The Xandalorian

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surreal fantasy • sci fi realism • horror

rogue astrophysicist ⭐️ plant whisperer 🌿 fire nation 🔥 mixed race diaspora ✨ they/them

2021 rejections: 13/100

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the keyboard I use to write all of my toots
Making a very deliberate choice to spell it Ouranos instead of Uranus, because I'm so exhausted with Americans always making the same tired joke.

So my #CampNaNo plan for this month is to write a bunch of sci-fi short stories. Also, I should write something which isn't a sapphic romance. Not that there's anything wrong with sapphic romances, but 2 is probably plenty for now.

I'm indecisive today, give me some opinions on stuff that sounds fun

Weird and shiny artefact which is probably alien
9.2%
Help! Space is dangerous!
7.7%
Astrobiology and alien wildlife
50.8%
Ghost stories in space
32.3%
Poll ended at .

🦖 "A sudden bite of chill wind. The scent of the sea intermingled with the chalky redolence of broken masonry. And somewhere, buried underneath, the bitter scent of nasturtium leaves. Zaina stops sharply, her breath catching in her throat. In front of her, shattered, indented asphalt. An enormous footprint."

(Mild CW for horror, terror, loss, grief, and implied gore)

#ShortStories #Writing #SpilledInk

https://vocal.media/fiction/chimerical-mile

Chimerical Mile

That’s how we survive. Together.

🦖 "A sudden bite of chill wind. The scent of the sea intermingled with the chalky redolence of broken masonry. And somewhere, buried underneath, the bitter scent of nasturtium leaves. Zaina stops sharply, her breath catching in her throat. In front of her, shattered, indented asphalt. An enormous footprint."

(Mild CW for horror, terror, loss, grief, and implied gore)

#ShortStories #Writing #SpilledInk

https://vocal.media/fiction/chimerical-mile

Chimerical Mile

That’s how we survive. Together.

"This movie offensive!" Scowling, he crossed his arms, turning a slightly deeper shade of vermillion.

"Booo! Goblins not like that!"

“Anti-goblin propaganda!"

A chorus of jeers. I wondered where they'd learned the word propaganda as I hit pause. "Ok ok, we won't watch The Hobbit. Which one do you want? Labyrinth again?"

"No! Space goblin!"

"Space goblin with shiny sword!"

One of them handed me a tattered DVD case.

"Yoda?"

In reply, a chorus of grins and nods.

#Microfiction

Seen earlier in Paris. The teddy bear amused me.
A goblin which lives in your home is technically known as a hobgoblin. This is because they like to be near the stove, because it's warm and they like the smell of garlic.
Oh, just me doing goblin-related worldbuilding...
Goblins are known for being mischievous, but they usually reserve that kind of thing for people who they don't like. They aren't evil or malicious though. This is anti-goblin propaganda, and they won't stand for it.