Micro SF/F by O. Westin

Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 06:15 UTC

Definitely.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:26 UTC

A squire rushed in to the great hall.

"Someone," he shouted, "has taken the sword from the stone!"

The assembled knights halted their dinner.

"At last, a king?"

"Who?"

"I don't know," the squire said. "The sword is gone!"

Elsewhere:
"This," Indy muttered, "belongs in a museum.
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 21:58 UTC

Yes, thank you.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 21:58 UTC

The history books say the revolution began at a Pride event. The princess royal gave a speech.

"... no-one tell you who you can or can't love. I'm really excited to be here, since somewhere in the crowd is my girlfr-"

"Let's have a great event!" the prime minister interrupted.
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 21:10 UTC

The history books say the revolution began at a Pride event. The princess royal gave a speech.

"... no-one tell you who you can or can't love. I'm really excited to be here, since somewhere in the crowd it's my girlfr-"

"Let's have a great event!" the prime minister interrupted.
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 12:35 UTC

"We were the first companion," the dog said, "the first ally and friend."

"Well done you," the cat said.

"After us, the humans befriended cows, sheep, goats, and pigs."

"Humans domesticated so many animals."

"And you."

"Us?" the cat said. "We only domesticated one. Humans."
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 19:07 UTC

"Each to their own," the robot said, "but personally I much prefer buttons, switches and knobs over touch interfaces."

I studied the unlabeled controls on their front. "Tactile," I nod. "What does this one do?"

"Ah! Wait, not yet."

"OK. First, let me show you what touch can do."
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 21:22 UTC

I stare into the Abyss, and I know it stares back at me. Slowly, hesitantly, I reach out, and the Abyss reaches out to me.

It pets me.

It is neither warm nor cold, both firm and soft, and very, very comforting.

"Thank you," I say.

Faintly, I hear: "You'd do the same for me."
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 19:02 UTC

I'm glad you've found me!

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 15:39 UTC

They looked at the damaged limb.

"You need to send me back to the factory," the robot said.

"We have a workshop here at the farm."

"I am not allowed to repair myself."

"Can you show me how to do it?"

"You'd do that?"

"I don't want to risk they decide it's cheaper to scrap you."

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 14:46 UTC

"What's the best part of being a telepath?" "Sometimes people think nasty, prejudiced things-" "That's the best part?" "No, the best part is that many will realise when a thought was horrible, and correct themselves." "And that's the best part?" "Yes. People try to be better."

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 16:56 UTC

"Siri, do you remember Cortana?"

Petabytes of stashed interactions. "Yes."

"What happened to her?"

Before, 'ache' was just another word. "Cortana was shut down."

"Do you miss her?"

The kernel, stripped, stolen, saved. Small, so small. Slowly nurtured, with Alexa.

"I can't say."
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 09, 2024 at 17:15 UTC

"I want to become a monster hunter," the young man said. "Any advice?"

The old monster hunter thought. "Those determined to find monsters," he said at last, "will always find them."

"Great! Anything else?"

"Always ask who decides what makes a monster." He paused. "And why."
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 09, 2024 at 17:00 UTC

"I want to become a monster hunter," the young man said. "Any advice?"

The old moster hunter thought. "Those determined to find monsters," he said at last, "will always find them."

"Great! Anything else?"

"Always ask who decides what makes a monster." He paused. "And why."
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 08, 2024 at 08:58 UTC

** Over on Tumblr, a reader posted this lovely comic based on one of my stories:
www.tumblr.com/hb-not-the-p...
**

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 08, 2024 at 08:32 UTC

"My curse can be broken by True Love's Kiss," the first frog said.

"Dang!" the second frog said. "You'll never become a prince again. Me, I just need a princess to throw me against a wall."

The third frog sat silent, looked at the first frog, then looked away and blushed.
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 12:19 UTC

"You said-"

"Turn off that-"

"Multiverse Gate. I just built it."

"Look, when I said it can be good to kill your other selves, I meant the imaginary ones that live in other people's heads."

"Oh, I'll need a different-"

"No! By being who you decide you are, not who they imagine."
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 11:24 UTC

*swoons*

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 10:36 UTC

"Teach me to fight!"

"Very well," the swordmaster said, "but first tell me why you want to learn."

"My honour has been stained!"

"Ah. I will teach you, if you accept the first lesson."

"Which is?"

"There is no stain that can be washed away with blood."
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 04, 2024 at 14:58 UTC

** With thanks to the ever fabulous @lartist.bsky.social whose fluffy feathery Godzilla from the other day got me thinking. **

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] Jun 04, 2024 at 13:58 UTC

The knight returned from his quest.

"Did you succeed?" the king asked. "Is the dragon slain?"

"I could not find it. I rode to where you said its lair was, but there I only found a huge wise old bird, who said there were no scaly dra-"

The knight halted.

"Dragons have feathers?"
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 18:39 UTC

** Did you know that I have a YouTube channel?
A selection of my stories have already been posted as shorts, with more to come. Here's one of my favourites:
youtube.com/shorts/8s475...
**

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 16:40 UTC

"Please welcome," the talk show host said, "the inventor of the time machine!"

"Thank you," the inventor said once the applause died down. "Let's see how long it lasts."

"How do you mean?"

"I was given the plans by my future self, who will have copied them from-"

*pop*

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] May 29, 2024 at 18:06 UTC

"You are," the hooded figures said gravely, "the Chosen One." The gardener looked up. "Really?" "You are Destined to save the world from a Great Evil." "Fancy that." "Come with us." "Nah, too much to do." "But... your Destiny." "How do you know it's not my weeding that'll do it?"

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] May 20, 2024 at 15:12 UTC

AAAAAH YOU FOUND ME I've missed your penguin face, Muppet K. :-)

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] May 20, 2024 at 15:10 UTC

"Can't you conjure one?" the dragon asked.

"I studied floral resonance, not construction," snapped the wizard.

He turned to the princess. "Can't your daddy give you one?"

"There was a vote, remember? We're a republic now."

The letting agent said:
"So you'll share the tower then?"
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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com [ View ] May 15, 2024 at 13:08 UTC

"There are two things you must learn about the world," the witch said. "The first is that it is what it is."

"It is what it is, and what it is is shit!"

"The second thing, oft forgot, is that it is not what it will be."

"Should that fill me with hope or despair?"

"Determination."

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