The 11 October 2025 #ScifaikuSaturday #archive In the third Epoch, Bloody #WAR, the Grak against Human aggressors. #BlueSkyPoetry #Haiku #MicroPoem #PoetsOfBlueSky #SciFi

Until these creatures Cease their Venusian howls, I shall have no #peace #MicroPoem #SciFaiku #SciFi #Haiku

My work iPhone decided to send me all my WhatsApp messages at 5am this morning, despite being set to Do Not Disturb. The iPhone Focus menu is a complicated array of options which doesn't work properly. Looks like I'll have to remember to turn it off every day now. #AppleSucks

AI at its peak.

Drop some pumpkins🎃

The #storm rages on; Shards of flying steel rain down Upon our shelter. #SciFaikuSaturday #MicroPoem #SciFi #Haiku

Blood Brothers at Theatr Clwyd last night. Fancy new venue, quite a place to spend our wedding anniversary.

"Target: Gallagher. Time frame: ASAP. Fee: 1mil." Joe read the printed note and nodded grimly to himself. At that moment he heard someone enter, so he quickly ate it, chewing it into a papery #pulp. It was Gallagher. "Hi Joe! What are you up to in here?" Joe chuckled. "The usual," he said. #vss365

This was The Cave Of Doom. He liked to come here to relax. It was his little #oasis of calm. "Ho! I am Bongord! Slayer of Dragons!" He sighed, and bellowed deeply. "Wherefore comest thou?" "I aim to slay thee. Dragon." "Fine," he muttered, stretching his legs. "I'll fetch my wings." #vss365

Jason squinted at the horizon, but even with his glasses, the heat haze reduced the shape to an indistinct #blur. Eventually he could make it out, a whirring metallic object, glinting with metallic blades, and it was heading directly for him. Fast. Very fast. He turned on his heel and ran. #vss365

Today I learned that autocorrect changes "euthanasia" to "Ryanair". #IDontMakeTheRules

Jewel describing being introduced on-air as “A large-breasted woman from Alaska.” (When she responded with, “You must be that small-penised man I’ve heard so much about from South Carolina,” she was escorted out of the station.) www.salon.com/2025/09/23/l...

List three things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep: 1. Music theory 2. Film theory 3. Guitars 4. My aches and pains...

Share your favourite black and white movie. It was this or The Lavender Hill Mob.

Happy 26th to Spaced! I loved it so much I wrote my dissertation on it in 2006. Title was: Why do sitcom-based films fail so often and this be linked to the many ways intertextuality can be defined? Replies off coz men still exist on the internet.

Me on my way to the rapture

"This is a #catastrophe Jack." "No, it's fine. I can fix this." The awning teetered more precariously above them as Jack struggled to balance on the stepladder. It finally reached the point of no return as Rose grabbed helplessly for the fabric, and then it engulfed them both. "Perfect." #vss365

The ship was featureless and smooth, almost like a giant pebble. With a hum, a hexagonal #extrusion pushed out of the side, gradually resolving itself into an open airlock and ramp. The Visitor emerged, waddling down the ramp. President Bieber frowned. "It looks just like a... cabbage." #vss365

Garth slid the door open and squeezed through. Suddenly, a blinding light. The lizard scowled, a mean looking rifle in their hands. "You were told. Nobody escapes from the Galak." With a snarl, they swung the weapon and struck Garth across the head with the #stock. Blackness engulfed him. #vss365

Crouched in the muffled attic, Brian switched on the Moog. After a while, he began waveform #synthesis. He was an old hand at it now, and before long he had a baseline and a melody, with a rudimentary rhythm track. The door to his sanctuary shifted, and he froze. Was this the secret police? #vss365

If anybody kneads me, dough.

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to bluesky

"A thousand curses! The forces of evil once again #conspire against me!" howled Henry. "What is it now," asked Genevieve. "Someone has stolen my keys!" She sighed and picked them up off the counter. "These keys?" Henry turned, and upon seeing them he slumped onto the armchair, weeping. #vss365

The carriage lurched as the highwayman fired and the horses swerved away. As he called after them, Roger climbed out to the driver. "Spot of trouble, sir." "I guessed as much. Hand me the #reins and grab your pistol." "Sir?" "Then give the gun to me, I don't care. Reins or pistol. Now." #vss365

Animalistic, Looking like normal humans, They #crave human flesh. #Haiku #MicroPoem #SciFi #SciFaikuSaturday

"Report 376: subject LJ-227 has responded well to the treatment, now only #flinching when male orderlies enter. parapsychic talent has depressed slightly, but still remarkable. Recommendation: continued treatment, up the dose to 55mg. Increase monitoring 30%." -Professor Langström. #vss365

Just heard the new #SpinalTap album, yet another stone cold classic from the Tappers. #TheEndContinues

Are people still going on about that guy getting shot? Lots of people have been shot since then. Either let it go or do something about all of them.

