@therrien.bsky.social's "Miniature Sandworm" (sci-fi/fantasy) explores what a divorced parent would pay for a relationship with his kid.

"I followed my son’s lead through The Bizarre’s endless tables. The ChopWow sat next..."

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Simon MacCulloch's poem "What the Stork Brought" (fantasy) playfully asks, what if the baby was born with wings?

"New babies sometimes come with funny things
A tiny stub of tail, an extra eye
..."

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Cozy—if not slightly unsettling—Pamela Jean Herber's "Seen" (fantasy) is a flash story about seeing a familiar face.

"They don’t seem to register that you don’t have a mouth, or ears. ..."

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In a world where no one sleeps, an idyllic life can decline quite suddenly.

"Tyler Sands gritted his teeth in frustration. The last thing he had wanted to hear after an eighteen hour flight was that his bags had disappeared..."

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Good news!

Cryptic Frog #1 is available in print and digital formats on Amazon! Click the link below to check it out.

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The wait is over: Issue 1 of Cryptic Frog Quarterly is here! Click the link to find four short stories, two flash fictions, and five poems full of speculative goodness. We are confident that these works will entertain, entrance, and enlighten you.

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Stay tuned for our inaugural issue, coming December 21, 2025!

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