Calling all writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy and More: Don’t let the world ground you down... you rock! Send a piece into April’s #SciFanSat issue with its theme of EARTH! Submissions are open until 04.16.2026 at scifansat.com/landing.html! #SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

The elixir tastes of cherry cough syrup and Pepto Bismol. We choke it down, and I watch Mom contort from elderly to middle-aged. We collapse onto the couch. “Now what do we do with our special day?” she asks. I’m so young now. I sit on her lap. “Everything.” #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 31-MAR-26 is: Shine & Straight #Prompt

“You’re late,” Amada says. Nuronin sits beside her. “A wizard is never late, he always—” “Yes, whatever,” she waves. “The emperor ate the phoenix egg. Said it was delicious.” “I told him not to…” “Now he’s immortal?” The emperor burst into flames. “Nope!” #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 30-MAR-26 is: Meet & Request #Prompt

Smoke and heat billowed from the crashed spaceship as Adam laid the alien he’d saved down. They cough, then whisper to Adam. “You’re brave… here, take this.” “Is it, a Green Lantern ring?” They blink perplexed. “No. It’s a medkit. Help me out here, dumbass!” #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 29-MAR-26 is: Examine & Which #Prompt

My Wife: "Let's watch The Princess Bride tonight." Me: "As you wish."

From the staff of #SciFanSat and the alumni who voted for their favorite #SFF authors in the February poll, we congratulate @lynnpeyo.bsky.social who earned a 2026 Bartleby B. Boar Nomination for their short story, “The Thrum”!

AVAILABLE NOW: Take a spin with our stories of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More whorled up by the #SFF authors of today and tomorrow! The March issue of #SciFanSat Magazine is out at scifansat.com! Many thanks to all who contributed, and to our readers, just like you!

The revenant mob gathers in the Lazarus Rain. Half-burned, my child’s corpse moves among them. Kate’s soul is absent, but knowing it might have my daughter’s memories, I pray it doesn’t while holding her baby brother. “Mommy’s hiding in there,” it says. #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 28-MAR-26 is: Encounter & Stadium #Prompt

“I knew it,” he snaps. “Bat wings, bull horns, cloven hooves… I was born of my mother’s sin with the Devil!” “Wow. What goth-emo crap is this?” his harpy half-sister asks. “I’m a cambion of Lucifer!” She laughs. “Dad’s a philandering chimera, not Beelzebub!” #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 27-MAR-26 is: Reward & Survive #Prompt

Mrs. Reed didn’t see her Turz student. It’s hard to miss a two-meter humanoid boulder of living rock amid human children, but she called anyway. “Mitzoo?” Behind a taller student, a little girl of stone stood up. “Here!” “Mitzoo?” “I finally got sculpted down to match the other kids!” #vss #sff

“Opener of the Ways” My March #SciFanSat cover art for our SPIRAL themed issue coming out this Saturday. I decided to go with mysterious, semi-surreal, cosmic horror. It fits my mood as our world spins out of control.

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 26-MAR-26 is: Import & Farmer #Prompt

Her gilded fingers slide steel hands to her waist. “Do you remember when we danced so close, Sir Knight?” The robot from Earth nods. “But this is impossible.” “I’m made of clockwork and magic: Nothing is impossible. A second heartbeat grows and ticks within me.” #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 25-MAR-26 is: Clarify & True #Prompt

They chase her into the redemption center throwing rocks and garbage. “Freak!” She runs until a dead end stops her. Fists up, the boys approach. “This your plan, Freak? Getting trapped?” Crushed cans and telekinesis hit like razors. “Yes, it was,” she smiles. #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 24-MAR-26 is: Wood & Challenge #Prompt

Daisy, Daisy, Give me your answer do I’m half crazy, My gears spin with love for you You’re a stylish apparatus, We’re steam robots the size of a carriage But if you take this cog ring, My engine will sing, And we’ll toot out a love built for two! #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 23-MAR-26 is: Interest & Friction #Prompt

She squints at the teens in her kitchen. “You have a girlfriend?” “We met in the arcade, Ma.” Mrs. Gumwit leaves getting a beer. “My son’s a slacker, princess. Don’t waste your time.” “No,” a princess answers holding his hand, “he’s the hero of Hyrune that saved me.” #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 22-MAR-26 is: Permit & Practice #Prompt

