Leaning into the weird, the unsettling and the surreal - microfiction that uses speculative elements to hold a mirror up to the world.

Crafting microfiction that puts tone of voice centre stage - evoking and tempering voices that soar off the page.

With so little space to play with, how do we effectively bring a story’s world to life? How do we best evoke place, time, and wider context without it overwhelming the story?

How do a character's early influences affect who they become in later life? What do they inherit? What do they learn? And how do we use all of this within our writing to create character depth?