We said we were done with microfics (that was a lie). We said 2024 was the last fest (um, well). But in this crazy year of 2026, we are back and we are better than ever! If you were with us for previous iterations, first of all, welcome back! Second of all, things are going to look a little different this year.
So, let’s get to it! What’s happening with Microfic May 2026?
Microfic May is a multi-fandom, open prompt challenge that encourages the creation of microfiction.
We define microfics as works of fiction that are 50 words or less. However, this limit is merely a suggestion. We accept all lengths!
This is a multi-fandom event open to all characters, ships, ratings, genres, and content.
Participants must be aged 18+ and follow DLDR, SALS, and YKINMKATO etiquettes. (What does this mean?)
The use of AI is prohibited! If we find out you have used AI during any part of the writing process, you will be banned from the fest and your works will be removed from the collection.
We have 32 prompts that are split onto 4 mini bingo cards. Pick a card and get started! If you’re feeling extra ambitious, writing one prompt per day will complete all cards.
Don’t like a prompt? Each bingo card comes with one Alternate prompt option.
To submit a work, add it to our collection on AO3 Microfic May 2026 or post it on Tumblr with the tag #microficmay2026. Feel free to mention us at @microficmay, but we will only be reblogging completed bingo cards at the end of each week.
And that's a wrap! Woww! Uhh, talk about hyperfocus at the very last second! I managed to write 8 microfics for @microficmay in about 24 hours and got 3 bingos. I guess I'll take that as an ultimate win!
You can check out each individual Sterek microfic below:
Inflection
Kitsch
Petrichor
Bits & Pieces
Love & Hate 🌶️🥵
Give & Take 🔥🌶️
Nomad
Luminescence
Or, if you'd like, you can also view them under the tag #my after and my before or read the entire work, My After and My Before, on AO3.
Thanks for following this super speedy journey, and I hope you enjoyed this smol series!
Since my Microfic May is one story, broken up into 32 Drabbles, I decided to create a master post. I will update this post every day and link back to it in each daily post. (Each chapter is a classic drabble, inspired by the prompt theme but not using the prompt word.)
Fic: Well Fed
Rating: M
Summary: Grimmauld Place is hungry. Harry's the only one there to feed it. Draco's the only one who can keep him from being eaten alive.
Full fic now posted on AO3
Day 1: NOMAD
Day 2: EMANATE
Day 3: PAST & PRESENT
Day 4: OBFUSCATE
Day 5: SAUNTER
Day 6: FASTIDIOUS
Day 7: DECOROUS
Day 8: PETRICHOR
Day 9: ACRID
Day 10: HEADY
Day 11: COMINGS & GOINGS
Day 12: HEAVEN & HELL
Day 13: DRACONIAN
Day 14: PENCHANT
Day 15: GRAVITATE
Day 16: GIVE & TAKE
Day 17: UPBRAID
Day 18: TOIL & TROUBLE
Day 19: LUMINESCENCE
Day 20: LOVE & HATE
Day 21: WRITHE
Day 22: BETRAYAL
Day 23: KITSCH
Day 24: BITS & PIECES
Day 25: INFLECTION
Day 26: TURBULENT
Day 27: WEAVE
Day 28: CAUTERISE
Day 29: PENITENT
Day 30: PURE & SIMPLE
Day 31: EQUANIMITY
Day 32: WINSOME
Thank you to the mods of @microficmay for the interesting prompts! I hope everybody is well fed by these little snacks this month.
Note: I will be posting this on AO3, but as a oneshot when it's complete.
@microficmay Thank you fort the event! I had a lot of fun doing them. The prompt were diverse and inspiring !
(tbh I had to look up the translation for a few of them, and even one i did not know in my own language! )
Card 4, 9 fandoms. in universe. more or less 50 words.
Bingo!
The Witcher - Geraskier ; Gundam Wing - 2x5 ; The old Guard - immortal husbands ; Heated Rivalry - Hollanov ; Alt prompt Hannibal - Murder husbands ; Star Trek TOS - Space husbands ; Star Trek DS9 - Garashir ; Interview with the Vampire - Claudeleine ; Shameless - Gallavich
Toil & Trouble The Witcher - Geraskier
Occupational hazards
"1100 verses, a royal commission. I cried ink and blood.”
