Alan Vincent Michaels

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Twin Peaks' cataract
Generates psychic mana
Infusing owls

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#Fantaiku #supernatural #vss365 #fantasy WooHoo!

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Cinderella's blest
Fairy Godmother's mana
Was magnanimous!

#vss365 #Fantaiku

#vss365 #Fantaiku

O, may your #Thursday
Blessed with bountiful mana
Be, to raise good works

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First Alien Message

“Whatever you do—”
Sent across light years of space
Crystal-clear message

“—you must stay silent—”
Something seemed to be missing
Worrisome message

“—or they’ll find you, too!”
They had our full attention
Our message back: “Crap!”

©2026 Alan Vincent Michaels
#ScifaikuSaturday

An image of Herr Otto Flick (played by Richard Gibson), a fictional, unemotional Gestapo officer and private Helga Geerhart (played by Kim Hartman) taken from an episode of the BBC sitcom, “Allo 'Allo!”

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I often mix up those words: message and massage.

A photo of officer Crabtree, played by the actor Arthur Bostrom, from the series 'Allo 'Allo! A white background with a man in front of it, wearing a uniform.

a spy in disguise
offered me a free massage
but Herr Flick awaits

#SciFaikuSaturday #haiku #scifi #Scifaiku

prompt: message

a silhouette of a person riding a bike in front of a full moon . ALT: a silhouette of a person riding a bike in front of a full moon .

he needs to send a
message to the stars above:
phone home from E.T.

#scifaikusaturday #message #haiku #scifaiku #sff #senryu #prompt #writesky #haikusaturday #ET #80s

Earth’s hopeful message,
distant, yet light years to go.
Who’ll still be around?

#ScifaikuSaturday
#message
#haiku

“Bad idea,” said Sam, his knife pressing on the red wire.

“What?!” shrieked Tom. “We can’t run. Cut the wire!”

“Don’t yell.”

Sam cut the wire. The timer kept counting down.

“Cut the white one!”

“Nada. Let’s attempt a new stra—”

“Slice all the wires!”

©2026 Alan Vincent Michaels

#2WordPrompt

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 06-MAR-26 is:

Attempt & Slice

#Prompt

On a black and star field background, a non-AI tagged Pixabay image of an android is shown. The android seems to be contemplating the #ScifaikuSaturday hashtag. A blue, rectangle outline highlights the image and hashtag.

The #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt for 07 March 2026 is ✍️ 📝 👩‍💻

#MESSAGE

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#AmWriting
#BlueSkyPoetry
#Haiku
#MicroPoem
#PoetsOfBlueSky
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity
#SciFi
#SFF
#WritingPrompts

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Your bountiful offerings for #vss365 have been a pleasure to read. Will you be as generous with the March 6 #prompt, #magnanimous? I can't wait to see!

Sylvain! 👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏻

Two more thoughts about “human progress”…

SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More! March’s theme for issue 32 is SPIRAL. The deadline for submissions to issue 32 is March 19th, and it will be published on Saturday, March 28th, 2026.

Calling all writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy and More: Take a spin down a recursive path and send a piece into March’s #SciFanSat issue with its theme of SPIRAL! Submissions are open until 03.19.2026 at scifansat.com/landing.html!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 04-MAR-26 is:

Buffer & Wire

#Prompt

“Please, don’t jump.”

He pauses on the edge. “Why?”

“Every two years, I return to the previous one,” she says. “Dunno why, but I get a replay of every year knowing a possible future.”

“You’re crazy if you think the future needs me.”

“No... I need you.”

#vss #sff

Write. Create. Be inspired. The #2WordPrompt for 05-MAR-26 is:

Monitor & Tick

#Prompt

A fantasy illustration of a female knight sitting on the side of a giant snail. She is contemplative and calm as she rests in the daylight filled clearing of the dense forest around them.

“Knight Errant”

Art by me for March’s upcoming #SciFanSat issue and its theme of SPIRAL! Authors, 14 days remain until submissions are due on March 19th. Full details are on our landing page at scifansat.com/landing.html!

#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts

“I used to fear what I was becoming, until I realized my purpose.”

His sword is on my throat. “To rule the world, Beast?”

“No. That the only way to unite the tribes of humanity in peace, was to become a monster so terrible that they must become allies to survive me.”

#vss #sff

A SCI-FI looking woman

#ScifaikuSaturday #RetroArtPrompt #vssfantasy
We created while
Trying to Escape Our Fate
Catalyst for change
darksouls1 pixabay.com

Ahoy, #SFFChat!

I’m in SFWA/SFPA & wear the multi-dimensional hat of an SFF author, poet, writing coach, NHI/UFO/UAP believer, AI-denier (to my peril? 🤷‍♂️), & more realms of being human.

I live on the Gulf coast of Florida, USA & ❤️ my collection of Teva®️ flip flops. I’m always in my comfort zone.🩴🏝️

shift from form to form
til it wears my lover’s face:
the enigma smiles

#SciFaikuSaturday #enigma #haiku

Powers all we do
One day we'll learn why it's here
Surely can't be bad

#Fantaiku #Prompt #Mana

Sunday, March 1st ~ #Poetry #WritingPrompts 1/2

#7SyllableSentence Roar
#BlueSkyPoetry #BSPP51 Verge
#DailyHaikuPrompt Fresh / Blue Sky
#Emoetry Bitter
#Fantaiku Mana
#Haiku4U TBA
#HaikuChallenge Xanthic
#HaikuFeels March

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#WritingPrompts 4

#30WordThursday
#ThursThreads
#TankaThursday
#SFFChat
#WeeknightWriters
#VSSMystery
#SciFiFri
#BornBattleReady
#PoemsAbout
#LesFicFri
#FridayFlashFics
#QueerWritersChat
#VSSMagic
#SciFiSat*
#SatSplat
#Fantaiku
#ScifaikuSaturday
#HaikuSaturday (@andrewssusanm)

No Host*

clover-crowned, the youth
watches the faerie courts pass by—
to hide or to dance?

#DailyHaikuPrompt #clover #Fantaiku #faerie #haiku

two fay ladies fair
whisper secrets, kissing close—
of course, they’re “just friends”

#DailyHaikuPrompt #friend #Fantaiku #fay

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I feel the death lust
Well up from deep inside me
Black shaman curses!

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#Fantaiku #HaikuHorrorPrompt no. 1675 #vsshorror #horror #fantasy #shaman #magic #BlueSkyPoet #haiku

feeling a bit strange
that witch’s brew was quite strong—
the frog hops along—

#Fantaiku #feel #DailyHaikuPrompt #frog #haiku

© 2025 Georganna Hancock AIart probably Dream by WOMBO

#vss365 #Fantaiku #fantasy #haiku #poetry #BlueSkyPoet

She left on a quest
Pack the goods godmother urged
Long bow and sharp spear