• Jerboa Lit 500

    Aug 29, 2025

  • Globe Soup Paranormal Challenge

    Jun 3, 2025

  • Writer's Weekly

    May 15, 2025

  • Writer's Playground

    Apr 30, 2025

  • Cover of "After the Fall" by Russell Mickler, featuring an elderly man with glasses and a plaid shirt, sitting at a table and appearing thoughtful.

    SFS 2025 Challenge Round 2

    Mar 28, 2025

  • Book cover for "Signal Lost" by Russell Mickler, featuring a woman in sunglasses in a modernistic hallway and a man in the background.

    Writing Battle

    Mar 14, 2025

  • Illustration of a young man on a bicycle using a smartphone and vaping, wearing earphones, with a backpack. He is crossing a busy street with a police car and construction workers visible in the background, set in an urban environment. The text at the bottom reads: 'Hands-Free Flash Fiction Russell Mickler.'

    Writing Battle

    Mar 07, 2025

  • Samurai silhouette under moonlit sky with lanterns and red leaves, book cover titled 'The Wind Remembers' by Russell Mickler.

    SFS 2025 Challenge Round 1

    Feb 28, 2025

  • An elderly couple walking barefoot on a beach, surrounded by mist. They wear warm clothing and appear deep in conversation. In the background, there are stilt houses along the shoreline. The image includes text: 'The Weight of Sand, Flash Fiction, Russell Mickler.' A golden badge with a star is at the top left corner.

    AWG Furious Fiction

    Jan 29, 2025

  • Fantasy book cover titled "The Baker of Bogwollow" by Russell Mickler. Features an elf with large ears and red hair, wearing a green scarf, standing outside a rustic bakery. Part of the Aevalorn Tales series.

    Writing Battle

    Nov 29, 2024

  • Illustration of a large, fantastical catfish with glowing red eyes and intricate patterns on its skin in a dark, swampy forest setting. Text reads: "BOTTOMFEEDER A Flash Fiction Story Russell Mickler."

    NYC Midnight Flash Fiction

    Sep 11, 2024

  • Cover art for "Loose Ends: A Flash Fiction Story" by Russell Mickler, featuring a man and woman in military uniforms gazing out a window overlooking a canal. The scene is set at night with illuminated buildings. An award ribbon is displayed in the top left corner.

    2024 NYCM 500

    Sep 4, 2024

  • NYC Midnight Flash Fiction

    Jul 17, 2024

  • A book cover titled "Relics of an Analog World" by Russell Mickler, featuring a mail carrier in a blue uniform walking beside a humanoid robot on a city street with trees and buildings in the background.

    NYC Midnight Short Story

    Jun 5, 2024

  • Cover of "As It Was Told" by Russell Mickler featuring a young girl and a humanoid goat figure in a misty forest.

    Writer's Playground

    May 19, 2024

  • Young person holding a vintage camera, wearing a yellow jacket and striped shirt, with colorful ribbons around their neck, standing against a purple background with a rainbow, and text reading 'Remnants: A Short Story by Russell Mickler'. Award icon in top left.

    Globe Soup 7DWC11

    Apr 17, 2024

  • Elderly woman standing in front of a rustic watermill with snow-covered surroundings, promoting "The Miller's Wife: A Short Story by Russell Mickler."

    NYC Midnight Short Story

    Apr 9, 2024

  • Writing Battle Flash Fiction

    Mar 10, 2024

  • A person wearing traditional Asian attire and a conical hat, playing a flute on a wooden boat surrounded by bamboo and misty mountains, with an overlay of text saying "A Song for Namazu: A Flash Fiction Story by Russell Mickler."

    AWG Furious Fiction

    Jan 26, 2024

  • Illustrated book cover titled 'The Monsters We Know: Flash Fiction' by Russell Mickler, featuring a woman in a black dress pulling a suitcase, with architectural background.

    NYC Midnight 500 Flash

    Oct 11, 2023

  • A green jeep with a surfboard on top parked on a sandy beach, featuring the text 'Go Find Your Sunshine' and 'Flash Fiction' by Russell Mickler.

    NYC Midnight 1000 Flash

    Sept 20, 2023

  • Steampunk-themed book cover titled 'His Visceral Conviction: A Microfiction Story' by Russell Mickler, featuring a person in steampunk attire with goggles and a top hat.

    Writing Battle Nanofiction

    Sept 4, 2023

  • Book cover titled "Alchimie Numérique" featuring an elegant older woman at an outdoor cafe table, with drinks and a meal. She's wearing a sophisticated outfit, holding a cigarette holder. The author is Russell Mickler.

    NYC Midnight 1000 Flash

    July 27, 2023

  • The Writer's College

    July 12, 2023

  • Book cover featuring a scarecrow and a gargoyle-like creature with the title 'Aevalorn Tales: Enemies of Crowkind and Shades' by Russell Mickler. The background depicts a dark, eerie cornfield.

    Reedsy Shortlisted

    June 23, 2023

  • Book cover titled "A Plum Tree's Neighbors" by Russell Mickler, featuring a smiling elderly woman with elf-like ears and flowers in her hat, part of the "Aevalorn Tales" series.

    Reedsy Shortlisted

    April 21, 2023

  • Reedsy Shortlisted

    April 7, 2023

  • Book cover of "The Two Shades of Luck: A Maedrey Puck Story" by Russell Mickler, featuring an illustrated character holding a staff with glowing orbs, under the series title "Aevalor Tales."

    Reedsy Shortlisted

    January 20, 2023