Cowboy Jamboree
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Press & online rag dedicated to grit lit & rural writing with rough edges. Survival is triumph enough. We dig Folk & Old Country music: @npcountrycovers.bsky.social. EIC: @vanwinkle.bsky.social
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Pinned
Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked.
fall 2025 issue 11.1 "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." Where'd this fall's theme come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a.....
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Cowboy Jamboree's Fall issue is live y'all.
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
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We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Thank you, editors. I recommend this lit journal nonpareil! #writingcommunity #dirtyrealism #gritlit
ICYMI: "On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61," flash fiction by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social:
On Your 60th Birthday, Resembling Our Mother, Dead at 61 by Patricia Q. Bidar
You emerge from your apartment, wheatfield hair ablaze in the afternoon sun. My big sister, skinny in a form-fitting dress. Today you are 60. I smooth my Hawaiian shirt over my paunch. “Birth…
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December 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thank you, editors. I recommend this lit journal nonpareil! #writingcommunity #dirtyrealism #gritlit
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Hey rain dogs-it's Friday.
A lot of folks have said they've ordered my new book, COUNT THE DUST, or put it on the to be read list. And smart people have already said some great things about it.
Join the club. It's out now from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social: a.co/d/ejgnIwV
A lot of folks have said they've ordered my new book, COUNT THE DUST, or put it on the to be read list. And smart people have already said some great things about it.
Join the club. It's out now from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social: a.co/d/ejgnIwV
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Hey rain dogs-it's Friday.
A lot of folks have said they've ordered my new book, COUNT THE DUST, or put it on the to be read list. And smart people have already said some great things about it.
Join the club. It's out now from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social: a.co/d/ejgnIwV
A lot of folks have said they've ordered my new book, COUNT THE DUST, or put it on the to be read list. And smart people have already said some great things about it.
Join the club. It's out now from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social: a.co/d/ejgnIwV
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Very blessed and grateful to have worked with @vanwinkle.bsky.social and @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social to get this out into the world.
CJ stormed into April with @jonathanin2k.bsky.social's debut desert collection, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES. People have been talking about this one on, y'all. Check it out: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-lowest-b...
The Lowest Basin
The Lowest Basin: Arizona Stories by Jonathan Danielson Order Here! Set across Arizona’s high and low deserts, these stories explore the fragile and fading mythos of the American West. A police...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Very blessed and grateful to have worked with @vanwinkle.bsky.social and @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social to get this out into the world.
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Loved it. I strongly recommend you get this collection!
CJ stormed into April with @jonathanin2k.bsky.social's debut desert collection, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES. People have been talking about this one on, y'all. Check it out: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-lowest-b...
The Lowest Basin
The Lowest Basin: Arizona Stories by Jonathan Danielson Order Here! Set across Arizona’s high and low deserts, these stories explore the fragile and fading mythos of the American West. A police...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Loved it. I strongly recommend you get this collection!
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Thank you so much to @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social for believing in my piece. My last story of the year is published in Cowboy Jamboree's latest anthology. Inspired by Terry Allen's Juarez, it's a retelling of the old Irish grateful ghost folktale.
CJ's I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE is here! Incited by Terry Allen's JUAREZ album and artistic cycle, the authors herein hit hard with amazingly creative prose, verse, and hybrid writing that is as vivid and creative as JUAREZ itself.
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I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE
I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE: an anthology incited by Terry Allen’s JUAREZ cycle ORDER HERE! Cowboy Jamboree Press good grit lit. Cowboy Jamboree Press is proud to present its series of...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Thank you so much to @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social for believing in my piece. My last story of the year is published in Cowboy Jamboree's latest anthology. Inspired by Terry Allen's Juarez, it's a retelling of the old Irish grateful ghost folktale.
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A great novel by a great writer
Before our summer hiatus, we published a haunting Southern tale of legacy, loyalty, and the quiet ruin that begins at home. Dig @danrussell.bsky.social's POOR BIRDS: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/poor-birds.h...
Poor Birds
POOR BIRDS by Dan Russell Order Here! When local hero Jessie Fisher’s criminal activities threaten his family’s financial empire, his brother Steven must decide what he’s willing to sacrifice...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A great novel by a great writer
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Ta-dah!!!! Cat's out of the bag ... It's OK when it's your publisher who makes the announcement 😂 .... Yep, @russellthayer10.bsky.social and I are back at it, and @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social rebooked us!
April brought a first for CJ: a double-authored piece of detective noir brilliance. @meproctor.bsky.social & @russellthayer10.bsky.social brought the goods with BOP CITY SWING. (Psst! BCS's Tom and Vivian will be back in 2026 in KANSAS CITY BREAKDOWN.)
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Bop City Swing
Bop City Swing by M.E. Proctor & Russell Thayer Order here! San Francisco. 1951. Jazz is alive. On radios and turntables. In the electrifying Fillmore clubs, where hepcats bring their bebop...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Ta-dah!!!! Cat's out of the bag ... It's OK when it's your publisher who makes the announcement 😂 .... Yep, @russellthayer10.bsky.social and I are back at it, and @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social rebooked us!
