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Michael Czyzniejewski @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social · 2d

Thrilled to kick off @flashfrog.bsky.social's Frogtober with a ghost story! Thanks to @ericscottryon.bsky.social, and thanks to my bud, @courtneyb77.bsky.social, for absolutely perfect art; shout out to her and @kimmagowan.bsky.social for the early eyes on the piece.
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Collision by Michael Czyzniejewski

Light my candles in a daze ‘cause I’ve found God. —Nirvana, “Lithium” The hardest part about being a ghost is getting over the sex, as in watching the living go at it. It’s ironic because when you …

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Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social · 2d

The first ghost story is here!! Come take a little peek 👀👀

Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 2d

FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸

“Collision” by @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social is now up!

Art by Courtney Burton

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Collision by Michael Czyzniejewski

Light my candles in a daze ‘cause I’ve found God. —Nirvana, “Lithium” The hardest part about being a ghost is getting over the sex, as in watching the living go at it. It’s ironic because when you …

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Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social · 5d

Get ready …. 👻 👀

Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 5d

FLASH FROGTOBER is just around the corner! 👻🐸👻

And you all aren’t ready…

These aren’t your grandparents’ ghost stories! 👀

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 9d

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Sunday Nights” by @bradbarkley.bsky.social is now up!

Art by Ali McLafferty

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Sunday Nights by Brad Barkley

That evening, Winston dropped off his granddaughter Claire at her dad’s house, Steven opening the door before they rang the bell. Grunted thanks, alcohol breath. Seven years of awkward, screendoor …

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 15d

Our BotN nominations are in! Congrats to Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez and @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social We're rooting for you! 🐸💙

Mostly black flier with a green leaf on the left with a silhouette of a frog. Text announces Best of the Net nominations: Laura Leigh Morris and Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez.

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 16d

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Darkrooms” by Ali McLafferty is now up!

Art by Tina V. Cabrera

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Darkrooms by Ali McLafferty

We who work in darkrooms have a secret. You’d never expect it of us; we are masters of monotony. We blank our faces and mute our bodies so that you forget us as soon as you leave. Take a moment now…

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Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social · 19d

Sounds like a great assignment!

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 20d

I'd be grateful if you can send links for flash stories where climate change plays a role. I'd like my students to write these kinds of stories for an assignment, but I don't have many models. Thanks!

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Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social · 19d

Here’s a recent one from Flash Frog that could work!

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After the Flood by Sarp Sozdinler

The apartment smells like damp shoes and expired vanilla extract. My brother stands in the kitchen holding a box of cocoa powder up to his nose, sniffing for mold. “Still good,” he says, even thoug…

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Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social · 19d

It’s not a traditional climate change story by any means, but hear is the piece. Thank you for the kind words, Sumitra!

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Now We Sit On Rooftops by Eric Scot Tryon

It was the most ordinary Tuesday in September when the fire hydrant on our street burst open. Some nozzle or cap had simply had enough of doing its job – we could all relate – and water came gushin…

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 23d

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Conductor” by @catemcgowan.com is now up!

Art by Ojo Victoria Ilemobayo

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Conductor by Cate McGowan

We kept the job site running after the accident. Hauled pallets. Poured concrete. Took our breaks by the fence with nobody saying much. The scaffolding stayed up, though no one climbed it for days.…

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Sep 8

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“After the Flood” by @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social is now up!

Art by Ali McLafferty

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After the Flood by Sarp Sozdinler

The apartment smells like damp shoes and expired vanilla extract. My brother stands in the kitchen holding a box of cocoa powder up to his nose, sniffing for mold. “Still good,” he says, even thoug…

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Will Musgrove @willmusgrove.bsky.social · Sep 1

I have a new story set in a dinosaur theme park up at @flashfrog.bsky.social today. Thanks to @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this one such an awesome home. And I love Jayne Frisina's art. Check it out if you wanna. 🦕 🦖

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Dino Land by Will Musgrove

Unlike the park’s main entrance, the door to the break room doesn’t roar. Instead, the rusty hinges sigh like me easing into my La-Z-Boy. I step inside and see manager Julie spreading a Stegosaurus…

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Sep 1

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Dino Land” by @willmusgrove.bsky.social is now up!

Art by Jaye Frisina

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Dino Land by Will Musgrove

Unlike the park’s main entrance, the door to the break room doesn’t roar. Instead, the rusty hinges sigh like me easing into my La-Z-Boy. I step inside and see manager Julie spreading a Stegosaurus…

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Aug 25

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Cartwheels” by @nschriefer.bsky.social is now up!

Art by Gwenn Seemel

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Cartwheels by Natalie Schriefer

Nick’s millionth cartwheel looks like his first: He plants one hand on the grass and then, before I can catch his legs and help, he tumbles into a round-off. For a moment I’m taller than him, and I…

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Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social · Aug 20

Woo hoo! Big congrats, so well deserved! 🤡

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Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social · Aug 20

Wouldn’t miss it!!

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Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social · Aug 20

What an absolutely wonderful reading and book celebration tonight! Congratulations again to the always fabulous @writesloud.bsky.social! 🎉

If you haven’t yet bought FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT from @stanchion.bsky.social, I highly recommend you do so today!

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First Kicking, Then Not | Stanchion

A young woman transforms after an unspeakable loss. A recent divorcee discovers a new life. An aging mother fears losing everything she loves, while another abandons her children at Starbucks. First K...

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Aug 18

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Papergirl” by @happilylenaaa.bsky.social is now up!

Art by Sandy Little

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Papergirl by Lena Kinder

At midnight, Yvette runs a paper route. She goes to the distribution site, fills her car with newspapers. They look like burritos wrapped in blue and orange plastic bags. Morning Herald is printed …

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Aug 11

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“The First Time I Had Sex, Aliens Was on TV” by @timothycgoodwin.bsky.social is now up!

Art by @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social

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The First Time I Had Sex, Aliens Was on TV by Timothy C Goodwin

You want a great horror movie? Alien. You want a great war movie? Aliens. I say this to my date to sound normal: it’s normal to have the TV on in a hotel room—to comment on the art, to sniff …

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Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social · Aug 9

No one said fame would be easy! 😎

a man with a mustache is standing in front of a fire and says `` i don t know how to put this '' .

ALT: a man with a mustache is standing in front of a fire and says `` i don t know how to put this '' .

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Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social · Aug 9

BOOK MAIL! 📚📬

So excited to receive my copy of the most talked about collection of the summer!

Congrats, @writesloud.bsky.social !!

Book (FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT by Hanna Grieco) on a desk next to a candle and a pencil holder shaped like a typewriter.

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Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social · Aug 8

Just finished A SHARP ENDLESS NEED by @mcrane12.bsky.social. So good!!

Basketball as a love language. A deep yearning to be loved and to love your own self. Read this and let yourself revel in being 17 again 🫣

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Eric Scot Tryon @ericscottryon.bsky.social · Aug 4

Huge congrats, Joshua!!!🎉

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Susan Holcomb @h0lc0mb.bsky.social · Aug 4

I am soooo thrilled to have a new little flash piece out with dream journal @flashfrog.bsky.social today! Thank you @ericscottryon.bsky.social for seeing and supporting this shard of a story and @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social for the gorgeous, perfect collage paired with it! 🎸

Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · Aug 4

NEW STORY⚡️🐸

“Eugenia” by @h0lc0mb.bsky.social is now up!

Art by @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social

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Eugenia by Susan Holcomb

She’s a poet and a bass guitarist, the coolest in my LA mommies group, and someday soon: a breakout late-in-life pop star. “I could be like a female Leonard Cohen,” she tells me one day at the park…

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