The mysterious structure was hypnotic in its intricacy. Wheels turned, pistons moved. Every minute, a tiny ballbearing dropped onto a diaphragm, which immediately sank down, building huge amounts of #potential energy. It then fired the steel ball at a screen, where it was atomised. But why? #vss365

How I answer the phone:

"You can't leave that there," said the guard. Sam shrugged. "Just did." "You'll get a fine if you don't move it." Sam turned and looked him square in the eyes. "Today, three people have tried to kill me, my home has exploded, and my bank account is frozen. My supply of fucks is #exhausted." #vss365

Someone has been shot in America. Five injured, four killed, seven incidents. Only one of them was well known. Reset the "Days since someone in America has been shot" back to 0. Of course, it was only on 1 anyway. Fifty two incidents yesterday, eighteen killed.

Carlos opened the hatch and climbed up into the darkness. It was hot but #bearable, and he soon reached the access panel for the reactor. It opened easily, and he was instantly engulfed by a tumble of torn wires. "Carlos here. I've found the source of the overheat. Looks like sabotage." #vss365

I'd just like to take this opportunity to wish a happy birthday to #IguanaJesus. www.nbcnewyork.com/news/nationa...

Doris took the parcel from her bag and carefully unpeeled the grease-proof #wrapper. The pork chop glistened in the failing light, like a big, meaty jewel. She heard the door open, and hurriedly rewrapped the contraband before stowing it in the larder. Betty came in. She could smell it. #vss365

The Bevor juddered as energy bolts raked the hull. "Can you give us more #power?" shouted Captain Tanner. Court Palmer sighed. "I can give you 48 seconds, no more." "Why 48?" "I have to turn off life support. People can't usually hold their breath much longer than that." "Okay fine. Do it." #vss365

Hank stood awkwardly in the #doorway, feeling terribly exposed in front of a classroom of strangers. Deb paused mid-clause, and turned to see the cause of the disturbance. The chalk slipped from her fingers, snapping as it hit the ground. "Is he your boyfriend, miss?" Deb drew a dagger. #vss365

Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.

Don't #Fear the unknown; Put it aside and explore Countless brave new worlds. #ScifaikuSaturday #MicroPoem #Haiku #Fear

"A #chance in a million. Definitely." Dobbs remained unconvinced. "Have you even heard of Occam's Razor?" Hays smiled. "Yes, but that's eliminating the impossible. Impossible is just something that hasn't happened yet." "But isn't it possible that it was done deliberately?" "Well... Maybe." #vss365

He approached Tower with trepidation. He'd heard rumours of shrieks, of evil acts. Originally it had been called Kays Tower, back when people cared about names. After Marsfall it was just the Tower, until the definite #article eventually fell away. He stood at the door, gulped, and knocked. #vss365

"An entire nervous system replacement was necessary," said Dobson. "My god! She must have been #conscious the entire time!" Dobson snorted. "That's a stretch. She's a bulk freighter, not an interceptor." Kitt stroked the hull gently. "Don't you listen to that mean mechanic," he said. #vss365

The mysterious deaths seemed #arbitrary at first; a healthy heart attack here, a freak car crash there, nothing seemed to link them. Then Siegfried found the journal. Every name, every cause of death, every date. But the book was old, centuries perhaps. And the next name was Siegfried's. #vss365

The Blue Parrot was rough. Not just "piano stopped playing when you walked in" rough. It was "the armed bank robbers managed to #elude the police by escaping into The Blue Parrot" rough. "Are you sure he said here?" asked Jim dubiously. "Yes," said Kate. "Now remember, don't say ANYTHING." #vss365

"But sir," protested Davis. "She's a loose cannon!" Admiral Booth shrugged. "I understand, Davis, but #past transgressions aside, Fletcher is still the best man for the job." Jess shifted uncomfortably. "What exactly is this job, sir?" Booth grinned. "You're going -inside- the leviathan." #vss365

It's Saturday 📺 Post a cartoon TV series you love.

Lights across the sky, Crash draws investigators; #Nova Scotia bound. #SciFaikuSaturday #haiku #MicroPoem

The odour was #pungent, almost acrid, and Harry's nose wrinkled in disgust. "Someone die in here?" The coroner's scowl matched the stench. "It was funny the -first- time." Harry shrugged. "We have to make our joy where we can. What can you tell me about the victim?" "They're dead?" "Touché." #vss365

Gotta love US TV dramas. Just watched a tense scene in a firefighter show where the main characters had a THREE MINUTE argument about how to extinguish a sudden large fire, IN THE FIRE HOUSE.