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 […]
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) […]
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… […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 117
Thanks to all who submitted to Microcosms 117. We had a very pleasing turnout of 22 entries this time. Welcome to first-time entrants Beckham Lawre, Pauline Emmylou Florsch, Rae Morgan and Stephanie Cornelius. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and retweet / spread the word about this contest among your followers and […]
Microcosms 117
Friday comes around quickly when you’re having fun… Welcome to Microcosms 117, as we move effortlessly — if only! — into the first post of the second quarter of the year. *** Please read the instructions carefully – ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE NEW TO MICROCOSMS. *** As […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 116
Thanks to all who submitted to Microcosms116. We had 15 entries this time. Welcome to first-time entrant, Rey Alicea. Before we get down to business, Damhnait Monaghan got in touch with us to say that her story “I Was a Teenage River Nymph” — Judge’s […]
