Greetings, flashionistas. Are you ready for more Friday flash fiction fun? Then, welcome to Microcosms 135. I’ve written in the past about my addiction to tsundoku – buying books and piling them up unread. To address this problem, my New Year’s resolution was to read 50 books during 2018. So far, I’m still on schedule,…
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Microcosms 134
Greetings, my flash fictioneering friends, and welcome to Microcosms 134. This week’s contest springs from a very famous journey that began on this day (03-AUG), and other events celebrating an anniversary today that took place as a result. 1492 – Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain 1527 – John Rut sends the…
Microcosms 133
It’s Friday again, my flash fiction friends — so it’s a warm welcome to Microcosms 133. Still no word from KM, so it’s me hosting again. This week’s contest is based — quelle surprise! — on events and anniversaries of birthdays that occurred on this day (27-JUL). 1890 – Artist Vincent van Gogh shot himself and died two…
Microcosms 132
Welcome, flashionistas, to Microcosms 132. This week’s contest is based on events and anniversaries that occurred on this day (20-JUL). 1903 – The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile 1944 – World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg 1947 – Birth of Carlos Santana,…
Microcosms 131
Greetings, my flash fictioneering friends, and welcome to Microcosms 131. I *think* everything is finally working again the way it should. Yay! But please let me know if that’s not the case! Since most of our writers are in the US or the UK, and since Trump is visiting the UK, it seems appropriate…
Microcosms 130
Feeling fit for a Friday flash fiction frolic? Welcome to Microcosms 130 — the first post of the third quarter of the year. Apologies for the lack of reminder tweets about the MC 129 Contest last week — this was entirely down to me, not KM. I’ve set up a calendar reminder now, so this…
Microcosms 129
Hello, all, and welcome to Microcosms 129. ***************************** 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 post and not as a thread immediately below the entry. ** Workaround ** Until we can…
Microcosms 128
Felicitations, my flash-fiction friends, and welcome to Microcosms 128. ***************************** 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. KM has gamely…
Microcosms 127
Hello everyone! Welcome to Microcosms 127. 🙂 ***************************** 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 post and not as a thread immediately below the entry. ** Workaround ** Until we can…
Microcosms 126
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…