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Eric Scot Tryon
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Debut novel I’M THE UNDERTOW, forthcoming May ‘26 (Central Avenue)

Rep’d by @clgslr.bsky.social at @PSLiterary.bsky.social

EIC: @flashfrog.bsky.social

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Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social · Nov 18
🌊🌊COVER REVEAL🌊🌊

My debut novel I'M THE UNDERTOW drops 05.05.2026!
(Fun pre-order campaign coming after the new year!)
Dark blue book cover with four curvy lines that look like roads (light blue, royal blue, gray-blue, and beige). Title in center reads I’M THE UNDERTOW. Author name below reads ERIC SCOT TRYON.
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Sharing a super-single-dorm-bed after the club” by Kinjal Johri is now up!

Art by Michelle Koubek

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Sharing a super-single-dorm-bed after the club by Kinjal Johri
Tomorrow we will attend the belated funerals of our youth in dress pants and collared blouses. We will give our apologies for the loss and sit in stifling silence and then go home and tell our part…
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February 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Reading THE DISAPPEARED by @andrewporter01.bsky.social was like sitting on the back patio with on old friend on a balmy summer evening, sharing a bottle of wine and catching up, talking about the small things, that are the big things, that are everything.

10 out of 10! No skips! ✨
Book (THE DISAPPEARED by Andrew Porter) standing among bottles of wine.
February 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Warm Enough” by Yoram Ong is now up!

Art by @courtneyb77.bsky.social

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Warm Enough by Yoram Ong
By the time I reach my brother’s apartment, the sun is already low, slanting across the row of houses. I park behind his truck. He opens the door before I knock, like he’s been listening for my foo…
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February 2, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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A huge thank you to everyone who submitted to the Blue Frog flash fiction contest!! 💙🐸

We received more contest subs than we ever have before!
February 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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Just finished OUR MISSING HEARTS by Celeste Ng. And while admittedly I wasn’t as sure in the beginning (Ng has set a high bar afterall), it eventually hit its stride and finished with just the right bang!

(Oh and way too frighteningly current)
A book (OUR MISSING HEARTS) sitting on a gray/green couch with a multicolored blanket behind.
January 31, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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🚨‼️💙🐸 LAST DAY ‼️🚨💙🐸

The Blue Frog closes tonight @ 11:59pm PST

flash-frog.com/contest/
January 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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Do yourself a favor and take the 3 minutes to read this beautiful story:

“Heart” by @djpoissant.bsky.social in @cincinnatireview.bsky.social 🔥❤️

So good!

www.cincinnatireview.com/micros/heart/
Heart - The Cincinnati Review
Managing Editor Lisa Ampleman: In "Heart," David James Poissant shows how information can be revealed slowly and deliberately in a piece of flash fiction.
www.cincinnatireview.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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THREE days let to submit to the Blue Frog flash fiction contest! Ends 01/31 @ 11:59pm PST.

flash-frog.com/contest/
January 29, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“The Surrogate” by Sara Kaplan-Cunningham is now up!

Art by Catalina Blake

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The Surrogate by Sara Kaplan-Cunningham
Today, Carol is glum. I bring her a hot coffee from the machine, two creams one sugar. “What’s wrong, queen?” I ask. We have this kind of relationship, ascribing to each other royal titles we haven…
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January 26, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Send us those loud family dramas that poison! Send us those quiet family moments that matter.
January 24, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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One week to get those family stories in. How about something with cousins? Got an auntie story? Maybe an ex-stepbrother? A nibling? A chibling? A large, dysfunctional chosen family? A super functional extended family (clearly fictional!)? Let's feed The Frog! (trying that out...not sure it works...)
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Jan 1
🚨The 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction contest is now open!!

flash-frog.com/submit/
Blue flier for the 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction prize. Theme: Family. Guest Judge: Camille U. Adams. Jan 1-31st. $5/story. $700 in prizes.
January 24, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“The House of Paper Mountains” by Amalia Mora is now up!

