Michael Emerson

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Title – Today I Learned
Themes – Creature/Your Choice!/Poetry
Word Count – 46

I admit,
I knew bombilate.
So rotund a word,
For a buzzing sound.
However, this where I get cleverer!
I didn’t know about […]

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Chess is the greatest game! It is remarkably fun, slaying enemies and taking troops! lol

Loved the light twist in the end. Also very true to chess, it is a game of war and a sport!

This was well written but I am left unsure why she killed her husband (?) at the end…

240 words
Foreign Correspondent/Clinic/Fantasy

The Duty of The Correspondent

Ben awoke in a clinic still clutching his copy of ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’. Blurry memories of fire and teeth and those baleful […]

(title) The Princess and the Dragon
(themes) Dragon/Ocean/Fantasy
(wordcount) 298

I am tied to a stake overlooking the ocean waiting to be eaten. You guessed it! I am a princess. And there is the dragon! […]

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As to the question of losing the slot machine… Even with the short time that I have been a part of Microcosms, I have noted that there is much more participation when the slot […]

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Thanks @John Herbert. I thought that it would be fun to put in one of those classic time travel ideas/laws.

Thank you! 🙂 Although honestly it could have been better… I wrote long and cut back to reach 300 words and that never works well for the pacing and overall everything of a flash piece. You need to write it at […]

That is exactly what I was going for! 😀 Thank you

This would be one of the issues with time travelers :p lol

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(Title) The Time Traveler
(Themes) Average Joe/A Ship/Drama
(Wordcount) 299

Average Joe crossed the helm of his ship, The Time Traveler. Before him, luminescent sails shifted as they caught the interstellar […]

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(title) On the Shores The Yangtze
(author) Michael Emerson
(word count) 182
(themes) Fisherman-China-Poem

By the shores of the Yangtze,
There sits a man,
A fisherman,
Weaving tales of the far off […]