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

New story every Monday.

EIC: @ericscottryon.bsky.social

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 11d
🚨The 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction contest is now open!!

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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.
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dango-ramen.bsky.social
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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sarahillswrites.bsky.social
Wow, this is crazy!! Thanks for reading my stories, friends. And huge congrats to @kyleisamu.bsky.social whose story is so fantastically good! And thanks again to @flashfrog.bsky.social for saying yes to two of my stories in 2025. 🙏❤️
flashfrog.bsky.social Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 4d
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 10, 2026 at 7:52 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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sagetyrtle.bsky.social
Sushi Rejection Project Update - acceptance from @flashfrog.bsky.social, story going up in April! I am over the moon, I was in Flash Frog when it was a teensity tadpole and to appear again is a joy. Before the acceptance, I was at 18 / 100, and one of those was a very exciting personal (1/??)
Green frog sitting on a wet gray rock. Head on, big frowny mouth, shiny skin.
January 9, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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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 · 11d
🚨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
flashfrog.bsky.social
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 6:44 PM
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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 10:25 PM
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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 5:06 PM
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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 10:42 PM
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emilyrinkema.bsky.social
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 · 7d
🚨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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🚨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 5:03 PM
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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 7:52 PM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Love and the Side Table” by @judydarley.bsky.social is now up!

Art by Dylan Manning

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Love and the Side Table by Judy Darley
In the evenings, sunset soaks the garden at the back of their new house, shadows pressing their palms against the walls. Eileen likes to stand in the grass barefoot and feel the energy of the day d…
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January 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Exciting Frog week ahead:

1) We’ll be sharing our “Flash Frog by the numbers” for 2025. Even word lovers can appreciate a good stat or two!📈

2) The Blue Frog contest is in full swing! flash-frog.com/contest/ 🐸💙

3) We have a very special, exciting announcement on Tuesday… 👀
Contest
The Blue Frog The Blue Frog is Flash Frog’s annual flash fiction contest. Taking place each January, the contest features a new theme based on what type of stories we wish we had seen more of…
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January 2, 2026 at 9:10 PM
flashfrog.bsky.social
🚨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 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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FAVORITE STORIES OF 2025

Night is a Mouth with No Shape by @jjlofflin.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social
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Night is a Mouth with No Shape by Joshua Jones Lofflin
There’s the fog, always, a mist that clings to the girl’s legs. She walks along this darkened highway—not a real highway, but a narrow stretch of pitted asphalt with hardly any shoulder. Cars sweep…
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December 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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🚨General submissions close tomorrow night at midnight PST🚨
a black and white drawing of a room with many clocks on the wall
Alt: a black and white drawing of a room with many clocks on the wall
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December 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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This is soooo good….
December 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Maytag Man” by Elise LeSage is now up!

Art by Amber Rose Crowtree

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Maytag Man by Elise LeSage
Of course we knew they would send Patrick Bisby. We’d gotten our hands on Maytag’s schedule and saw Patrick was their Saturday-man. “Noon to six,” the reps had said when we called about the dryer. …
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December 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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jjlofflin.bsky.social
“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 · Dec 10
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