Breather On Board
Microcosms 171 came out the same week as Scooby Doo, Where Are You? first appeared on TV. Of course, this meant that the writing contest would be inspired by...
Drone Racing
Microcosms is back! After a break of far too long Microcosms 165 appeared out of nowhere and I couldn’t not enter. The three elements I ended up getting were...
A Squire and His Knight
All the way back in 2015 there was a popular Flash Fiction website Flash! Friday would post twice weekly flash fiction writing challenges. The Flash! Friday contest challenge on...
Dear John
After receiving an Honourable Mention for my story The Journal of the Empire’s Most Beloved and Extraordinary Explorer Reginald P. Smythe last week, I went one better this week...
The Journal of the Empire’s Most Beloved and Extraordinary Explorer Reginald P. Smythe
Events that first happened on the 18th of January inspired the 158th Microcosms by events: whether it was an x-ray generating machine first being exhibited in 1896 or the first...
Inspiration
A bit behind the times here but here is my entry to Microcosms 76 from back in June. As always Microcosms gives you three elements to inspire a piece of...
Dancing the Night Away
Microcosms added an extra – and in my opinion quite brilliant – element to Microcosms 72. The usual three elements were based around Greek mythology so asked us to create...
Kids Playing at Being Men
Another Microcosms entry, another crime tale! This time using the additional elements of businessman and car I came up with my tale Kids Playing at Being Men for Microcosms 61....
Goodbye My Love
This week’s Microcosms I got as my elements of Lawman, Tombstone and Romance which could result in only one thing – cowboy story. So I put on my best ten gallon...
The Fisherwoman
Last Friday’s Microcosms was inspired by the works of Agatha Christie. I avoided the butler in the drawing room but instead ended up with a Spiv in the Theatre for my...
