If you're already fed up with enforced seasonal jollity, I have an antidote for you! My flash science fiction piece 'Away From It All' has just been published at 365tomorrows, courtesy of editor Stephen Smith - it will certainly help take your mind off the holidays!
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https://365tomorrows.com/2023/11/29/away-from-it-all/

Hey there #writingcommunity !

Today I have a new vignette, 'Semmering', up at 50 Give or Take from the wonderful team at Vine Leaves Press - Let's take an Austrian winter rail journey...

https://preview.mailerlite.com/l6g3p4t9z5/2353045735563335938/f6l2/

Really happy to be back at 50-Word Stories, with a short relationship piece published yesterday. Many thanks to editor Tim Sevenhuysen! :)

https://fiftywordstories.com/2023/11/08/alastair-millar-the-boyfriends-tale/

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Yay! Some good news today: my lightheared flash science fiction story 'Pants' has appeared at 365tomorrows, courtesy of editor @stephen_smith - Enjoy!

https://365tomorrows.com/2023/08/30/pants/

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Morning #writingcommunity! My lastest flash #sciencefiction story, 'Aquila IV', appeared yesterday at 365tomorrows, courtesy of editor @stephen_smith - you may notice parallels to certain real world events... Enjoy!

https://365tomorrows.com/2023/07/14/aquila-iv/

Hey #writingcommunity! Sometimes, our choices aren't as simple as they seem... My lastest flash #sciencefiction story, 'Traffic Stop', has been published today at 365tomorrows, courtesy of editor Stephen Smith - enjoy!

https://365tomorrows.com/2023/06/28/traffic-stop/

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Pleased to say that my drabble 'Loss of Self' has just appeared at A Story in 100 Words, courtesy of editor Decater 'Doc' Collins - I hope you enjoy it!

http://entropy2.com/blogs/100words/2023/05/03/loss-of-self/

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So... have you got what it takes?
Marty does! Find out more in my latest piece of flash science fiction, 'The Right Stuff', published this week at 365tomorrows courtesy of editor @stephen_smith - enjoy!

https://365tomorrows.com/2023/04/20/the-right-stuff/

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Hey all, excited to let you know that my flash science fiction piece 'Above an Ammoniac Lake' was published today by 365tomorrows, courtesy of editor @stephen_smith. I hope you enjoy it!

https://365tomorrows.com/2023/03/17/above-an-ammoniac-lake/

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Hey #writingcommunity, really glad to share that 'Endings', my light-hearted #sciencefiction micro on crime and punishment, has just appeared in Issue 26 of Scribes*MICRO*Fiction, courtesy of Ed Ahern and the editorial team. I hope it'll raise a chuckle for you!

https://www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-26

Good morning #writingcommunity 🙂 Had a great start to supposedly unlucky Friday 13th: woke up to find that my flash science fiction piece 'The Cosmogonist's Tale' has been published today at 365tomorrows, courtesy of editor Stephen Smith - my first publication of the year, in one of my favourite places 🙂

https://365tomorrows.com/2023/01/13/the-cosmogonists-tale/

@corlin brilliant, thanks - I love microfiction 🙂

@Knitpurrl Many thanks! 🙂

@UmbaSaffire thank you, nice to meet you too! 🙂

@Pat_Walrond That's great, thanks Pat! 🙂

@Oma_Trisha thanks! 🙂

@J_Windrow thank you! And likewise 🙂

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Hi! I'm Alastair - #archaeologist by training, #translator by trade, and nerd by nature. I also write #flashfiction (mainly but not exclusively #sciencefiction ).

Born in the UK, I'm married with 2 adult children, and have lived north of Prague, Czech Republic, since the 1990s (I'm a bilingual dual national). I enjoy travelling, coffee and bad puns 🙂

You can find my published fiction and links through https://linktr.ee/alastairmillar - enjoy!

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