Another Friday, another year… Welcome to Microcosms 156, the first post of 2019. Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all had a great festive period. Yes, we’re moving effortlessly (I wish!) into the fourth year of Microcosms… astonishing! I trust you are all raring to go with a new set of flash fiction challenges in…
Category: Contest
Microcosms 153
Hi, flash fiction buddies, and welcome to Microcosms 153. REMEMBER! (1) You have just 24 hours until midnight, today (Friday) New York time (EST) to write and submit your masterpiece. (2) All submissions must be no more than 300 words in length (excluding the title) (3) NO FAN-FICTION, please, and NO USE of COPYRIGHT CHARACTERS (4)…
Microcosms 152
Feeling fit for a Friday flash fiction frolic? Welcome to Microcosms 152. REMEMBER! (1) You have just 24 hours until midnight, today (Friday) New York time (EST) to write and submit your masterpiece. (2) All submissions must be no more than 300 words in length (excluding the title) (3) NO FAN-FICTION, please, and NO USE of…
Microcosms 151
Hi, flash fiction buddies, and welcome to Microcosms 151. REMEMBER! (1) You have just 24 hours until midnight, today (Friday) New York time (EST) to write and submit your masterpiece. (2) All submissions must be no more than 300 words in length (excluding the title) (3) NO FAN-FICTION, please, and NO USE of COPYRIGHT CHARACTERS (4)…
Microcosms 150
Howdy, folks, and welcome to Microcosms 150. Y’all ready for some Friday flash fiction fun? REMEMBER! (1) You have just 24 hours until midnight, today (Friday, 23-NOV) New York time (EST) to write and submit your masterpiece. (2) All submissions must be no more than 300 words in length (excluding the title) (3) NO FAN-FICTION,…
Microcosms 149
Greetings, flashionistas, and welcome to Microcosms 149. If you are new to Microcosms, you are doubly welcome; but PLEASE don’t forget to read and digest ALL the information, especially that in the “Remember!” section below. This week’s contest is based on actors/actresses who were born or who died on this day – 16-NOV. BIRTHS 1907…
Microcosms 148
Greetings, my flash fiction friends, and welcome to Microcosms 148. In a break from the normal format, this week we don’t concentrate on events that happened on this day; instead, we look forward to Sunday, 11-NOV-2018. Remembrance Sunday does not often fall on 11-NOV — the anniversary of the signing of the armistice between the…
Microcosms 147
Greetings, flash fictioneers, and welcome to Microcosms 147. *** SOMETHING TO BEAR IN MIND *** Daylight Saving in the UK and Ireland ended on Sunday 28-OCT; the clocks went back by one hour as we revert to Greenwich Mean Time. However, daylight saving in New York (EDT) does not end until Sunday 04-NOV. So, for…
Microcosms 146
It’s Friday: flash fiction aficionados’ favourite day of the week … or at least in their top seven! Welcome to Microcosms 146. 26-OCT is the anniversary of the birth in 1973 of Seth MacFarlane, American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter. He is the creator of the animated series ‘Family Guy’ in which he…
Microcosms 145
Hello again, flashionistas, and welcome to Microcosms 145. As William Shakespeare famously wrote in ‘As You Like It’: …All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances… This week’s contest is based on ‘players’ who had their ‘exits’ (deaths) or ‘entrances’ (births) on this…