Wow, you guys are amazing. A HUGE thanks to this week’s judges, Bill Engleson and Sal Page. Here’s what Bill had to say. I am, by nature, an observer. Not a natural judge. It is likely that I am also a little too self-effacing, self-deprecating […]
Microcosms 8
Welcome back colonists! It’s been truly wonderful to see you return week-after-week to duel against each other with words as your only weapons – but boy are they powerful. When people think of artists, they think painters, musicians, sculptors, rarely do they consider the writer – […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 7
Wow! You guys are amazing. I know both judges had a really hard time choosing this week. Craig said, “Fantastic work by everyone this week, so many great stories to choose from!” And Firdaus said, “I had no idea how difficult it is to judge. […]
Microcosms 7
Welcome back, everyone! Can you believe it’s already Microcosms 7? I sure can’t… I thought we’d divert from time this week and talk about love. February is the month of romance, after all, is it not? My sister is getting married on Saturday; Sunday is […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 6
So many awesome stories this week! Agh! Why’d you guys have to make things so hard on us? lol All right, let’s get down to it. Here we go. A HUGE thanks to Stella Turner for helping me judge this week. 🙂 I could really […]
Microcosms 6
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 […]
