Microspores

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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0000

Image source: Graham Walsh

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Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:13:00 +0000

Name of planet: unknown. Ship destroyed. No signs of life. Twin moons: one bone white, the other blood coloured.

Image source: Jo Ley

Soundtrack E.P. by Liam of sunshinemachine.org

"Microspores are tiny 140 character stories first developed on www.twitter.com/jeffnoon . I have..."

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:26:20 +0000

“Microspores are tiny 140 character stories first developed on www.twitter.com/jeffnoon . I have chosen fifty such spores, reworked them a little, and brought them to this more permanent space. If you feel inspired by any of the pieces, please feel free to add your own illustrations, comments, music or videos. Send material to microspores@metamorphiction.com for processing, listing your name and the number of the microspore in question.”

- Jeff Noon - 2012

”Jeff Noon can do things with 140 characters that most of us are hard pushed to do with...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:21:48 +0000

”Jeff Noon can do things with 140 characters that most of us are hard pushed to do with 140,000 words.” - Phillip Reeve

Name of planet: unknown. Ship destroyed. No signs of life. Twin...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:20:00 +0000

Name of planet: unknown. Ship destroyed. No signs of life. Twin moons: one bone white, the other blood coloured.

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Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:58:00 +0000

The plastic doll prowls the city. She’s looking for the tin soldier who has stolen one of her eyes. And two of her fingers. And her heart.

image source: Jo Ley

Microspore Soundtrack by Afterwish

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Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:28:00 +0000

By the Zeno Clock it’s half past 7, half past half past 7, half past half past half past 7, half past half past half past half past 7…

image source: Derek McFee

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Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:35:00 +0000

Any resemblance to actual persons living, dead, machine-made, amplified, accessorised, vapour-cast or distributed as elements in a hive mind is entirely coincidental.

Microspore Soundtrack by Afterwish

01.

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:34:00 +0000

Alice cracked the seedpod open, releasing spores. She wanted to see them drift away, take root, blossom, be gathered up, sniffed at, tasted, trampled on, or smoked.

image source:Corey Holms

Microspore Soundtrack by lextrical.com

02.

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:34:00 +0000

This is a customer service announcement. Can NO meet YES at the front desk. Thank you.

Microspore Soundtrack by lextrical.com

03.

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:34:00 +0000

Electric Angels are recharging their halos at the petrol station, plugging themselves in. Their images burn up pixels on the security monitors.

image source:Jo Ley

Microspore Soundtrack by lextrical.com

Microspore Soundtrack by Afterwish

04.

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:34:00 +0000

Ian had himself decorated with a snake tattoo whilst taking acid. Drug and ink mingled. The creature crawled up his arm, towards his face, one inch a day.

Microspore Soundtrack by lextrical.com

image source: @littleappleseed

05.

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:34:00 +0000

The machine consists of just twenty-six components and eleven linking devices: abcde fghij klmno pqrst uvwxyz ,;:?!()-“”. Press HERE to operate.

image source: Derek McFee

Microspore Soundtrack by lextrical.com

Microspore Soundtrack by Afterwish

06.

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:34:00 +0000

Robot tongue for sale, only one owner. 10GB, speaks 17 languages. Can sing, tell stories and crack jokes. Slight problem with poetry mode: button sticky.

image source: juliea.joules

Microspore Soundtrack by lextrical.com

07.

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:34:00 +0000

They have placed Eros under three months quarantine. Contamination is feared. His arrows are being tested for all known poisons.

image source: Sara Abbott

Microspore Soundtrack by lextrical.com

image source: @littleappleseed

08.

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:34:00 +0000

EKO42 was the first android to recognize himself in a mirror. One day he froze in place, an artificial Narcissus enraptured by his own image.

image source:Zora Mae

Microspore Soundtrack by lextrical.com

09.

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:34:00 +0000

A ghost is an advertisement of death, broadcast on the screen of life.

Microspore Soundtrack by lextrical.com

10.

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:34:00 +0000

Press release. The Prime Minister has been taken away for essential repairs. In his absence, a fully functioning replica will run the country.

Microspore Soundtrack by lextrical.com

11.

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:34:00 +0000

Vapour Girls stalk the neon-lit streets, their bodies dissolving and reforming every second, red eyes aglow in faces made of smoke.

image source: Marija Marosevic

image source: Cat Igrun

Microspore Soundtrack by lextrical.com

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Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:34:00 +0000

Asleep in their beds, hidden from sunlight, all the vampires dream of finding the last known vial of Lady Diana’s blood.

image source: @littleappleseed

Microspore Soundtrack by Afterwish