Flash Frog

Angela, in the basement by Kelly McElroy The first time my mother takes my oldest sister down into the embalming room, I am hidden away upstairs, staring at my ceiling. My sister has just returned home from getting her degree in mortuary …

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“Angela, in the basement” by Kelly McElroy is now up!

Art by Becks Simpson

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The honor is all ours! Grateful you entered this wonderful story!

American Boy by Claire Y. Guo American Boy teaches me all the ways to say home run. Big Fly. Homer. Dinger. Grand Salami. When he isn’t looking, I anoint each word with their Chinese translations, imagining they are caterpillar…

"When the song ends, I open my mouth, prod for living species, for butterflies, but nothing falls out except for larvae, corpses." Oh this flash by Claire Y. Guo in @flashfrog.bsky.social is incredible. Read "American Boy": flash-frog.com/2026/02/16/a...

Thanks for reading and sharing, Kelly!

We can’t wait to share this incredible story with everyone!

Blue flier announcing the winners of the Blue Frog contest: 1st place: Wasima Khan, 2nd place: Jessica Klimesh, 3rd place: Ruth Joffre

🎉Huge congrats to the winners of our 5th annual Blue Frog flash fiction contest!! 🎉

Wasima Khan
@jekwriter.bsky.social
@ruthjoffre.bsky.social

And another big thank you to our Guest Judge, @camilleuadams.bsky.social

Smart Search List of the Day The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free General Flash Fiction feat. @flashfrog.bsky.social @doesithavepockets.bsky.social @mgliterary.bsky.social @trashlightpress.bsky.social @thequasarreview.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/fee-free-general-flash-fiction-HDt0T39s

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free General Flash Fiction feat. @flashfrog.bsky.social @doesithavepockets.bsky.social @mgliterary.bsky.social @trashlightpress.bsky.social @thequasarreview.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

“and we all brought our dogs because we loved them but also because there were bears in the area, grizzly bears, a mum and her cubs for sure we were told and who knew what else once you got onto the trails”

Thanks for reading and sharing!

No Noise is as Heart-Wrenching as the Noise of a Wolf Howling by Jennifer Todhunter Our friends owned a cabin five hours from the closest gas station, seven hours if the forest service road was closed, and there was a group of us who’d drive up every year after the kids got out of…

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“No Noise is as Heart-Wrenching as the Noise of a Wolf Howling” by Jennifer Todhunter is now up!

Art by @kimmylarson.bsky.social

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American Boy by Claire Y. Guo American Boy teaches me all the ways to say home run. Big Fly. Homer. Dinger. Grand Salami. When he isn’t looking, I anoint each word with their Chinese translations, imagining they are caterpillar…

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“American Boy” by Claire Y. Guo is now up!

Art by @courtneyb77.bsky.social

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Blue flier listing 12 story titles, as the 2026 Blue Frog Finalists.

The 2026 Blue Frog finalists have been selected!

Congrats to these 12 authors! (but don't mention which story is yours) and best of luck! @camilleuadams.bsky.social has some really difficult decisions to make!

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

Art by Michelle Koubek

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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 …

Today seems the day for finding brilliant flash. A tender, beautifully written story by Amalia Mora in @flashfrog.bsky.social.
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Thanks so much for reading and sharing, Ilze!

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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“Warm Enough” by Yoram Ong is now up!

Art by @courtneyb77.bsky.social

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Green flier announcing Flash Frog being open. 1,000 words max. Pays $25. Free to sub. flash-frog.com. There’s a green frog with bright orange eyes poking its head out from the right.

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!

I have submitted to the Blue Frog twice now. The first time was a rejection and the second, I made the finals. Both times, I waited until the last half of the last day. And here we are...the last half of the last day. Time to feed the frog! (I'm really trying to get that to catch on...)

Feed the Frog!! 🐸 🪰🪰🪰

🚨‼️💙🐸 LAST DAY ‼️🚨💙🐸

The Blue Frog closes tonight @ 11:59pm PST

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I’ll admit, I submitted mine last year during the FINAL HOURS. Get in those lovely stories, you never know what will happen! 🐸

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THREE days let to submit to the Blue Frog flash fiction contest! Ends 01/31 @ 11:59pm PST.

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Got a MILLION things to do just now, So of course I spent the afternoon getting something ready for this!
@flashfrog.bsky.social

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

Art by Catalina Blake

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Blue flier for the Blue Frog flash fiction contest. Theme: “Family”. Guest Judge: “Camille U. Adams. Jan 1-31st

⏰ONE WEEK LEFT!⏰

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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...)

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What a great interview by @mynachang.bsky.social with FF contributor @joelhans.com! Check out his story that become the collection title! And then be sure to check out his book this Feb!

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