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Microcosm

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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Write For Microcosm

Send us your flash fiction stories that are a tiny window into a much larger world (updated guidelines)

May More
4 min readJul 16, 2024

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An image of space with Microcosm written on it
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Welcome to Microcosm.
A home for flash fiction writers…

What is Microcosm?

Zane Dickens started the publication back in 2020, wanting to challenge writers. He saw the magazine as a place for stories that are a tiny window into a much larger world.

and built a thriving community of flash fiction writers who empowered each other to grow. However, due to life events affecting both editors, the publication was left slightly adrift.

I missed Microcosm. It had been one of my favourite magazines on the platform, so I was happy to join the team as chief cook and bottle washer.

The publication focus — on fostering creativity and mutual support among writers — will remain the same.

A microcosm is something small that speaks to a larger whole. A tiny world that epitomises a universal. We aim to inspire stories that may be small in word count but speak loudly to larger themes. Thought-provoking fiction that nudges toward action. Stories that are a tiny window…

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Published in Microcosm

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.

May More
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Written by May More

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