The ongoing evolution of short attention span theatre—SF Scope

Thaumatrope is a twitter fiction magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror fiction under 140 characters - edited by @nelilly.

Thaumatrope is a twitter fiction magazine for
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror fiction
under 140 characters—edited by @nelilly.

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Jan 24, 2009

Another morning timestorm, and the town is ankle-deep in dead passenger pigeons. The late afternoon velociraptors should eat most of them.

Jan 30, 2009

As I unearthed the tomb of legendary hero Elvis Christ, I thought “The line between archaeologist and graverobber had never been blurrier.”

Feb 6, 2009

A telekinetic six-month old with an adult intellect and nuclear crib is the scariest villain of them all. We are all his teething rings now.

Feb 10, 2009

The angel bite on my arm is infected. My blood is luminous. My urine sings celestial choirs. I cough up feathers. I feel such CERTAINTY.

Feb 15, 2009

I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but: the incantatory power word to destroy all matter in this universe is in fact exactly 140 characters long.

Aug 30, 2009

The minotaur grinned. “A labyrinth is not a maze,” he said. “You can’t make a wrong turn. There’s only one path. It goes through my belly.”

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