Thanks to all of you who celebrated the birthday of Burt Bacharach by submitting a story to Round 71. We had a reasonable total of 14 entries this week – plus one late, ‘just-for-fun’ entry from me. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and retweet / spread the word about this contest among your followers and friends. Don’t forget that Microcosms…
The weekend approaches… Celebrate with Microcosms 71. Today – 12-MAY – is the birthday of one of the most important composers of 20th-century popular music: songwriter, record producer, pianist and singer, Burt Bacharach. He has composed hundreds of songs from the 1950s throught the 1980s and beyond, winning 6 Grammy Awards and 3 Academy Awards. His songs have been…
Thanks to everyone who entered and put your twist on Cinco de Mayo! 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 community to hone their skills, and secondarily to give…
Thanks to everyone who entered! We had a total of 18 entries this week. Wow! 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 community to hone their skills, and secondarily to…
Thanks to all who submitted! We had a total of 13 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 the flash fiction community to hone their skills, and secondarily to give…
Hello and welcome to MC66! The eminent Billie Holiday was born on 7 April 1915. She was a famous American jazz singer who grew up poor and faced many, many hardships in her life. She was not a classically trained singer, but people were drawn to her for her unique and sultry voice. Her most…
Thanks to all of you who brought Microcosms Y2Q1 to a close by submitted a story to Round 65; and a warm welcome to first-timers: Fatima Okhuosami, L. Meadow and Michael Emerson. We had a total of 13 entries this week. A big THANK YOU to everyone who contributed during this quarter, especially to Angelique Pacheco and Bill Engleson who both…
Thanks to all of you who made the trip to your input device of choice and submitted a story to Round 61. We had a total of 14 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…
Thanks to all of you who commemorated the anniversary of the passing of actor Dennis Weaver by submitting a story to Round 60. We had a reduced total of 11 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…
Welcome, flash fictioneers, to Microcosms 60. Time to get your flash mojo working and send us a story. *** ALWAYS REMEMBER AND NEVER FORGET *** Include which THREE elements you’re using AND a title for your entry. Today – 24 February – in 2006 saw the death of US actor, Dennis Weaver. He had a long…