Notices by Micro SF/F by O. Westin (microsff@mastodon.art), page 2

"Yes," the Fairy king said, "the stars in our sky are the same as yours. Our realm parallels your world, not any others."

"Then, graceful majesty," the astronomer said, "I ask permission to build an observatory in your realm."

"Why?"

"It is hard to see past our own lights."

"Ah."

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"A weird thing happened," I said. "An old man appeared from nowhere, shouted 'Stop being an ass!', slapped me, and disappeared."

"An old woman for me," said my brother. "She said 'You'll figure it out' and hugged me."

"What does it mean?"

"I think... we'll invent a time machine."

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@lffontenelle The professional attitudes, principles, and methods of Indiana Jones are well known to be problematic, and do not reflect those of current archaeology.
But as I understand it, they are not terribly far off from what they were in the eras the films were set (though I haven't seen the fifth one).

@nazgul Yup.

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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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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@ArtBear Some countries have stricter rules for animal welfare than others, some farmers treat their animals better than others.
Just like how some countries great people better than others, and some people treat other people better than others.

"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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"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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@Thrashpanda That's lovely! It's it okay if I boost it?

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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@Ed_Carley I wouldn't know - I haven't read it - but it's not terribly surprising given how farmers have to turn to hackers to be able to repair their tractors nowadays.

#writever Fishnet

Often, when a Sorcerer notices that I wear some fishnet under my Witch robe, he gets the wrong idea. In fact, it is a Faraday cage, on which spells crash without going through. The friend who suggested this to me... she's a Physicist.

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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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"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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"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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"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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** Over on Tumblr, a reader posted this lovely comic based on one of my stories:
https://www.tumblr.com/hb-not-the-pencil/751893655868129280/i-dont-make-comics-often-but-this-was-too-cute
**

"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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@GreyPuma Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's not true.