Hello, Friday flash fictioneers, and welcome to Microcosms 138. Thanks to William and Robert Chambers for providing the theme of this week’s contest. They first published Chambers’s English Dictionary in 1872. Now rebranded as The Chambers Dictionary, it is widely used by British crossword setters […]
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RESULTS – Microcosms 137
Thanks to all who submitted to Microcosms 137. We had 14 entries this time. A warm welcome to first-time entrant, Kyle Spencer. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and retweet / spread the word about this contest among your followers and friends. Don’t forget that Microcosms exists […]
Microcosms 137
It’s Friday, flash fictioneers! Welcome to Microcosms 137. It gets to be really tedious, trawling through Wikipedia’s ‘On This Day’ entries, just to find six entries interesting enough to provide a CHARACTER, a LOCATION and a GENRE. So, to make life a little easier for […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 136
Thanks to all who submitted to Microcosms 136. We had a select 11 entries this time. A warm welcome to first-time entrant, Johanna. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and retweet / spread the word about this contest among your followers and friends. Don’t forget that Microcosms […]
Microcosms 136
Howdy, folks, and welcome to Microcosms 136. Y’all ready for some Friday flash fiction fun? This week’s contest is based on thespians whose birthdays fall on this date (17-AUG): 1893 – Mae West, American actress: ‘The Heat is On’ (1943) 1920 – Maureen O’Hara, Irish-American […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 135
If this is Monday, then it must be time for the Results post! Thanks to all who submitted to Microcosms 135. We had 14 entries this time. A warm welcome to first-time entrants, Jessica Matthew, Ramona, and Maya Levine. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and retweet / […]
Microcosms 135
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 […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 134
Thanks to all who submitted to Microcosms 134. We had 15 entries this time. Welcome back to long-lost friend, Brady Koch. 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 […]
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 […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 133
Thanks to all who submitted to Microcosms 133. We had 12 entries this time. 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 the flash […]
