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Home for flash fiction. A place for excellent tiny stories that capture something much larger. Single momentous moments of a vast journey. A single frame of a moving picture. Microfiction between 300 & 1000 words, any genre.

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Mark Armstrong in Microcosm

Sep 24

Photo of jazz pianist Harry Gibson and unidentified bass player taken by William P. Gottlieb at a recording studio in April, 1947. The photo was used for the cover of the May 21, 1947 issue of DownBeat magazine. Caption and colorization by illustrator Mark Armstrong, 2024. Original B&W photo is in the Library of Congress collection, and is in the public domain.

I’ve Got Rats In My Ratatouille, Louie

Strange things happen in the world of jazz, this is one of them

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Mike G in Microcosm

Sep 21

A Pirate with 2 Eye Patches

I Was Told The Story of Snickerdoodle

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Mark Armstrong in Microcosm

Sep 5

Photo-illustration by Mark Armstrong. Desolate landscape of dirt and red rocks and mountains. Laptop computer in foreground, with fish displaying on monitor. Iguana-like reptile escaping from computer via small staircase. He joins an evolutionary line showing a monkey, an ape, a caveman, and a corporate guy wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase.

Scream, Gibber, and Howl: How We Got from Big Bang to Big Tech

A 3-minute summary of 13.8 billion…

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Mark Armstrong in Microcosm

Aug 28

Cartoon illustration by illustrator Mark Armstrong. Two wolves standing with cups of coffee by an office coffee machine. One wolf is wearing pants and a tie, the other is wearing a sheep costume. The first wolf asks: “Why the baa-baa suit?” The wolf in the sheep suit answers, “You’ve gotta read the post to find out!!”

If You’re Going to Pull the Wool Over Someone’s Eyes, You’ve Got to Look the Part

Talking corporate…

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Zivah Avraham 👁️ in Microcosm

Aug 22

Top of a Jewish headstone, covered in moss, carved with Magen David (Star of David).

FICTION | SHORT STORY | HUMOR

Brief Encounter

Life is a gamble

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Stephen Kramer Avitabile in Microcosm

Jun 15, 2023

A microphone on a microphone stand in a dark club.

Fiction | Humor

Music Here or Music There

A man attends a club to listen to a band but…

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Graham Lilley in Microcosm

Apr 14, 2023

Some Probing Questions

The truth isn’t always out there

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Graham Lilley in Microcosm

Mar 29, 2023

Gold and Lobsters

An entirely accurate account of how political policy is decided

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TR Gerski Author Monty Python Lover & Goose Petter in Microcosm

Mar 11, 2023

WRITING PROMPT: CHARACTERS IN PERIL

If I Swallow Them . . . I Will Die!

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TR Gerski Author Monty Python Lover & Goose Petter in Microcosm

Jan 30, 2023

Call to Adventure — The Meeting

They Must Not Take My Satchel!

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