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Microcosm

@microcosm

articles: 57
total claps: 17,714
top claps: 1,495
avg read: 2.5 min
paywalled: 37
active: 2021-01-10 → 2026-07-28

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✍️ · Writing & Creative · 57 LIT · Literature & Writing · 33 💑 · Relationships · 14 😂 · Humor & Satire · 6 🔭 · Astronomy & Space · 4 🔬 · Science · General · 4 💭 · Philosophy of Spirit · 2 🔒 · Cybersecurity · 2

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#flash-fiction ·41 #microfiction ·27 #short-story ·20 #fiction ·19 #microcosm ·15 #witness ·12 #short-fiction ·8 #bruises ·7 #humor ·5 #fault-line ·4

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MA Mark Tulin · Microcosm

Her Private Oblivion

My ex was an accident waiting to happen

May 10, 2026 · 3 min read · 1,495 claps paywalled #flash-fiction #writing-prompt-response #fault-line

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MA May More · Microcosm

One Day and Two Sleeps

A Microcosm witness prompt story — A child goes missing…

Jul 25, 2026 · 2 min read · 1,040 claps paywalled #flash-fiction #witness #microfiction

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MA Mark Tulin · Microcosm

Between the Cracks

Witnessing a homeless woman’s act of survival

Jul 08, 2026 · 3 min read · 681 claps paywalled #flash-fiction #homelessness #writing-prompt-response

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MA May More · Microcosm

Dead Line

I must have been dreaming. Surely?

May 23, 2026 · 2 min read · 681 claps paywalled #flash-fiction #fault-line #horror

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MR Mrs. K · Microcosm

The Right Words

The Truth Doesn’t Wait

Jul 11, 2025 · 1 min read · 664 claps paywalled #drabble #microcosm #flash-fiction

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MA May More · Microcosm

Be my Witness — Flash Fiction Prompt

Microcosm News and Flash Fiction theme for July

Jun 29, 2026 · 4 min read · 625 claps #newsletter #microcosm #flash-fiction

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MI Miyabi's Movie Diary · Microcosm

Hatching

A story

Jun 28, 2026 · 2 min read · 595 claps paywalled #fiction #horror #dark-fantasy

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MA May More · Microcosm

They Bruise Easier & Cry Quicker

Microcosm Flash Fiction Prompt for June

May 27, 2026 · 5 min read · 582 claps #flash-fiction #microfiction #medium-publications

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MA Mark Tulin · Microcosm

The Bruised Burger

When frugality triggers acid reflux

Jun 04, 2026 · 2 min read · 561 claps paywalled #bruises #flash-fiction #food

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JE Jens Peter Olesen · Microcosm

Crocodile in My Hallway

Stop invading my mind.

Jul 18, 2026 · 2 min read · 510 claps paywalled #fiction #short-fiction #microfiction

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JC J. Crispin-Ripley · Microcosm

Bruised Expectations

What’s five years between friends?

Jun 01, 2026 · 2 min read · 483 claps paywalled #bruises #flash-fiction #microfiction

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SM S M Revolinski · Microcosm

Bound By the Blue Alien

Like a bug in a spider’s web, Leanne is abducted by the alien

Mar 03, 2026 · 2 min read · 469 claps paywalled #flash-fiction #microfiction #bound

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ZE Zeest Zulfiqar · Microcosm

The Witch on the Mountain

Sometimes, Ignorance Really Is Bliss

Jun 07, 2026 · 3 min read · 464 claps #fiction #short-fiction #microcosm

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JE Jens Peter Olesen · Microcosm

There Are No Brakes on A Tricycle

A little boy goes looking for the highest mountain and never quite stops.

Jul 11, 2026 · 4 min read · 432 claps paywalled #fiction #short-fiction #microfiction

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GA Garrison Parker · Microcosm

Six Shots

Chance Encounter

Dec 29, 2025 · 3 min read · 381 claps #adult-themes #ficton #flash-fiction

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SK S.K Rocky · Microcosm

The Hacker Who Was a Writer

He crashed missiles with a love poem

Jun 26, 2026 · 3 min read · 376 claps #flash-fiction #speculative-fiction #science-fiction

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JE Jens Peter Olesen · Microcosm

The Colour of a Bruise

He watched an ant cross a bruise and remembered.

Jun 05, 2026 · 2 min read · 350 claps paywalled #bruises #fiction #short-story

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SE Sean Michael Schaeller · Microcosm

Bruise Cruise

Out at the landfill, everything gets weighed

Jun 02, 2026 · 2 min read · 336 claps #bruises #flash-fiction #microfiction

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JE Jens Peter Olesen · Microcosm

I Made a Difference Today

I rewarded myself for doing the right thing.

Jul 03, 2026 · 3 min read · 316 claps paywalled #fiction #short-fiction #microfiction

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NI Nico Cost · Microcosm

Is There a Way Back?

Some bridges fail long before they break

Jul 01, 2026 · 3 min read · 300 claps paywalled #furious-fiction #short-story #relationships

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AL Ali Mai · Microcosm

Magma Monster

Battle for the world

May 20, 2026 · 2 min read · 283 claps paywalled #fault-line #monsters #tectonic-plate-movement

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FE Fedor Butochnikow · Microcosm

Don’t We All Need a Bit of Chlorine in Our Lives?

You never know which room or box is your best bet

Jun 11, 2026 · 4 min read · 281 claps paywalled #comedy #satire #fiction

Don’t We All Need a Bit of Chlorine in Our Lives?

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CV C.V. Rajan · Microcosm

I Resigned. Impulsive? Too early?

I never expected my resignation letter to have such a repercusion

May 09, 2026 · 4 min read · 272 claps #work-life-balance #resignation-letters #assertiveness

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VI Vipul Maurya · Microcosm

A Three-Plate Dinner

Buried deep, served warm

Jul 06, 2026 · 3 min read · 265 claps #flash-fiction #microfiction #short-story

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AG Agnes · Microcosm

We Were Waiting for the Light to Change

Maybe a Meet Cute…

Jul 15, 2026 · 3 min read · 262 claps paywalled #meet-cute #flash-fiction #microfiction

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Top tags

Her Private Oblivion

One Day and Two Sleeps

Between the Cracks

Dead Line

The Right Words

Be my Witness — Flash Fiction Prompt

Hatching

They Bruise Easier & Cry Quicker

The Bruised Burger

Crocodile in My Hallway

Bruised Expectations

Bound By the Blue Alien

The Witch on the Mountain

There Are No Brakes on A Tricycle

Six Shots

The Hacker Who Was a Writer

The Colour of a Bruise

Bruise Cruise

I Made a Difference Today

Is There a Way Back?

Magma Monster

Don’t We All Need a Bit of Chlorine in Our Lives?

I Resigned. Impulsive? Too early?

​A Three-Plate Dinner

We Were Waiting for the Light to Change

A Three-Plate Dinner