Today – 12th August – is a popular day to croak, kick the bucket, cash in one’s chips, pop one’s clogs, assume room temperature, cease to be… It’s the D.O.D. for: Last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, Cleopatra – 30 BC Steam locomotive pioneer, George Stephenson […]
Category: Weekly Flash Fiction Contest
RESULTS – Microcosms 31
Thank you to all who braved the elements (see what I did there?) in Microcosms 31. We had a reasonable number of submissions once again this week, but we always welcome more. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and spread the word about this contest among your […]
Microcosms 31
This week’s guest host is the award-winning, multi-talented Sal Page! Over to you, Sal. Weather: they say we Brits talk about it all the time. Of course we don’t, but whenever the subject of talking about the weather comes up, I get to do my ‘never […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 30
Thank you to all who spied the hidden secrets of the story elements in Microcosms 30. We had a reasonable number of submissions again this week, but we always welcome more. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and spread the word about this contest among your […]
Microcosms 30
This week’s contest is based on the work of actor, David Niven, the anniversary of whose death falls today. He was the quintessential urbane English gentleman, in real life and pretty much all of his almost 100 film/movie roles. While he was co-hosting the televised Academy Awards in 1974, […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 29
Thank you to all who worked their magic on the story elements in Microcosms 29. We had a reasonable number of submissions this week, but we always welcome more. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and spread the word about this contest among your followers and friends. One or […]
Microcosms 29
This week we have regular Microcosms participant, Meg Kovalik, hosting the competition. I don’t know about you guys, but whenever I check in on current affairs at the moment I feel like I’m caught up in some elaborate publicity stunt for the latest Dystopian YA […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 28
Thank you to everyone who put finger to keyboard to enter Microcosms 28. We had a good number of submissions this week, but we always welcome more. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and spread the word about this contest among your followers and friends. Many thanks to Geoff […]
Microcosms 28
Bore da all, sadly Wales were knocked out of Euro 2016 in the end causing my husband some disappointment (being of the Cymraeg) but it’s not the end of the world, the team did themselves proud; it was however pretty disastrous for the English which […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 27
Apologies all for the lateness of the post. Many thanks to our judge for Microcosms 27 Bill Engleson, here are his final judgements: Here in lotus land (I know, I know, there are so many lotus lands, but I am referencing MINE; The West Coast of […]
