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Small. Brightly colored. Deadly to the touch. ⚡️🐸

New story every Monday.

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Aug 1
🐸 General subs are open!🐸

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“It was a stupid thing to do. Even pumped up like I was by panic, I couldn’t do a half mile in three minutes wearing street shoes and a coat.”

Excellent flash from @gary79.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Interview” by @gary79.bsky.social is now up!

Art by Clarissa Kurtaliaj

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Interview by Gary Fincke
Because I haven’t been working, my wife has taken a stupid job. Because she needs our car in order to sell door-to-door, I am boarding a bus for the city. “Everything,” I tell her, “goes fast…
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December 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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We are excited to announce our nominations for Best Small Fictions 2026! 🐸🎉

@sarahillswrites.bsky.social, @nadiaborn.com,
@brandonmcneice.bsky.social, @tom1walsh.bsky.social,
Elise LeSage
Green and yellow background with the announcement: “Best Small Fictions nominations.” The following authors are listed down the middle: Sara Hills, Nadia Born, Brandon McNeice, Elise LeSage, Tom Weller. Flash Frog logos are found in the two bottom corners.
December 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Five Eulogies for Goldie” by Bethany Bruno is now up!

Art by Ali McLafferty

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Five Eulogies for Goldie by Bethany Bruno
Toilet Bowl Funeral The first time Goldie died, my father flushed him without ceremony. “Quick and painless,” he muttered. I leaned over the bowl, watching the orange body spiral down. My mother ru…
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December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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With not one but TWO Flash Frog stories included!! 👇🏼👇🏼
ericscottryon.bsky.social Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social · 17d
BOOK MAIL! 📚📬

Congrats, Patricia! Looks fantastic! And I already know how good this is going to be!! 🔥🔥

@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social
Red book standing against 3 small wooden Christmas trees. Book is red with an imagine of black headphones, titled “Pardon Me for Moonwalking” by Patricia Q. Bidar
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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We are excited to announce our Pushcart nominations!🎉

@kyleisamu.bsky.social, @mizuki-yama.bsky.social, @thehagsoup.bsky.social, Annie Johnson, Sophie Castro, Amanda Aileen Fisher
Green flier announcing Pushcart nominations. Frog footprints and Flash Frog logo decorate around the names: Annie Johnson, Kyle Weik, Mizuki Yamagen, Sophie Castro, Janice Leadingham, Amanda Aileen Fisher
December 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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'Josefina learned this from her own mother, who read stories aloud after the evening meal, from the one book they had. '
Beautiful and emotional piece
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Another Border Crossing” by Amanda Aileen Fisher is now up!

Art by Ali McLafferty

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Another Border Crossing by Amanda Aileen Fisher
Styrofoam cups tower from her blue nylon bag. A cabbage and a red-capped milk swing in the plastic one hanging from her other. There will be a party. Today, Paulo arrives on the bus—her youngest so…
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December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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2x Frog contributor Brad Barkley has a YA novel forthcoming that looks fantastic!

@bradbarkley.bsky.social

Pre-order link below! 👇🏼👇🏼

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The Reel Life of Zara Kegg
The Reel Life of Zara Kegg by Brad Barkley
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December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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2x FF contributor, Allison Field Bell has a gorgeous book coming out!!! Pre-order link below! 👇🏼👇🏼
allisonfieldbell.bsky.social Allison Field Bell @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social · Nov 17
My debut poetry collection is available to pre-order from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social ! Please order and share 💙

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December 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Listing of the day! 😎🐸
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Last year’s Blue Frog inspired me to write one of my favorite stories ever. Such a fun comp!
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 26d
We are SO excited to announce the details for our 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction prize! And thrilled and honored to welcome @camilleuadams.bsky.social 💙🐸

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A blue flier announcing contest details: The 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction prize. Theme: “Family”. Guest Judge: Camille U. Adams. Jan 1st - 31st. $5 per story. $700 in prizes. On the left is a picture of Camille U Adams surrounded by trees with yellow leaves. Below the photo is the Flash Frog logo (a frog with glasses trying on a typewriter)
December 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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We are SO excited to announce the details for our 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction prize! And thrilled and honored to welcome @camilleuadams.bsky.social 💙🐸

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A blue flier announcing contest details: The 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction prize. Theme: “Family”. Guest Judge: Camille U. Adams. Jan 1st - 31st. $5 per story. $700 in prizes. On the left is a picture of Camille U Adams surrounded by trees with yellow leaves. Below the photo is the Flash Frog logo (a frog with glasses trying on a typewriter)
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“The Deep End” by Mathieu Parsy is now up!

