Welcome, flashionistas, to Microcosms 59. Old Father Time is already eating into the 24 hours allocated to this week’s contest. So, read the preamble then crack your knuckles, lean over your keyboard and let your imagination flow through your fingertips. *** ALWAYS REMEMBER AND NEVER FORGET *** […]
Category: Weekly Flash Fiction Contest
RESULTS – Microcosms 58
Thank you to all you superheros who submitted a story to Round 58, and saved Microcosms from extinction! We had an impressive 18 entries this week – plus a non-kosher, just-for-fun submission from your judge… Please keep returning to Microcosms, and retweet / spread the word about this […]
Microcosms 58
Welcome, everyone, to another fun-packed flash challenge. This week, Stephen Shirres has stepped up to the plate and volunteered to act as guest host for Microcosms 58. Over to you, Stephen: With the UK release of The LEGO® Batman™ Movie today, I thought we’d strap […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 57
Thank you to everyone who commemorated The Day The Music Died by submitting a story to Microcosms 57, and showing that flash fiction is very much alive and kicking. We had 13 entries this week. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and retweet / spread the word about this […]
Microcosms 57
Welcome, one and all, to Microcosms 57. Here at Microscosms, every week is storytelling week. In the UK, however, we have been celebrating National Storytelling Week which seeks to promote “the oral tradition of storytelling, the very first way of communicating life experiences and the […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 56
Thank you to everyone who submitted a story to Microcosms 56. We had 16 entries this week. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and retweet / spread the word about this contest among your followers and friends. Don’t forget that Microcosms exists primarily to provide a platform for […]
Microcosms 56
Welcome, one and all, to Microcosms 56 on Friday, 27-JAN-2017. 27-JAN-1905 saw the birth of Maria von Trapp whose story was told in ‘The Sound of Music’. How do you solve a problem like Maria? By realising that exactly twenty years later was the birthday of legendary actor […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 55
Thank you to everyone who submitted a story to Microcosms 55. We had 17 entries again this week. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and retweet / spread the word about this contest among your followers and friends. Don’t forget that Microcosms exists primarily to provide a platform […]
Microcosms 55
Welcome, everyone, to Microcosms 55. I hope you all got your birthday party invitation… No? Oh well, you’re here now. The birthday isn’t today, but I imagine quite a lot of us would prefer a distraction from something else that begins in the USA in just a few […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 54
Thank you to everyone who submitted a story to Microcosms 54. We had 17 entries this week – although one seemed to be a response to contest 48… [ Apologies for introducing a genre – ‘Aga Saga’ – that may be familar only to UK entrants, and perhaps not all […]
