far limit.
@EldritchSwift
you go talk to your friends, talk to my friends, talk to me, talk to the figure whose amorphous face resembles yours a touch more each day
@EMForestry
That’s all for today, class. Practice your visualizations. Next week’s lesson: altering the past via deja vu, same as last week.
@MicroSFF
"We tracked down the Nazi-punching guy."
"And arrested him?"
"No. He's from the future."
"What?"
"Punch-a-Nazi safaris will be huge."
@nikepinksunrise
You wake up. The room is dark, darker than usual. A kind of black static fills the air. It brushes against you like many small wings.
@paperscifi
Never say "just kill me" in jest around a robot. They won't kill you, they will just lecture you about how less enlightened robots might.
@QuietPineTrees [Previously]
Off-planet colonies had no room for trees. When she left Earth, she funded her new life with a jar of maple syrup and a big bag of cinnamon.
@s______w______s
Right now thousands of miles below you, a sleepy Siberian mammoth grumbles and groans, trying to free itself from a thousand year freeze.
@ThePatanoiac [Previously]
There were no longer any thunderstorms, for they had hunted lightning to extinction. Now they only had fire, but the sky still had its rain.
@VeryShortStory
After months of looking, the only job I found was working as a mannequin. It paid very little, but was better than standing around for free.
Bonus round! Some bots:
@brandnewplanet
@MagicRealismBot [Previously]
@UnchartedAtlas (and the emoji version)
I used to do this at my blog with, shall we say, a wildly varying rate of success. Tiny little stories like this are so much harder to polish than something much larger. I truly respect the folks who can do this regularly and well.
posted by bryon at 1:11 AM on January 26, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by bryon at 1:11 AM on January 26, 2017 [1 favorite]
The fire spread fast, but he knew to test the knob before opening a door.
He jiggled it.
It was locked.
Damn fire had outfoxed him again.
That is delighting me far more than it should.
posted by Etrigan at 6:13 AM on January 26, 2017 [1 favorite]
He jiggled it.
It was locked.
Damn fire had outfoxed him again.
That is delighting me far more than it should.
posted by Etrigan at 6:13 AM on January 26, 2017 [1 favorite]
Lovely. I also enjoy @8bitfiction
posted by motdiem2
That Twitter should come with a warning: "Will induce sobbing." But maybe I needed that, so thanks?
posted by xenization at 10:03 AM on January 26, 2017
posted by motdiem2
That Twitter should come with a warning: "Will induce sobbing." But maybe I needed that, so thanks?
posted by xenization at 10:03 AM on January 26, 2017
When I’m feeling down and think of my ex; I like to go out to the lake and stare into the murky depths. Because that’s where I put his body.
Weird punctuation aside, ending is so blunt it almost sounds like a Norm MacDonald's Weekend Update joke.
posted by infinitelives at 10:28 AM on January 26, 2017 [2 favorites]
Weird punctuation aside, ending is so blunt it almost sounds like a Norm MacDonald's Weekend Update joke.
posted by infinitelives at 10:28 AM on January 26, 2017 [2 favorites]
I have been following MicroSFF. Lots of other good accounts to add.
posted by typecloud at 11:35 AM on January 26, 2017
posted by typecloud at 11:35 AM on January 26, 2017
She is smiling, holding the eight pack. He is pleading "No, just go with the four pack, let it do until I get paid; I don't poop that much."
posted by Oyéah at 12:37 PM on January 26, 2017
posted by Oyéah at 12:37 PM on January 26, 2017
A tweet I shared with the world a few days ago, caused my wife to remark: "You're strange. I love you, but you're not normal."
posted by endotoxin at 12:55 PM on January 26, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by endotoxin at 12:55 PM on January 26, 2017 [3 favorites]
The writer was hauled before a judge, and was found guilty of abusing comma splices.
He received a lengthy sentence.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 6:28 PM on January 26, 2017 [4 favorites]
He received a lengthy sentence.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 6:28 PM on January 26, 2017 [4 favorites]
The plane had lost its roof, and as my seat tumbled down toward the Indian Ocean the vast expanse of blue reminded me of nothing so much as the years I had spent reading MetaFilter.
posted by sylvanshine at 10:50 PM on January 27, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by sylvanshine at 10:50 PM on January 27, 2017 [1 favorite]
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