Micro Fiction, by nature, is defiant. It defies length, boundaries, and expectations. But tight, provocative fiction requires analysis and editing. Taking an idea and distilling it into a ‘micro’-cosm of its original self is challenging.
As written by Camille Renshaw in her article ‘The Essentials of Micro-Fiction.
- My Landscape
How does one define the landscape when the ocean is their all-encompassing view? Today the waves dance like a […]
- Life’s Moments
It is inconceivable that a place, a time, an event, a piece of music which fills us with transformational emotions, […]
- Les Chaussures
The shop was perfect…small and intimate. The plaque at the entrance to the arcade, was dated 1924. Polished timber floors, […]
- The Greatest Game of All
Months passed uneventful. A tiresome replay of yesterday and tomorrow. A twenty-first century ground hog day. The scorching humid months […]
- The Goddess Flora
Her colour and her beauty left me breathless. She was passionate, an artist, a poet, a sculptor. People came to […]
- The Druid’s Stone
The weather is cold and harsh, here, in the paddock. The winds blow constantly…south-westerlies from the North Atlantic. The rain […]
- An Amber Alert
Come away, O human child To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand For the world’s […]
- An Authentic Writer
‘Good advice is like a tight glove; it fits some circumstances and it does not fit others.’ ‘Israel? Do […]
- Pay It Forward
‘Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.’ They shared a park bench. He smiled…said hello…silence. He searched […]
- The Braggart
‘When I toss pebbles in a puddle, she throws boulders in the ocean!’ I say I visited Rome. She […]
- The Bride’s Choice
Outside a kookaburra laughed heartily. Today was her day. She recalled his proposal. Sweet and beautiful…they were meant for each […]
- The Discarded Bouquet
Flowers lay scattered across the lawn. The tulips face up, mouths open, like fish out of water. Inside the church, […]
- The Ghost Town
We were the animals in the zoo, locked in, forbidden to roam free. This was their home…once a thriving mining […]
- The Land Down Under
I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains Of ragged mountain ranges Of droughts and flooding rains I […]
- The Lesson
In the 21st Century is poverty still the parent of revolution and crime? She put the chalk down and turned […]
- The Monarchs
She died knowing her family was safe. Hidden deep within the forest foliage her body lay undetected, decomposing in its […]
- The Return cont.
Twelve months had passed since Niccoli sailed from Zeeland aboard Sussex. Lisbeth, six months pregnant had stood on this same […]
- The Return
The high city walls created a funnel for the cold winter wind. She pulled her cloak closed as she passed […]
- The Visitor
‘As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.’ Leonardo de Vinci Her eyes are […]
- The Word Club
‘Frances you’re turn,’ James said. Grey-haired, elegant…her green eyes twinkled. The group waited expectantly. ‘He was a politician, his honesty […]
- Cassandra’s Race to Learn
The sun sparkled on a calm ocean. She perched on a sand dune, watching. ‘He’s not your type.’ ‘What do […]
- Nature’s Greatest Secret
Not for your sake was the world generated—but you were born for its sake…Iamblichus. Our search for knowledge and the […]
- The Stolen Gift of Fairy Sight
She danced to the music of the piper as he played his tune beside the fire. Feathered winds lifted her […]
- The Penny Story
‘A penny for your thoughts,’ he said. ‘Did you know pennies are walked on, walked over, forgotten, worthless? Are my […]
- Reflections
The waves arched their back, rolled and crashed leaving a dirty brown froth along the beach. She zipped up her […]
- The Chameleon
She had a secret. It belonged to him and her. She hid it in the chambers of her heart, cherishing […]
- An Evening Stroll
The sky was dusty red as the sun took its last gasp for the evening. Ruth and Margaret hadn’t intended […]
- The Terrace
The Villa’s lights lit the night sky…music drifted on the wind. She stepped from the car, closed her eyes, stilled […]
- The Connection
She emptied her mind, leaving only thoughts of him. This was their place, their secret forest. Here she hoped to […]
- Nelson’s Touch
October 21st 1805 – Shortly after dawn the British Fleet advanced in two columns. Admiral Nelson sent a signal to […]
- Birth of the Seasons
Hades broke through the ground driving a chariot of black horses. He seized Persephone from the garden and fled back […]
- A Tyrant’s Demise
His face contorted in fury. Nose to nose they glared. ‘How dare you question my authority.’ he roared. No one […]
- Hummingbird
Oh, hummingbird Mankind was waiting for you to come flying along, Heavenly songbird We were so wrong; we’ve harmed you, […]
- The Other Realm
She was called Ira…the watchful one. Her eyes deep blue…. her silvery mane flowed down her back. When she ran, […]
