Thanks to all who submitted to Microcosms 121. We had an impressive 23 entries this time, with the return of an old Microscosms friend, Sian Brighal. A warm welcome also to first-time entrants, Lyndsey Croal and Diana L James. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and retweet / spread the word about this contest among your followers and friends.…
Tag: KM Zafari
Microcosms 122
Greetings, flashlings. We come in peace… to welcome you to Microcosms 122. It’s back to me to come up with a theme this week. Fortunately, I had a brainwave! Part of the reason why I don’t write as much flash fiction these days is that, after a lapse of two or three years, I have…
RESULTS – Microcosms 121
Thanks to all who submitted to Microcosms 121. We had a satisfying 16 entries this time, with a return of old Microscosms friends, Nthato Morakabi and A J Walker. A warm welcome also to first-time entrants, Samantha Carr and Arianna Hammond. You may have noticed that I’ve amended the blurb on the Microcosms Countdown clock to make…
Microcosms 121
Hello to all you flash fiction fans, and welcome to Microcosms 121. Apologies for the delay in posting; the closing deadline for the contest will be put back by an hour and a half – please ignore the countdown clock. This week we have a guest host, Woody McBain. Take it away, Woody… Hello, everyone.…
RESULTS – Microcosms 120
Thanks to all who submitted to Microcosms 120. We had 13 entries this time. There was also yet another late entry – almost 24 hours after the deadline… At various times, I’ve change the contest information to add that (a) it’s a 24 hour contest, (b) that it runs on a FRIDAY (New York time), (c)…
Microcosms 120
Welcome back to Microcosms, Flash Harrys and Flash Harriets. Ready to pit your writing skills against the challenge of Round 120? Let’s get to it then… As some of you may be aware — cue the violins! — being curator of Microcosms is hard work… very hard work… a gargantuan amount of very hard work……
RESULTS – Microcosms 119
Thanks to all who submitted to Microcosms 119. We had 15 entries this time. Welcome to first-time entrant Jennifer F, and a warm welcome back to long-lost Microcosms pal, Caitlin Gramley. 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 119
Greetings, my flash fictioneering friends, and welcome to Microcosms 119. This week’s contest is based on anniversaries occurring today (20-APR). 270 years: birth of Georg Michael Telemann, German composer and multi-instrumentalist 210 years: birth of Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France who died in exile in England and is buried at St Michael’s…
RESULTS – Microcosms 118
Thanks to all who submitted to Microcosms 118. We had 19 entries this time. Welcome to first-time entrants, Sophie Watson and ThatLanguageGuy. 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 fiction…
Microcosms 118
Hello once again, flashionistas, and welcome to Microcosms 118. In MC 110, I mentioned my resolution to address my addiction to tsundoku — the Japanese term for the habit of buying books, then piling them up unread — by reading 50 books in 2018. In the first quarter of the year – 13 weeks – I managed to read eleven and…