Flash Frog

*THE BLUE FROG 2nd PLACE WINNER* The first lie Mary Beth told her boyfriend was that she wanted kids. She heard it come out of her mouth in a voice disconnected from her brain, an auto-pilot answer, like when you’re at a store and…

*THE BLUE FROG 3rd PLACE WINNER* If they ask me for a little brother or sister to play with, I’ll tell them all about the egg I’ve been incubating in the attic: the size of it, the slick red surface of its shell, as…

What is lost in the river is all the things thrown or dropped or tossed: keys and beer bottles and a silver-plated bracelet with a clasp that came undone and someone’s bag they didn’t want, a plastic bag filled with mewling things, and here…