In my dreams, an editor will read my precious story, a jewel of 2,000-ish words, filled with luxurious descriptions and a finely-honed plot. They will read it and think: this story is perfect. Any publication would be honored to receive and publish such an incredible story. Please, allow us to publish your work unedited, they […]
CLICK THE FROG TO ADD YOUR STORY Sophia had never gardened before, but how hard could it be? So, she bought a toy rosebush with gorgeous pink florets and planted it. For a few years, the tiny bush grew, until one year it stopped flowering for no reason. Furious at being cheated, Sophia sliced the […]
Click Gollum to Join the fun. (He’s neither blue nor a frog ) Days of endless monotony stretch into a seemingly endless horizon. When will this end? Scott turns to his wife, Julia. She is reading yet another book, sitting by the living room table. Soft white lights shed a cool glow on the wood-paneled living […]
Click the Frog to add your voice. I know what it’s like to lose someone. It’s that moment when you pick up the phone to ask your dad for stupid advice you would have ignored when you were younger. Or, you want to go for a walk, but the person you really want to walk […]
Tap the frog to join the fun! “Oh it’s that boring show again. Mommy, can’t you change the channel?” Monica has to fight back a laugh. “It’s not a show. It’s the news.” “What is news?” “It tells us what’s going on in the world.” She turns up the volume to hear the stock market […]
JUST FOR FUN CLICK THE FROG “Why do humans keep looking at me like that?” Sammy bent out of shape in order to peer at his friend before snapping back into his paperclip persona. “If you keep moving around, sooner or later they notice.” Meanwhile, Molly grabs the pen she was looking for and sticks […]
With an exhausted sigh, I pull the wooden token out of the sack: woman in dress with apron. Great. “Why is it we have one female token, and it means you have to do dishes?” There are five of us in the bunker, five of the final human beings left alive on the planet. The […]
CLICK THE FROG TO JOIN THE FUN! On the outside, Rita was pleasant as could be. People often marveled at her sense of calm. “She is such a nice person. So sweet and innocent.” In her backyard, a straw dummy clings to a wooden pole, sackcloth face scarred and bursting. Rita’s dummy served two purposes. […]
CLICK FROG FOR ADMISSION Meet me at Coney Island, the one that never closes or dies. We will eat corn dogs and ride all the rides. I will win every prize. No. That’s not right. It wouldn’t be fun to win or to lose forever. I press my fingers against the wood coffin, and a […]
Click the Frog to Join the Fun! Waves whisper in their delicate, gentle way as they sweep up and over sun-baked sand. My head rests on your lap, safe and secure in the hot, musky scent of you. Your nimble fingers trace random patterns on my skin, each movement, each touch one of sensuous, deliberate […]
