We hope you're enjoying our Micro Monday series - we're certainly enjoying publishing these marvelous miniature masterpieces! Regular readers and subscribers will know that our Flash Fiction Competition is always open. You can win cash prizes and publication on our website, with possible print anthologies produced in the future. We received a number of entries … Continue reading MICRO MONDAY #5 – A Bumper Crop Of Microfiction

Here's the fourth in our series of 'Micro Monday', where we publish a bumper crop of micros from our 1-2-3 submissions, here on our website. (Or direct to your inbox if you subscribe to our site.) Meanwhile, don't forget our Flash Fiction Competition, to win cash prizes and publication - the next deadline is coming … Continue reading MICRO MONDAY #4 – A Bumper Crop Of Microfiction

As the rider drew closer, Tristan let another arrow fly. The first shaft had buried deep in the man’s thigh, but he thundered on with steely determination. This second shot thumped into the horse, throwing the rider.Standing and holding a broken arm, he limped forward.Tristan loosed another, which found its mark in the oncoming man’s … Continue reading ‘TIS BUT A SCRATCH by James Hancock

‘Free pizza,’ was my friend’s bribe to make me pet-sit Bernadine, the latest addition to her menagérie.‘But I don't like spiders,’ I said. Bernardine was a red-kneed tarantula.‘She's in a glass cage and can't get out,’ my friend assured me.So film on, drink in hand and pizza on the way I was pet-sitting Bernardine. She … Continue reading NO SUCH THING AS FREE PIZZA by Narimaan Shafi

Here's the third in our series of 'Micro Monday', where we publish a bumper crop of micros from our 1-2-3 submissions, here on our website. (Or direct to your inbox if you subscribe to our site.) Meanwhile, don't forget our Flash Fiction Competition, to win cash prizes and publication - the next deadline is coming … Continue reading MICRO MONDAY #3 – A Bumper Crop Of Microfiction

The youngest can only have been four or five. The worst age; old enough to see – really see – too young to understand. Understand. No. Comprehend maybe? He was sobbing, the little boy in his mothers’ arms, fear etched on his small face, tears streaked his cheeks. His mother was sobbing too, shouting at … Continue reading REELS by Jake Findlay

A moment of juvenile behaviour as Tom twisted William's nipple.William wasn't impressed and let Tom know it, four days later, with a carefully placed needle on the seat of a chair. Tom screamed! William laughed.Things escalated and William found himself the victim of a laxative-laced beer; which was repaid on Tom’s birthday with an exploding … Continue reading NIPPLE GRIPPLE by James Hancock

A little later in the day than expected, we're continuing with our Micro Monday, where we publish a bumper crop of micros from our 1-2-3 submissions here on our website. (Or direct to your inbox if you subscribe to our site.) So here we go. Enjoy these mini marvels - and please spread the word … Continue reading MICRO MONDAY #2 – A Bumper Crop Of Microfiction