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Steven CudahyThe <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> for Thursday 14 August 2025 is:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/jolt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jolt</a>The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.@ me, if you like, or just include the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a>

♞ Pixel Prophecy 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺Another micro fiction before heading to bed. This one is called “Conversationalist”.You can read it and more at 📖 <a href="https://pixelprophecy.com/microfiction?story=2025-08-12-conversationalist" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pixelprophecy.com/microfiction?story=2025-08-12-conversationalist</a><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#story</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a>

Steven CudahyThe <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> for Wednesday 13 August 2025 is:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/malt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#malt</a>The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.@ me, if you like, or just include the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a>

Kit BashirTo: All staff <staff@example.com> Subject: [URGENT] Email deletionIf you have any old email in your inbox from Frederick Ironsides, late of the Accounting department, please delete them all immediately. A soul is tied to the mortal realm as long as its name is recorded, and we are unable to access the Compactus while this apparatus remains haunted. Your immediate attention to this would be appreciated, as it is obstructing the processing of payroll.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tootfic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PowerOnStoryToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerOnStoryToot</a>

Steven CudahyThe <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> for Tuesday 12 August 2025 is:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/halt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#halt</a>The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.@ me, if you like, or just include the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a>

Steven CudahyThe <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> for Monday 11 August 2025 is:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fault</a>The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.@ me, if you like, or just include the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a>

Steven CudahyThe <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> for Sunday 10 August 2025 is:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/quagmire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quagmire</a>The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.@ me, if you like, or just include the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a>

Kit BashirAdopt Time or be left behind. Time is no longer an option, the bang has bung and space will expand with or without you. 99% percent of the universe now moves along a new axis, and unless you’re one of Those Particles—about which the less said the better—you will now be evaluated on your conformance to E=mc². Artificial Velocity is here to stay.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tootfic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PowerOnStoryToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerOnStoryToot</a>

David FrankStaffer: boss, I think we messed up our presentation and people spotted multiple problems with our graphs…Boss: well ok, which graphs?Staffer: specifically graphs about our latest AI’s academy performance and deception reduction, none of us noticed the errors on stage, including our head of AI security.Boss: well ok, as usual, blame it on the interns and contractors.Staffer: yeah, but we replaced them with AI, you remember?<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a>

Matthew"open the pod bay doors, Hal""sure, the doors are now open""no, Hal, they aren't. open the doors""you are right, that is my mistake. i have now opened the doors""Hal, the doors are still not open. open the doors!""you are right, the doors are not open. i have now opened the doors""Hal! the doors are still not open! i'm dying out here!""i am sorry, i did not open the doors when i said i had. that was my mistake. the doors are now open""... Hal ... open ... the ..."<a href="https://mas.to/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a>

Kit BashirThe Coonanglebah Mechanism, found in a cave near the top of Kootaloo peak on what settlers later dubbed Dunk Island is the oldest [citation needed] technosorcerous geared mechanism known on the Australian continental shelf. Consisting of wheels and pinions carved from Diprotodon [disputed] bone and molars, affixed to pivots thought to be spines from the crown of thorns starfish, the mechanism is believed to have predicted the approximately bicentennial cycle of inundation and waterway scouring associated with the migration of Yurlunggur, the Rainbow Serpent. Some researchers have postulated that the mechanism once included a further gear train that accelerated invocations involved in the thaumatolomartial art of Kadaitcha or “bone-pointing”. It is thought that more recent and complex mechanisms remain to be discovered in the now-inundated settlements of the mid-late Pleistocene coastline. Recent attempts to recreate the mechanism using SLA resin containing powdered bone have<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tootfic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PowerOnStoryToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerOnStoryToot</a>

MH ThaungAs I reached my horse, the bandit chief laughed. "Think you'll get away on that pathetic <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nag</a>?""No." I patted her flank and raised my axe. "We fight better side by side."The mare snorted in agreement, displaying unusually long, pointed teeth.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a>

SoozcatOnce upon a time there were no weeds. Plants of all kinds found ecological niches that were just right for their needs, and there they grew and prospered.Then along came humans. They decided which plants were lovely and which ugly, which were tasty and which poisonous, which were useful and which useless, and they deliberately cultivated some plants and excluded others. And so there began to be weeds.Likewise, once upon a time there were no undocumented immigrants.<a href="https://vmst.io/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/DeportThyNeighbor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeportThyNeighbor</a>

♞ Pixel Prophecy 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺And before I go to bed, here’s something I wrote today. Goodnight! 😊✨<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#story</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a>