“A five days hunt in a poisonnous swamp”.
“Prosecuted for obscenity and sedition."
“I get lynched every two weeks...”
Jaskier hiked his nightshirt up.
“There. A jealous rival.”
Gerald squinted.
“... Being devoured by a Witcher. You win...”
Bits & Pieces Gundam Wing 2x5
Get loved, idiot
Once, Wufei had bought a mechanical piece in duplicate, and Duo had jumped on the occasion. Then, a extra portion left in their hideout fridge, that Duo had stolen with glee. A weapon opportunely handed here, an updated map transferred there... Duo froze, mouth hanging and eyes wide... “Holy shit!"
Heaven & Hell The old Guard - Immortal husbands
Confusion
Yusuf gulped some air and coughed, lost and disoriented. Fire, cries and rivers of blood everywhere, what were his sins to deserve damnation? Someone leaned over him. The prettiest face, eyes as the sky, lips as pillows, skin as alabaster...a houri? Yusuf felt the blade pierce his chest and fell back once again in the dust.
Comings & Goings Heated Rivalry - Hollanov
Worth it
How many keys, magnetic cards, or padlocks? How many doors, Ilya's or his, houses, condos, hotel rooms... Boston, Montreal, Ottawa...? How many times he had left, still dizzy from Ilya's warmth, still high from pleasure? Shane looks at the duplicate of Ilya's key and its stupidly expensive key chain and smiles for himself. He's home.
Alt 4: Love & Hate Hannibal - Murder husbands
Amour à mort
Sometimes, when Hannibal looks at him, Will thinks about Beverly, about Abigail, or about that poor girl in the tank, and his hand clenches around his knife. Then, Hannibal smiles at him, and he wants to tear off his heart, to slice his throat, to eat him raw.
Pure & Simple Star Trek TOS - Space husbands
Second chance
Admiral logs, Stardate 8210.3. The destruction of the Starship Enterprise had been a strategic gamble to assure the security of the crew. We had managed to defeat the opponent and suppress the threat of a mass destruction weapon.
Supplemental log, personal. Truth is, I just could not loose him again.
Past & Present Star Trek DS9 - Garashir
Prospects
The sounds of the boots had died out, and the rain had brought the dust down. Garak looks at his world, can't help but see the shadows of urall uniforms and glimpses of obsidian shine. Julian appears at his side. Being worthy of it is a moot point. Cardassia's their, now.
Give & Take Interview with the Vampire - Claudeleine
Meaning
Lestat gave her a wicked life, and Louis gave her a family. She stole Louis from Lestat, and Armand stole Louis from her. In her last moment, Lestat gave her the bond she craved for, and she gave him eternal guilt.
But Madeleine...Madeleine gave a raison d’être.
Far & Wide Shameless - Gallavich
Stargazer lilies, motherfucker
For a long time, Mickey had been secretly scared of space. The immensity. The possibilities. The otherness. His was ground, Southside, and Milkovich’s blood. Then, he met Ian, and suddenly, the stars, like freckles, became reachable.
And... that's it! All 32 microfics, done and dusted.
It was amazing to participate in this event and to try and write in a new format, because I know I'm not great with short-form content... Now, maybe I'm a little better with it!
Check out all the microfics on my Tumblr, or here on AO3!
Hello! I'm trying to add my fic to the collection after publishing but the collection isn't showing up when I put it in! Probably because there's a ton of collections under roughly the same name. Is there any way the mods of the collection can add my fic to it for me? I'd really rather avoid reuploading the whole thing...
Hi anon,
When editing a work that has already been posted to AO3, scroll down to the field 'Post to Collections / Challenges' and you can manually copy and paste 'Microfic_May_2026' and immediately press Enter.
Then preview your work and see if it shows up in the collection that way. If it does, then you should be good to post!
