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Miguel S. | The Fiction Dealer's avatar

Thank you so much for including me! I really hope Microdosing will inspire others to write a little bit!. Non-fiction writers and also non-writers included.

Feasts and Fables's avatar

I feel certain it will encourage folk. And it is such a lovely way to build a 'micro' community inside the community of Substack.

Sean Morris's avatar

I love these Barry. I will definitely attempt one myself. bravo.

Feasts and Fables's avatar

Thanks, Sean. It is almost easier at times, paradoxically, to work with the constraint of 50 words, or 100. It really sharpens the editing pen! Looking forward to seeing how you get on. I've not tried it with non-fiction since my #55Words series for my 55th birthday.

Stephanie Loomis's avatar

Arrivals and Departures (Fifties by the Fire)

At 10:03, the train steamed into the station. At 10:07, the train steamed away. No passengers embarked or debarked. No footsteps raced to catch the train. No families stood to welcome a long lost child. No conductor cried, "All Aboard!"

The bomb destroyed life, but the machines remained.

Feasts and Fables's avatar

Terrifying vision of a future. Brilliant writing, Stephanie

Stephanie Loomis's avatar

Thanks!!

Justin Deming's avatar

Thank you so much for the mention, Barrie. You’re an important part of what makes our “fifties by the fire” so special!

Feasts and Fables's avatar

That's a very kind thing to say, Justin. Appreciated

Bill Adler's avatar

This is a delightful treo of fifty-word stories.

Feasts and Fables's avatar

Tuning up my writing brain ... thanks for the kind encouragement, Bill