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This is kind of an experiment. I've been posting fiction, mostly SF but a little fantasy, on Twitter once a day for the past couple of weeks. Just to see if it can be done.
I expect to be doing this for another month or so. If you're curious about future tweets or twits or whatever they're called, my handle on Twitter is @michaelswanwick.
And here are the first several:
1. Knew a woman who took her children to a store filled with
wardrobes. The rest of her life she traveled from world to world, looking for
them. (12/7/15)
2. Earth almost made it into the Galactic Union. Then they
discovered how delicious we are. (12/9/15)
4. Cryogenically frozen for a thousand years – and the first
thing I’m asked is “Did you know Justin Bieber?” (12/10/15)
5. First our phones got smart. Then they got smarter. Then –
excuse me, my master calls. (12/11/15)
6. We genetically engineered a vampire that sucks fat. Our
profits are off the map. (12/12/15)
7. Went back in time to kill Hitler. Returned just as the
Soviet invasion of America began. (12/13/15)
8. The good news is that the world is going to end tomorrow.
You probably don’t want to hear the bad news. (12/14/15)
9. In 2034, toons were granted full citizenship. In 2035,
falling anvils became the leading cause of accidental death. (12/15/15)
10. I was the first immortal man. How quickly all women
became too young for me!(12/16/15)
11. Our artificially intelligent robots wouldn’t work for
what we were paying them. So we invented artificial stupidity. (12/17/15)
12. Mercury has the
hottest women in the Solar System. I’m covered with second degree burns.
(12/18/15)
13. Devolution Machine a great success. So many people want
to be beastlier! (12/19/15)
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Wonderful. SF and fantasy standup. The reader supplies the drum roll and crashing cymbals. "My girl friend was a werewolf, but I had to break up with her. Those vet bills were killing me!" Ka-bump, CRASHH!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you found such a great use for your Twitter account! I sure hope some of these get written up as longer fiction, no joke.
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