Hey, everyone! Welcome back. 🙂 Continuing on with the theme of time, in honor of the Flash Dogs’ new anthology – which is being released on Monday – I thought we would look at the present and think about things (people, careers, and places) that […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 5
Whew! What a great contest. You all rose to the challenge, and some of you had some really challenging spin elements. Nicely done! A HUGE thanks to this week’s judges, Steph Ellis and Daisy Warwick. All right, the moment you’ve all been waiting for… Honorable […]
Microcosms 5
Welcome, everyone! Microcosms 5 is here! 😀 First of all, I’m so thankful for and proud of everyone who has contributed thus far. You’re making it a joy to run this contest. It’s worth all the work and the time commitment that goes into it. […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 4
Welcome back, everyone! We had twenty awesome entries this week, and somehow the judges managed to narrow the stories down. This is such a difficult task, so please take a moment to send some thanks to CR Smith and Amy Wood. Thank you both! 😀 […]
Microcosms 4
Omigosh, I cannot believe we are already on Microcosms 4! How did that happen? Time sure does seem to fly… I’ve been thinking about that a lot, lately – partly because of the upcoming Flash Dogs anthology, entitled Time, which is soon to be released […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 3
Woo! What a great group of stories! I had a feeling this was going to be a fun one, and it was. 🙂 HUGE thanks to Jessica Franken, dazmb, and Voima Oy for judging! Since we had three judges this week, I did ask them […]
Microcosms 3
Hey, everyone – welcome back to Microcosms! 😀 You may or may not know this, but the 15th of January is National Hat Day. As you also may or may not know, I’m a huge fan of hats! As such, I thought it would be […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 2
Hey everyone! Wow – what an awesome crop of stories we had! Great job, everyone who submitted. You should all be proud. Huge, HUGE thanks to last week’s winners, AV Laidlaw and Steph Ellis, who sure had their hands full judging this week. I did […]
Microcosms 2
January is National Blood Donor Month! With that in mind, I thought we’d choose blood as the theme this week. While that may sound initially sound morbid, remember that blood doesn’t necessarily mean “gore” (although there’s nothing wrong with that); blood sustains life. As such, […]
Microcosms 1 – Results
Future winners announcements will not be this lengthy. I promise! But it’s the very first one, so kindly forgive me any wordiness or sentiment. All I can say is… WOW. You guys really blew me away. I knew our community was awesome, but I never […]