Let us know if that fix works or if you're still having issues!
drarry | word count: 134 | title from: “black hole” (Wikipedia) | ⋆˚꩜｡ | for the @microficmay card #1 prompt: saunter
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Draco forced a grin, then gave it, (gracious).
“You’ll carry me out of here, then?”
Potter’s pity split— he laughed, the edge of it breaking through the concealment charm. “Suppose I’ll have to.”
It was a good laugh, now that Draco could hear it proper.
“How romantic,” he hummed.
“Fuck off,” Potter answered, mirth-mellowed.
“A favour, Potter,” Draco said, gaze flicking to the eyes that weren’t Potter’s eyes.
“Yeah?”
“The next time you tell me to fuck off,” he prodded, slow steps carrying him closer, soot-stain fingers falling to the front of his uniform, all that innocuous grey wool. Bold in the absence of consequence, of memory.
“Next time, tell me while you’re wearing your own face.”
Hopscotch-Potter grinned back at him, the shape of it wrong. (& yet, the feeling familiar.)
Card 2, 9 fandoms, in universe, all of them under 50 words (Yay!)
The Old Guard - Andy/Quynh ; Interview with the Vampire - Armandaniel ; Heated Rivalry - Hollanov ; The Witcher - Geraskier.Radoskier ; Star Trek TOS - Space Husbands ; Gundam Wing - 2x5 ; Star Trek Starfleet Academy - Jay Den / Darem ; Hannibal - Murder Husbands ; Shameless - Gallavich
Bingo!
Penitent The Old Guard - Andy/Quynh
Mea culpa
Andy pushes her hand against the rusted nail until her skin breaks. She watches, fascinated, as the skin heals around the metal point, and pushes further. Nile wants to ask, Joe stops her just before she does.
Fastidious Interview with the vampire - Armandaniel
Boundaries
Armand looked at the shelves heavy with years of meticulously labeled magnetic tapes, CDs, and hard disks and clenched his fists, restraining his urges. Daniel would endure delicious abuses, but even Armand knew that his work was off-limits.
Heady Heated rivalry - Hollanov
Almost
Shane felt dizzy. That fat hard dick rubbing against his ass, the lips on his neck, the plea in his ears... Scott Hunter looming near or not, if Rozanov pushed his luck just a little more...
Acrid The Witcher Geraskier - Radoskier
Green-eyed monster
Gerald clicks his tongue and grimaces. If that is not the aftertaste of the potion or the blood of the Monster on his face, it could only be his bile reaching up his mouth as he watches Jaskier fuss over that failure of a king.
Alt 2: Verdant Star Trek TOS / Space husbands
Let me play among the stars.
Jim watches the expanse of the gigantic garden of his earthien residence. Trees, plants, and flowers as far as the eye can see, lush canopy and exuberant vines, and Arizonian red rocks artistically displayed. Thanks to the Stars, their next 5-year mission starts tomorrow.
Draconian Gundam Wing 2x5
Observance
Train. Fight. Meditate. Wufei’s oath can’t suffer deviation. Especially not from a clear laugh, the brush of a braid on his shoulder, or a jab softened by an affectionate nickname. Train. Fight. Meditate once more.
Winsome Star Trek Starfleet Academy - Jay Den / Darem
Vice-son
Even though Darem had not seen them since his abdication, it's traditional to get his parents’ blessing. Dreaded moment. A doctor, a Starfleet officer, a Klingon...he had not expected his fiancé to win over his parents with a smile and a compliment. Darem bows, vanquished.
Decorous Hannibal / Murder husbands
Beasts of prey
The exchange had been unpleasant. The realtor had not been incorrect per se, but a slap on Will's shoulder here, a tone-deaf innuendo there, a too-forced laugh... Hannibal had shifted, calculating and feline, and Will felt his stomach growl.
Turbulent Shameless / Gallavich
Et ceux qui sont en mer
Life flows around him, bad decisions and deep dark abysses, white water and scary heights. Every time he drowns, Mickey catches his hand, the boy who grew wild as a weed is now his most solid anchor.
