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MicroMonday #17 July 28 2025MicroMonday #17 July 28 2025
Snails Are People Too by Tracie Adams

We now have a regular MicroMonday section in which we bring you a selection of tiny stories every week, each one no more than 400 words. Here is a listing of the stories for you to enjoy as they appear. We’re delighted to feature some of the finest writers of the very short form.

MicroMonday #61 June 15 2026
Unplugged by Kip Knott

MicroMonday #60 June 8 2026
The Sand Pit by Barbara Westwood Diehl

MicroMonday #59 June 1 2026
How to Make a Good First Impression by Cath Holland

MicroMonday #58 May 25 2026
From the Peak of Mount Mansplain by Tara Campbell

MicroMonday #57 May 18 2026
Magazine Hidden in His Underpants Drawer, Found During a Refresh by Ashley Chantler

MicroMonday #56 May 11 2026
Cuba, Missouri, 1961 by Tom Darin Liskey

MicroMonday #55 May 4 2026
We Moved to the Country for the Quiet, But by Nicole Brogdon

MicroMonday #54 April 27 2026
Thanks, Lady
by Dan Tremaglio

MicroMonday #53 April 20 2026
Honeysuckle by Sophie Isham

MicroMonday #52 April 13 2026
The Last Shaman by Livi Michael

MicroMonday #51 April 6 2026
Routine Stop by Maxwell Roberson

MicroMonday #50 March 30 2026
Sober House by Kathryn Kulpa

MicroMonday #49 March 23 2026
Dad Club by Chris Cottom

MicroMonday #48 March 16 2026
Just Right by Diane D. Gillette

MicroMonday #47 March 9 2026
How It Ends by Annalisa Crawford

MicroMonday #46 March 2 2026
Nighthawks by Allison Field Bell

MicroMonday #45 February 16 2026
Atlantis! by Diego Lama and translated by Rose Facchini

MicroMonday #43 February 9 2026
The Nice Girls by Luanne Castle

MicroMonday #42 January 26 2026
Every Sunday Morning at 9, Dad Honks the Horn of His Midlife-Crisis Mustang by Lori Cramer

MicroMonday #41 January 26 2026
When I Heard an Ex-Boyfriend Died by Louella Lester

MicroMonday #40 January 19 2026
I Found a Bag of Time by Mathieu Cailler

MicroMonday #39 January 12 2026
Catch and Release by Kip Knott

MicroMonday #38 January 5 2026
Vesuvius by Scott Bolendz

MicroMonday #37 December 22 2025
Moments of Truth by Sandra Arnold

MicroMonday #36 December 15 2025
The Conifer by Jess Blatchley

MicroMonday #35 December 8 2025
First Time by Alan Beard

MicroMonday #34 December 1 2025
Sarasota Trailer Park, 1958, black-and-white glossy by Kathryn Silver-Hajo

MicroMonday #33 November 24 2025
Golden Trumpet by Marcus Silcock
Sunday Dad by Karen Crawford

MicroMonday #32 November 17 2025
Mama, I’m Home by Sudha Balagopal

MicroMonday #31 November 10 2025
Hidden Leopard by Olga Dermott-Bond

MicroMonday #30 November 3 2025
Shoes by Andrew Plattner

MicroMonday #29 October 27 2025
Sylvia, Before and After the Sun Collapsed by Beth Sherman

MicroMonday #28 October 13 2025
A Micro-Second of Silence by Hannah Stevens 

MicroMonday #27 October 6 2025
The Mean Old Village of Kittlerumpit by Helen Harradine

MicroMonday #26 September 29 2025
Shedding by Emmi Khor

MicroMonday #25 September 22 2025
Finders Keepers by Niamh Wood

MicroMonday #24 September 15 2025
Bog Body by Imogen Rae

MicroMonday #23 September 8 2025
Why You Start Drawing Again by Dawn Tasaka Steffler
Two Houses by Sandra Arnold