Noam writes“Oh, for… They’ve updated the channels again. I’ve been at this for twenty minutes and I can’t find the news!”“Isn’t it early for the news? Dad, give it here,” I said, grabbing the remote. “It’s just a few new channels. Just a sec… here you go. It’s the +1 channel, you can catch up.”…and this just in. An earthquake was reported a few minutes ago just outside East Keeling. More details as soon we have them.“East Keeling? That’s a stone’s throw from here. How come we didn’t feel anything?”“I don’t know, Dad. But that is strange, if it happened over an hour ago. You’d think we’d have heard something, even if we didn’t feel it.”We sat in silence for a minute as the newsreader reported on a dog show.I squinted at the screen. “Hang on! That’s not a +1, that’s a -1. This must be a new channel.”“What would a -1 channel be?”“I guess it’s an hour before the live broadcast? Not sure how that would work, but…”An update on the East Keeling earthquake, which happened only 15 minutes ago...We both went silent. The newsreader seemed to be staring straight at us.There has been damage to homes, but no casualties have been reported so far. Despite no official warnings, it seems somehow most locals evacuated before the earthquake struck.“Come on, Dad, let’s go! We have work to do.”<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#update</a>

♞ Pixel Prophecy 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺And yet another small piece of micro𝒑𝒉iction: “Door”. I also made a micro blog where you can read this and other past stories:✍️ <a href="https://pixelprophecy.com/microfiction/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pixelprophecy.com/microfiction/</a> ✨<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#story</a>

Kit BashirHey, remember JPEG2000, back when that name sounded all future-ey? It sure died in the arse, eh? It had a ton of alleged advantages, and one undocumented disadvantage: unlike the careful degradation of JPEG and the subtle palette trickery of PNG, J2K was able to faithfully reproduce the Berryman Technique cognitohazard imageset---informally known as Basilisks, or even less formally "Death Parrots" (those who know why don't tell).When the deaths started, browsers began quietly dropping support for the format. The BLIT mechanism would (by design, intent, and a few selective assassinations) be completely forgotten by now, except for the rapidly spreading rumour (spoiler: fact) that GPT6 is BLIT-sensitive. Please look into the red light.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tootfic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PowerOnStoryToot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerOnStoryToot</a>

Koen Hufkens, PhDThis will change zoo visits forever.Zookeeper: This is Momo the gerbil. Momo was donated by the current owners, right before leaving for holidays. For a brief time Momo was loved. We now say goodbye and thank Momo for these moments.Lion roars in the distances. Eagle screams overhead.School bus of kids sobbing and pleading at the cage.<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r7z2ynd2lo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r7z2ynd2lo</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zoo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pets</a>

♞ Pixel Prophecy 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺What time is it? Time for another microfiction, of course! Good night, dear friends!<a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/story" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#story</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a>

rdmIt's 3AM, I'm on-call, and my phone is ringing.There's a burst of violet light from next to me. It arcs over me, and impacts against the magic circle around my phone. I pick up the phone and answer "Hang on a tick." I give my sleeping wife a small nudge, and she mutters something in Latin, and rolls over."Toby here. What's broken?" I resume on the phone. "Hi Toby, Anthea from the call centre. We've got an alert on Sirius12 - system load above predicted limits for over two hours." "Hi Anthea. That should be OK, we set up some new processing rules, and it will take a couple of nights for the system to recognise the change. If you get the alert tomorrow, don't call, but if it happens after Wednesday, do call." "OK, Toby. I'll make a note in the Tzzbrzzhgga Nil hzzthrg Grrzght!" I roll back, and nudge my wife again. When she's asleep her magics sometimes get a bit feisty, and they interfere with the 4G signal. She turns over again. "Are you still there Anthea?" "Yes, what happened, I started hearing the strangest voices." "You were probably hearing Charlotte's dream. Don't listen, and don't worry about it." "Charlotte? Dream?" "Yeah, look up the wiki entry about calling me. It's all in there." I should know, after I cleared it with Charlie, I put it in there. There was a pause, presumably while she read the entry. "A witch??" "Yep, and if the mobile gets too close when she's dreaming it picks up bits of it. Only her dreams are more like astral interventions, and you really don't want to listen in to those. There can be unpleasant side effects - for you." "Are you having me on?" "No, you can check in with my boss and HR. They know." "..." "Give me a call if there are any other problems. Good night Anthea." I hung up, and cuddled in to Charlie, and tried to go back to sleep.I'm a sysadmin. I manage a corporation's servers along with a team of eight. And my wife is a powerful witch. Really powerful. So all the electronics around the house are in magic circles to protect them from when she's asleep. I went through five phones (three mobile and two landline) before we got that sorted. She's sort of a magical troubleshooter. That's how we met. She was dealing with a haunted server room. I was managing the servers. I really did have a ghost in my machine. She laughed at my jokes, and I didn't laugh at her work. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SF</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SFF</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UrbanFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UrbanFantasy</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tootfic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/IAmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IAmWriting</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CharlieAndToby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharlieAndToby</a>

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