Flash Frog

When the water comes, it seeps through the windows. Dad says that’s because the windows are wood and rotten, just like Mom’s teeth, just like her breath that always smells like pickle juice and Mom hollers that if Dad keeps insulting her, she’ll turn…

At the playground, a five-year-old boy levels an invisible rifle at my nursing baby. He’s standing on a rope bridge between the slide and the monkey bars, and he sights like we are a doe and her fawn. Dizzy with rage, I stand up…

*THE BLUE FROG 1st PLACE WINNER* Introduction by Guest Judge Dr. CAMILLE U. ADAMS Leaving opens with one of the longest sentences in this beautiful flash piece that otherwise makes use of clauses that are punchy, concise, informational, and brief. This first sentence contains…