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Rhythmic, stylistic, and colorful, Nicholas De Marino's poem "No Fly List" (sci-fi) takes anti gravity boots for a spin in the unlikeliest of places.
"My tiny alien
green anti gravity
boots fizz and
fume as I
... "
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White light streams from an open door on a black background in a simple black and white sketch.
In a place so personified it loses its grip on reality, Mario Senzale's "Cleveland, Ohio." (horror) paints a picture of discomfort.
"Ahead was the structure. It rose in a series of sterile plateaus, a ziggurat of decay..."
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A simple white sketch of a fish hook on a black background.
For all heroes who fell for a beautiful song, @blackcattales.bsky.social's "Siren" (fantasy/horror) is a twist on the monster of myth.
"Bless me, lover, for I have swallowed deep
and drowned in the whole of you, felt..."
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A simple black and white sketch of a prize wheel. The wheel seems to be spinning clockwise shown by arrows around the outside.
@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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A black and white simple sketch of a stork carrying a bundle in its beak.
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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A simple sketch of a coffee cup on a coaster. The cup is filled above the brim with cream and chocolate syrup. The sweet smell or the steam of the beverage wafts into the air above it.
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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A simple black-and-white sketch of a medicine bottle with a pill sitting next to it. It is high-contrast with a black background, focusing on negative space, like scratch art.
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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