Art by Dylan Manning

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The House of Paper Mountains by Amalia Mora
The piles of paper have become mountains in Betty’s house. Some of the papers are stacked into bags that look like boulders, and often they erode and turn into spilled valleys. But they are always …
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January 19, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Halfway there!! Just two weeks remain!! 🐸💙

flash-frog.com/contest/
January 15, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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A new flash by yours truly, on All The Feelings of finding out you're going to have a boy 👦🏻
Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social and @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this a home!
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January 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Boy” by @dango-ramen.bsky.social is now up!

Art by Lauren McGovern

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Boy by Lucy Zhang
When the NIPT results came back saying  boy, I sang to the heavens and burned money made from joss paper. The flames singed my ring finger, leaving a blister that bubbled for days before finally po…
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January 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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5️⃣ days left to claim your free e-copy of I’M THE UNDERTOW 🌊 on Booktrovert!

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Cover of book— I’M THE UNDERTOW with the tag line: “He killed her son. Then it got complicated.”
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Congrats @kyleisamu.bsky.social and @sarahillswrites.bsky.social (x2!). You had a lot of frog eyes on your work!
Green flyer announcing Flash Frog’s most read stories in 2025: 1) “Materials Needed” by Kyle Weik 2) “The Bright Jars of Our Bodies” by Sara Hills 3) “Gorilla, gorilla, gorilla” by Sara Hills
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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emilyrinkema.bsky.social
What better time to write about family than just after the holidays? Could be cathartic...
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Jan 1
🚨The 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction contest is now open!!

flash-frog.com/submit/
Blue flier for the 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction prize. Theme: Family. Guest Judge: Camille U. Adams. Jan 1-31st. $5/story. $700 in prizes.
January 9, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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I’d like to welcome the Philippines and Ireland to the list! Neither were not on it last year! 🇵🇭🇮🇪
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Jan 8
We love all our international frogs!! 🌍
Green flyer showing top ten countries that visited Flash Frog in 2025: US UK Canada India Australia Nigeria China Germany Philippines Ireland
January 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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The wordiest year since 2021!😂
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Jan 7
It's a random, largely irrelevant stat, but this is what happens when you give a frog a calculator.
Green flyer announcing the average word count of Flash Frog published stories in 2025: 661 words.
January 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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🎉💃🏽🪩🕺🏻🎉
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Jan 7
Huge congrats to Amy Allen and Andy Lopez for having their Flash Frog stories selected for the Best Microfiction 2026 anthology!🎉
Blue/green flyer announcing two Best Microfiction selections: “Bad Guy” by Amy Allen and “Funnel Cloud Baby” by Andy Lopez
January 7, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Nearly 6,000 submissions hopped over to us in 2025!
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Jan 6
In the name of transparency, here is the harsh number. 🫣

This just means you all are submitting a lot which is a great thing!
Green flyer reporting Flash Frog’s acceptance rate for 2025: 0.7%
January 6, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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I think this announcement is the highlight of my writing life so far. To be a part of the journal that's been so instrumental in my own flash writing (& reading) journey is an honor & a privilege & a joy. Thanks to @ericscottryon.bsky.social for the opportunity to be a part of the Frog!
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Jan 6
🚨BIG NEWS!!!!🚨

We are so beyond excited and honored to announce that the wonderful and talented @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is joining the Flash Frog family! 🐸💙
Blue flyer announcing Emily Rinkema as the new Assistant Editor. Author headshot and bio included.
January 6, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Such a by win for the Frog! Please help me in welcoming Emily!
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Jan 6
🚨BIG NEWS!!!!🚨

We are so beyond excited and honored to announce that the wonderful and talented @emilyrinkema.bsky.social is joining the Flash Frog family! 🐸💙
Blue flyer announcing Emily Rinkema as the new Assistant Editor. Author headshot and bio included.
January 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
ericscottryon.bsky.social
Love seeing these numbers continue to go up! Flash fiction is as strong as ever! 💙🙏🏼
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Jan 5
Huge thank you to everyone who read, submitted, shared, and supported the Frog in 2025!
Green and black info-graph of Flash Frog numbers for 2025. Website views: 113,800.
January 5, 2026 at 7:53 PM