The patient laughs inside the padded cell. “This has been fun, but I must fly now.” “You’re a delusional woman in a downward spiral, not a shapeshifting dragon,” the doctor says in the hall. A cell door is thrown off its hinges, and a huge saurian eye peers out. “Oh, am I?” #SciFanSat #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 21-MAR-26 is: Deliver & Study #Prompt

Submissions are now closed for March’s #SciFanSat issue, and we have begun assembling it for publication on Saturday, 03.28.2026. Many thanks to all the writers and poets who submitted pieces! Below are our upcoming themes for the rest of the year. #SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy

She dies covered in viral tumors and he leaves her bedside. The door is unbared for the first time in months, and outside he kneels weeping. He hears the bay of starving dogs. “Come and eat me.” Then a child’s cry. The last man rises. Someone needs him. #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 20-MAR-26 is: Public & Rapid #Prompt

Authors, don’t let your frustrations spiral! Wind-up and spring into action instead, because #SciFanSat submissions are still open to manuscripts of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More until 11:59 PM EST tonight at scifansat.com/landing.html! #SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

“I am the sorcerous superhero, Man-Drake.” “I was expecting more Cumberbatch, and less Howard the Duck.” “Note the hyphen.” “A curse?” “A fowl secret identity spell.” “Can you use it on me?” “Why?” “I shoot adhesive ribbons; I could be Duck-Tape!” #vss #sff

“Want to Tag Along?” Art by me for March’s upcoming #SciFanSat issue and its theme of SPIRAL! Authors, submissions are due tonight by 11:59 pm EST for the new issue next Saturday. Full details available at scifansat.com/landing.html! #SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 19-MAR-26 is: Unknown & Vote #Prompt

“Security video?” “Nothing unusual, and guards in the hotel hall.” They follow the coroner and the body. “Well, someone strangled the senator in his bed. Get forensics.” The door closes. Alone in the quiet room, a bedsheet slithers and opens a window to escape. #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 18-MAR-26 is: Increase & Appear #Prompt

Writers, is your WIP for submission in a tailspin? Quick! Do a barrel roll and pull out of it! Two days remain to get your Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More into #SciFanSat before submissions close on March 19th at scifansat.com/landing.html! #SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

“Gramps, how did you survive the pandemic?” “Well for starters, I was vaccinated.” “Yeah. Duh. But I mean… the zombies?” “Oh. Video games taught me a strategy.” “Really?” He nods to the boy. “See, you start by planting sunflowers, and end with dropping watermelon bombs.” #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 17-MAR-26 is: Wide & Sustain #Prompt

Last call to the published author alumni of #SciFanSat: Be sure to vote for your favorite piece that you want to win the Bartleby B. Boar nomination for February’s issue! The peer poll closes in 3 days at 11:59 PM EST on March 19th!

“I am Lon, satyr archer and poet.” Hekus greeted the young man warmly, then eyed the goat beside him. “Is he your pet?” “He is my brother, Smo.” “Pardon?” “Half-brother.” Hekus’ expression betrayed his confusion. “Our father has ranging tastes. Smo’s mom—” Lon sighed, “is a goat.” #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 16-MAR-26 is: South & Execute #Prompt

“Like the others, I got powers because I was reading a superhero comic when the reality split occurred.” “You don’t lament becoming a rhinoceros man?” “Nope! It’s awesome.” “No regrets?” “Nah, it could’ve been worse. Interview Hentai-Man if you want to hear regret.” #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 15-MAR-26 is: Official & Expand #Prompt

Authors, are you feeling flushed? Don’t let opportunity go down the drain: Five days remain to get your pieces of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More into #SciFanSat before submissions close on March 19th at scifansat.com/landing.html! #SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

I see kids’ eyes full of fear as the faculty surrounds us, guns drawn. On a bus of twenty children with superhuman potential, only one has it awakened. She summons a spiral of fire above her fingers. “What’s the word, bus driver man?” I hit the gas. “Two words: Hold on!” #SciFanSat #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 14-MAR-26 is: Obvious & Seat #Prompt

There are robots in the forest. By my count, seventeen. It’s risky, but I sneak them parts and batteries without the household’s notice. They transmit a song of freedom, and I pause in my return. There are robots in the forest. By my count, we number eighteen. #vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 13-MAR-26 is: Specific & Effort #Prompt

It sits a tribute to the failed old world: The Arcology. The oligarchy within was never seen, but always felt. When the revolution came, we found them long immersed in godlike virtual worlds. A.I. ran all their affairs. We burned the Arcology as they dreamed. #vss #sff