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“But we’re ready, we folks who have died/passed away/expired/kicked the bucket. (We ghosts have strong opinions about how we refer to our end. On good days, we love croaked. On bad days—well, fuck bad days.)” @ClaudiaMonpere | @flashfroglitmag flash-frog.com/2026/10/19/sh…

Show and Tell by Claudia Monpere

Only three minutes to peer through windows of our former homes. Only four minutes to enter and grab something precious. But we’re ready, we folks who have died/passed away/expired/kicked the bucket…

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“Only three minutes to peer through windows of our former homes. Only four minutes to enter and grab something precious.” Great October read @flashfroglitmag from @ClaudiaMonpere
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FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸 “Show and Tell” by @ClaudiaMonpere is now up! Art by Jared Varnado flash-frog.com/2026/10/19/sh…

Show and Tell by Claudia Monpere

Only three minutes to peer through windows of our former homes. Only four minutes to enter and grab something precious. But we’re ready, we folks who have died/passed away/expired/kicked the bucket…

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FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸 “Show and Tell” by @ClaudiaMonpere is now up! Art by Jared Varnado flash-frog.com/2026/10/19/sh…

Show and Tell by Claudia Monpere

Only three minutes to peer through windows of our former homes. Only four minutes to enter and grab something precious. But we’re ready, we folks who have died/passed away/expired/kicked the bucket…

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NEW STORY ⚡️🐸 “Adultery #3 (fall) by Christopher Locke is now up! Art by Lee Hammerschmidt flash-frog.com/2026/09/28/ad…

Adultery #3 (fall) by Christopher Locke

A hemorrhage of maple trees blots the horizon. Everywhere, sunlight sweet-talks the edges of things: the purple wheels of aster, a gutted shopping cart. You embrace her in the covered bridge. Under…

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FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸 “For us guests of the first Academy Awards at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel” by Louise Hurrell is now up! Art by Caterina Minezzi flash-frog.com/2026/10/12/fo…

For us guests of the first Academy Awards at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel by Louise Hurrell

the party’s been going since May 1929; we’ve chugged so much champagne it’s a miracle we’re still on our feet. We’re over a hundred years old, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still jive, our phantom…

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FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸 “Prom Queen in a Podunk Town” by Mina Thorsen is now up! Art by Madason McCombs flash-frog.com/2026/10/05/pr…

Prom Queen in a Podunk Town by Mina Thorsen

No one was surprised that I won.I was the prettiest girl in our little oil town and my daddy could afford to take me to get my highlights done in the city. I knew the natural order of things. Momma…

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Big congrats to our Best of the Net nominees!! ✨Kailum Graves & Mary Anne Griffiths✨
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NEW STORY ⚡️🐸 “Adultery #3 (fall) by Christopher Locke is now up! Art by Lee Hammerschmidt flash-frog.com/2026/09/28/ad…

Adultery #3 (fall) by Christopher Locke

A hemorrhage of maple trees blots the horizon. Everywhere, sunlight sweet-talks the edges of things: the purple wheels of aster, a gutted shopping cart. You embrace her in the covered bridge. Under…

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NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Your Mouth a Tether” by @dc_restaino is now up! Art by Ravi Aarvin flash-frog.com/2026/09/21/yo…

Your Mouth a Tether by DC Restaino

You latch on hard, quick, for your nightly feeding. P tries to distract me while he brushes his teeth. Pokes fun at my dramatics. “Finally putting that theatre degree to use,” he says as he creases…

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Just a reminder that our free-submissions window is open until September 30th.
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Nevada” by @efleischer is now up! Art by Beatriz Scatolin flash-frog.com/2026/09/14/ne…

Nevada by Evan Fleischer

Cacti growing in the bowling alley. Honky-tonk playing on a PA system that’s so weak it sounds like the music is coming from some distant shore. All this set amongst sunshine of drifting dust. A ma…

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Huge congrats to all our Best Small Fictions nominations! 🐸💙 @WriterLeeFlatt, @sagetyrtle, Miriam Gershow, Kelly McElroy, Jennifer Todhunter
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NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Watch Me Close” by Alex Juffer is now up! Art by Jace Reyes flash-frog.com/2026/09/07/wa…

Watch Me Close by Alex Juffer

There’s a very small woman who lives in my ductwork. I’ve seen her bright pinprick eyes between the vent panels tracking me as I do Youtube yoga in my living room. I pretend I don’t see her. For he…

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NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Do Not Overtighten” by Darryl J. Benjamin is now up! Art by Alaina Hammond flash-frog.com/2026/08/31/do…

Do Not Overtighten by Darryl J. Benjamin

My husband is building a spacecraft in our garage. An actual spacecraft from RYMDFARTYG, IKEA’s troubled cousin. Seventeen flat-pack boxes. 847 steps. The neighbor’s dog won’t stop barking at it. S…

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NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Swimming Lessons” by Karina Ko is now up! Art by Amy Marques flash-frog.com/2026/08/24/sw…

Swimming Lessons by Karina Ko

She came childless. Amongst our clutter on the concrete bench, she sat with her designer tote bag. A blue shark hooded towel and a rainbow bottle peeked out. We watched her watch the pool, the skin…

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NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Good Friday at the Chickadee Poultry Farm” by Frankie McMillan is now up! Art by Ali McLafferty flash-frog.com/2026/08/17/go…

Good Friday at the Chickadee Poultry Farm by Frankie McMillan

Our parents didn’t believe in the Easter bunny. They said it wasn’t the real story. And instead of us kids chowing down on chocolate eggs we were in the chook shed grading the real ones. Pick…

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NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Flight” by Jane Wageman is now up! Art by @tinamarie_cox flash-frog.com/2026/08/10/fl…

Flight by Jane Wageman

Our first place is near the airport. We sit on the balcony some evenings and watch the planes rip into the sky. The space fits two folding chairs so close our knees touch. Flying makes me anxious b…

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NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Future Tense” by Anna Mantzaris is now up! Art by Milo Brown flash-frog.com/2026/08/03/fu…

Future Tense by Anna Mantzaris

On Friday I’ll move. On Saturday I’ll get a new job. On Sunday I’ll find a new husband. On Monday I’ll move. On Tuesday I’ll get another job. On Wednesday I’ll decide I don’t want a husband. On Thu…

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🚨There’s still time to haunt us, but our call for ghost stories closes tomorrow night at midnight pst! 👻⏰
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