Hail, fellow flash fictioneers, and welcome to Microcosms 126. ***************************** IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ! ***************************** Pressing the [REPLY] button in order to leave a comment on an entry is not working properly: the comment will simply appear at the end of the post, and not as a thread immediately below the entry. *** But there…
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Microcosms 125
Greetings, everyone, and welcome to Microcosms 125. Apologies for the brief delay. My first time back in months, and I’m a little rusty with the time! Apologies for the lengthy absence, and HUGE thanks to Geoff for carrying the torch for so long. I had a prolonged illness but am doing so much better, now.…
Microcosms 124
Ready for some Friday flash fiction fun, flashionistas? Then welcome to Microcosms 124. ***************************** IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ! ***************************** Replying to other “comments” is still not working properly. ** Workaround v2 ** Until I can solve the problem permanently, you should “right-click” on the [Reply] button, then click on “Copy link address”, paste that into the…
Microcosms 123
Welcome, flash fiction fans, to Microcosms 123. ***************************** IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ! ***************************** Replying to other “comments” is still not working properly. ** Workaround v2 ** Until I can solve the problem permanently, you should “right-click” on the [Reply] button, then click on “Copy link address”, paste that into the URL box at the top of the…
Microcosms 122
Greetings, flashlings. We come in peace… to welcome you to Microcosms 122. It’s back to me to come up with a theme this week. Fortunately, I had a brainwave! Part of the reason why I don’t write as much flash fiction these days is that, after a lapse of two or three years, I have…
Microcosms 121
Hello to all you flash fiction fans, and welcome to Microcosms 121. Apologies for the delay in posting; the closing deadline for the contest will be put back by an hour and a half – please ignore the countdown clock. This week we have a guest host, Woody McBain. Take it away, Woody… Hello, everyone.…
Microcosms 120
Welcome back to Microcosms, Flash Harrys and Flash Harriets. Ready to pit your writing skills against the challenge of Round 120? Let’s get to it then… As some of you may be aware — cue the violins! — being curator of Microcosms is hard work… very hard work… a gargantuan amount of very hard work……
Microcosms 119
Greetings, my flash fictioneering friends, and welcome to Microcosms 119. This week’s contest is based on anniversaries occurring today (20-APR). 270 years: birth of Georg Michael Telemann, German composer and multi-instrumentalist 210 years: birth of Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France who died in exile in England and is buried at St Michael’s…
Microcosms 118
Hello once again, flashionistas, and welcome to Microcosms 118. In MC 110, I mentioned my resolution to address my addiction to tsundoku — the Japanese term for the habit of buying books, then piling them up unread — by reading 50 books in 2018. In the first quarter of the year – 13 weeks – I managed to read eleven and…
Microcosms 117
Friday comes around quickly when you’re having fun… Welcome to Microcosms 117, as we move effortlessly — if only! — into the first post of the second quarter of the year. *** Please read the instructions carefully – ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE NEW TO MICROCOSMS. *** As is customary at times like this, I’ve been looking back…