Welcome to Q4 in the first year of Microcosms – pause for a ripple of applause – and round #40. This week’s contest was inspired by a throw-away line from Steve Lodge when he was judging round #36: “What a story it would make if we put all […]
Category: Weekly Flash Fiction Contest
RESULTS – Microcosms 39
Thank you to all who submitted their RTA obituaries in Microcosms 39… Actually, there weren’t any of these, but it would have been an original take on the prompt! Please keep returning to Microcosms, and retweet / spread the word about this contest among your followers […]
Microcosms 39
Welcome to Microcosms #39, and another macabre flash fiction contest. This week, we mark the end of the third quarter of Microcosms’ first year – and also the anniversary of the death of James Dean, who died in a car crash on this day in 1955, aged just […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 38
Thank you to all who joined in the birthday celebrations in Microcosms 38 – a goodly number 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 […]
Microcosms 38
Howdie, pardners! Welcome to Microcosms #38. This week, we are making a slight break from our usual format to celebrate Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen – born in the USA 67 years ago today. And ‘Born in the USA’ (1984) became his most commercially-successful album and one of the highest-selling records ever, […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 37
Thank you to all who returned to post their entry in Microcosms 37. For reasons unknown, the number of submissions fell to single figures this week… You know what to do: please keep returning to Microcosms, and retweet / spread the word about this contest among […]
Microcosms 37
Welcome back, if you are returning to Microcosms. If you are new here, welcome! We hope that you like what you see and that you will return in future. Either way, veteran or newbie, this week’s theme is return. Our guest host this week is one […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 36
Thank you to all who waited patiently for inspiration in order to post their entry in Microcosms 36. The number of submissions fell slightly: perhaps some of you were intimidated by my making the theory about seeing everyone you’ve ever known a prompt for your stories. Nil desperandum: please keep […]
Microcosms 36
Welcome back, flash-fictioneers, to your hebdomadal fix of Microcosms. What delights await you? In my teenage years, my reading matter was almost exclusively sci-fi. I usually have very poor retention of details of books, films, etc., but one thing that has stayed with me from “Mindswap” […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 35
Thank you to all who waded through mud to find a signal for their mobiles in order to post their entry in Microcosms 35. The number of submissions increased yet again this week – let’s keep this momentum going, people! Please keep returning to Microcosms, and retweet / spread the […]
