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“Sometimes I play the snuffling, squealing violence of pigs eating, sometimes the eerie fifes and marching footsteps of Union soldiers.” the aching under the floorboards of this piece @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social

"I have toyed with the idea of hiring someone to creep around the house while we are in bed at night, but this is a step too far I think, particularly since her imagination is fertile with her reading and Travel Channel ghost-hunting shows." Gorgeous, sad, mysterious @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social

“At night, when her fingertips tick deep in dreaming…” Love the ache, concept, and strange beauty in this story by Liz Rosen @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social that drew me in from the very first lines flash-frog.com/2026/10/26/m...

FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸 “My Wife Wanted a Ghost” by @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social is now up! Art by Adam Barmore flash-frog.com/2026/10/26/m...

CALL MY BODY A CAUTIONARY TALE is out in the world today. It's been a long journey to get here since my very first publications in 2021 (shout out @havehashad.com, @flashfrog.bsky.social) Order a copy of my very first book from @thirtywestph.com: www.thirtywestph.com/shop/p/callm...

So many cracking stories tonight at the online @saloneurope.bsky.social - give them a follow & come to the next one! Still thinking about Quantum Sight by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social with the Goldilocks girls and the Telltale Heart eyeball 😃 @flashfrog.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2025/03/10/q...

“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.bsky.social | @flashfrog.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2026/10/19/s...

"The little ghosts, oh the littles. We ferry those too young to understand, too young to choose." Wow, this brilliant story (perfect ending!) by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social 💙💙💙

“The little ghosts, oh the littles. We ferry those too young to understand, too young to choose.” Wonderful Spooky Season flash from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social

I’ve read this story a dozen times now, and each time I cry at the ending. Perfect specificity and use of dialogue by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social

‘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.)’ Incredible flash by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social. What a beautiful, heart breaking ending 💔

Huge thanks to @ericscottryon.bsky.social for including this story in Flash Frogtober 👻 and to folks in my @smokelong.bsky.social summer workshop for the great feedback. Hope you'll give it a read.

FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸 “Show and Tell” by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social is now up! Art by @jaredvarnado.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2026/10/19/s...

I can’t wait for you to meet Ronnie and get socked in the face by Annie Johnson’s story in Issue 20! For now, enjoy her piece in the always-excellent @flashfrog.bsky.social: “Sissy,” will hit you like a boulder. flash-frog.com/2025/01/06/s...

Wow…great piece of flash fiction, accompanied by awesome artwork! Really enjoyed❣️

It’s allliiive! 👻 Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social for accepting my wee ghost story and to my pals at @smokelong.bsky.social summer for all their generous feedback. Also a wee bit in love with @catminart.bsky.social’s artwork!

FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸 “For us guests of the first Academy Awards at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel” by @louisehurrell.bsky.social is now up! Art by @catminart.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2026/10/12/f...

’I put on my satin dress, slid it over my secrets, over underwire and lace.’ I loved this! So many gorgeous sentences in this incredible flash.

Honoured to be kicking off the first Monday of Flash Frogtober with my story, “Prom Queen in a Podunk Town.” Thank you @flashfrog.bsky.social for giving this one a home! 🐸👻 flash-frog.com/2026/10/05/p...

FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸 “Prom Queen in a Podunk Town” by @minathorsen.bsky.social is now up! Art by Madason McCombs flash-frog.com/2026/10/05/p...

Big congrats to our Best of the Net nominees!! ✨Kailum Graves & Mary Anne Griffiths✨

Wow! Really good!

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

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Your Mouth a Tether” by DC Restaino is now up! Art by Ravi Aarvin flash-frog.com/2026/09/21/y...

Vivid and poetic flash by @evanfleischer.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social today. Very much worth two-minutes of your time

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Nevada” by @evanfleischer.bsky.social is now up! Art by Beatriz Scatolin flash-frog.com/2026/09/14/n...

Huge congrats to all our Best Small Fictions nominations! 🐸💙 @travisflatt.bsky.social, @sagetyrtle.bsky.social, @miriamgershow.bsky.social, Kelly McElroy, Jennifer Todhunter

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Watch Me Close” by Alex Juffer is now up! Art by Jace Reyes flash-frog.com/2026/09/07/w...

Wow, love this tender flash by Darryl J Benjamin 👌 'My husband is building a spacecraft in our garage. An actual spacecraft from RYMDFARTYG, IKEA’s troubled cousin'

"What bothers me is believing it might work. Love makes you complicit in impossible things." I really love this story by Darryl J. Benjamin in @flashfrog.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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

I love with this sticker from @flashfrog.bsky.social so much. I want 10 more to put everywhere because it makes me that happy.

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Swimming Lessons” by Karina Ko is now up! Art by @amymarques.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2026/08/24/s...

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. Another beauty by Frankie McMillan in @flashfrog.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2026/08/17/g...

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/g...

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Flight” by Jane Wageman is now up! Art by @tinamariecox.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2026/08/10/f...

We are so exciting to share this story with you all this Frogtober!! 👻

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

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

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Splinter” by Melissa Bandy is now up! Art by Milo Brown flash-frog.com/2026/07/27/s...

〰️ recent work 'Total Lunar Eclipse' in @flashfrog.bsky.social

This week we’re looking at spec & spec-adjacent flash in lit journals! @fracturedlit.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com @welkinpress.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social @mrbullbull.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Rosie Finger Donne” by @robertlong4man.bsky.social is now up! Art by Tamizh Ponni VP flash-frog.com/2026/07/20/r...

Day 197! I read Lies I Tell My Children (#17) by @ruthjoffre.bsky.social published in @flashfrog.bsky.social. What has mummy been hiding in the attic? Read my review here: mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/07/16/s...

〰️new from me, with thanks to the wonderful Flash Frog for giving this odd little baby a home, and to Noreen Graf for capturing the story in the illo I haven't been writing or subbing much this year, so it's a good feeling to be back in the park

This story by Jane O'Sullivan is so goooood!

omg @sightlined.bsky.social what a unique and wonderful piece! Loved it! ❤️