Microfiction Dim Sum – bite-sized story delights winners

Past Winners: 2025

January 2026

This month, member Marcin Nowak, who recently relocated to Hong Kong from London, won the 55-word story contest by discovering our interesting hygiene standard.

“I miss cockroaches

You know the weirdest thing about living on Mars? You can leave half eaten food lying on the table, noodles, fruit, whatever. Nothing will come for it. No flies, no cockroaches, no rats. In Sai Ying Pun I removed food waste with almost religious zeal. Takeaway container – immediately out. It is too fucking sterile here.”