Art by Clarissa Kurtaliaj

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The Deep End by Mathieu Parsy
Jason Momoa showed up the night the pool overflowed. There had been rain for six days; the kind that creeps sideways into your house through window seams, under your skin, into your thoughts. Jason…
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December 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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🚨The 5th Annual Blue Frog contest details coming soon!🚨

Theme?
Guest Judge?
Guest Artist?

All will be revealed on Tuesday!! 👀

$5 entry fee with $700 in prizes, plus signed books and original artwork!
November 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Double issue of MicroVerse Spec Flash Roundup with Oct-Nov recs!
Flash Roundup * October-November 2025
A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count…
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November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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🚨🐸BEST MICROFICTION nominations are in!

Congrats to @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social, @ezhang77.bsky.social, Amy Allen, Celia Knapp, and Andy Lopez
Green background with a small orange and green frog hanging on to a skinny twig. Big words in white at the top read “Best Microfiction nominations”. Scattered around the frog are 5 nominated authors: Timothy C. Goodwin, Andy Lopez, Amy Allen, Celia Knapp, and Elena Zhang. A small white Flash Frog logo (frog with glasses typing on a typewriter) is in the bottom right corner.
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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brandonmcneice.bsky.social
My latest appears today in @flashfrog.bsky.social! I've loved this journal for years and am thrilled that this story found a home there. #flashfiction #literaryfiction

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Hydrant Fish by Brandon McNeice
Heat squats on the block. The hydrant’s cap is leaned sideways with a broom handle wedged in, and water arcs over the street in bright ropes. Older kids run through, skidding, shrieking. It smells …
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November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Hydrant Fish” by @brandonmcneice.bsky.social is now up!

Art by Kimmy Larson

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Hydrant Fish by Brandon McNeice
Heat squats on the block. The hydrant’s cap is leaned sideways with a broom handle wedged in, and water arcs over the street in bright ropes. Older kids run through, skidding, shrieking. It smells …
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November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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allisonfieldbell.bsky.social
Interview is up over at @fracturedlit.bsky.social 💕

Thanks to Albert & @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social

Shoutouts to
@smokelong.bsky.social @cincinnatireview.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @chestnutreview.bsky.social @bridportprize.bsky.social &more

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We Write Our Obsessions: An Interview with ALLISON FIELD BELL | Fractured
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November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Sweat Pea” by James Keith Smith is now up!

Art by Julia Breitkreutz

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Sweat Pea by James Keith Smith
Let’s bury him there, in the mulch, I say. Where the ground is soft. In my roses? my wife asks. The roots of the maple in our yard burrow and twist beneath the foundation of our home, raise the con…
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November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Lit mags are usually known for their slow response times, but these amazing flash fiction pubs are trying to change that!

Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fast-f...

#writing #writingcommunity #litmags
Fastest flash fiction magazines that respond in 1 week or less • Bending Genres - Thrilling, fanciful, oddball, unusual, stunning • Flash Frog - Stories like dart frogs: small, bright, and deadly to the touch • HAD - Minimalist, irreverent mag with popup submission calls • Kinda Weird Mag - Celebrating creativity at its roots • The Insurgence - Informative critical writing and celebratory creative writing • Genrepunk Magazine - Literary magazine for weird little experiments • Mukoli: The Magazine for Peace - Peacebuilding, healing, and changemaking • Hotch Potch Literature and Art - Discover, delight and differentiate • The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts - Weekly bursts of compression & decompression • MetaStellar - Wandering to the limits of what could be • The Future Fire - Progressive speculative fiction • The Rye Whiskey Review - E-zine dedicated to all things barroom • Intrepidus Ink - Gutsy, fearless, and unapologetic November 13, 2025
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Peep Show” by Martha Keller is now up!

Art by Sophia Eisenbart Macias

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Peep Show by Martha Keller
We weren’t supposed to talk about what we saw when we looked through the neighbors’ bedroom window. We weren’t supposed to kneel side-by-side in the tree house, or press our faces against the unfin…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Who needs an eerie story for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Contributor @jjlofflin.bsky.social has a new piece published in @flashfrog.bsky.social ✨. Find it here: buff.ly/l8vKwCk
A two way road covered with fog.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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"...[T]he ghost voices sharpen, become distinct, the voices of fathers departed, the voices of mothers’ broken boyfriends." I love this story by @tomwellerstories.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2025/10/27/w...
Wrestling by Tom Weller
They all hear the crowd, a whooshing roar, a sound like a train entering a tunnel. But there is no crowd, just a weed-choked backyard, a chain-link fence chattering when the wind blows, the whooshi…
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November 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM