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 […]
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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 […]
Microcosms 54
Welcome to Microcosms 54. Fridays sure do come round quickly… This week it’s Friday, 13th January, so the contest is based on a variety of people, all of whom died on the 13th day of January. The film ‘Tombstone’ (1993) concerns Lawman Wyatt Earp (died 1929) […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 53
Thank you to everyone who made a resolution to submit a story to Microcosms 53. We’ve had 13 entries so far this year – not bad after the holiday hiatus. Nice to see one or two old faces returning to the fray. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and retweet / spread the word […]
Microcosms 53
Another Friday, another year… Welcome to Microcosms 53, the first post of 2017. Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all had a great festive period. To extend my break, Stephen Shirres kindly volunteered to be guest host this week. Over to you, Stephen: Happy New […]
Microcosms 52
Hello, everyone. Welcome to Microcosms 52. As last week, there’s no contest. This is a ‘just for fun’ post to bring 2016 to a close. There is simply a photo prompt below – no character, setting and genre elements and no slot machine. Let your imagination […]