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Yoooo! I Feel Just Like A Dogwood Tree is now available to order. A super cool anthology full of great stuff inspired by Terry Allen's "Juarez," including my story "Love as an Act of Revenge" CHECK IT OUT.
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I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE
I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE: an anthology incited by Terry Allen’s JUAREZ cycle ORDER HERE! Cowboy Jamboree Press good grit lit. Cowboy Jamboree Press is proud to present its series of...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Yoooo! I Feel Just Like A Dogwood Tree is now available to order. A super cool anthology full of great stuff inspired by Terry Allen's "Juarez," including my story "Love as an Act of Revenge" CHECK IT OUT.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/i-feel-just-...
@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
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Thank you to CJ for closing my poem La Malinche for this super cool anthology! If you've liked any of my gritty stories, or just generally enjoy work inspired by the lowdowns, give it a gander!
CJ's I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE is here! Incited by Terry Allen's JUAREZ album and artistic cycle, the authors herein hit hard with amazingly creative prose, verse, and hybrid writing that is as vivid and creative as JUAREZ itself.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/i-feel-just-...
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/i-feel-just-...
I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE
I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE: an anthology incited by Terry Allen’s JUAREZ cycle ORDER HERE! Cowboy Jamboree Press good grit lit. Cowboy Jamboree Press is proud to present its series of...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Thank you to CJ for closing my poem La Malinche for this super cool anthology! If you've liked any of my gritty stories, or just generally enjoy work inspired by the lowdowns, give it a gander!
CJ's I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE is here! Incited by Terry Allen's JUAREZ album and artistic cycle, the authors herein hit hard with amazingly creative prose, verse, and hybrid writing that is as vivid and creative as JUAREZ itself.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/i-feel-just-...
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/i-feel-just-...
I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE
I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE: an anthology incited by Terry Allen’s JUAREZ cycle ORDER HERE! Cowboy Jamboree Press good grit lit. Cowboy Jamboree Press is proud to present its series of...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
CJ's I FEEL JUST LIKE A DOGWOOD TREE is here! Incited by Terry Allen's JUAREZ album and artistic cycle, the authors herein hit hard with amazingly creative prose, verse, and hybrid writing that is as vivid and creative as JUAREZ itself.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/i-feel-just-...
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This collection was so, so good.
Always a pleasure to put out a debut book from an author we dig. Colin Brightwell's NOTHING GOOD EVER HAPPENS IN A FLYOVER STATE hit like a shot as spring rolled in:
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Nothing Good Ever Happens in a Flyover State
NOTHING GOOD EVER HAPPENS IN A FLYOVER STATE by Colin Brightwell $14.99 Order Here! Praise for Colin Brightwell & Nothing Good Ever Happens in a Flyover State “Colin Brightwell brings...
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December 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This collection was so, so good.
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May I suggest your next spin? Give my new book, COUNT THE DUST, a whirl. Out now from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social: a.co/d/iKEse4P
December 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
May I suggest your next spin? Give my new book, COUNT THE DUST, a whirl. Out now from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social: a.co/d/iKEse4P
CJ's editor listenin to Terry Allen? No way...
Btw, coming soon...
Btw, coming soon...
December 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
CJ's editor listenin to Terry Allen? No way...
Btw, coming soon...
Btw, coming soon...
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THE COWBOY JAMBOREE PRESS 2025 YEAR IN REVIEW, IN ONE THREAD, BEGINS HERE...
a man wearing a denim shirt and a vest says yeehaw
ALT: a man wearing a denim shirt and a vest says yeehaw
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December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
THE COWBOY JAMBOREE PRESS 2025 YEAR IN REVIEW, IN ONE THREAD, BEGINS HERE...
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Here, on Earth, from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social...COUNT THE DUST. Available now: a.co/d/11toswz
December 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Here, on Earth, from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social...COUNT THE DUST. Available now: a.co/d/11toswz
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Summer passed relatively slow, but this fall I landed in another mag that consistently pubs writers I love reading in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social:
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The Alternator
The Alternator by Ben Shahon “Yep, it’s the alternator all right.” Your grandfather tells you this after fifteen minutes of standing in your parents’ driveway. The late summer...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Summer passed relatively slow, but this fall I landed in another mag that consistently pubs writers I love reading in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social:
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-alternat...
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/the-alternat...
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Thank you to the great Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social for including my short story “Old Skip” their most recent issue, “Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked.” The title comes from a James “Slim” Hand lyric. You can check out the whole TOC and all the work in the issue here.
Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked.
fall 2025 issue 11.1 "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." Where'd this fall's theme come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a.....
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Thank you to the great Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social for including my short story “Old Skip” their most recent issue, “Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked.” The title comes from a James “Slim” Hand lyric. You can check out the whole TOC and all the work in the issue here.
THE COWBOY JAMBOREE PRESS 2025 YEAR IN REVIEW, IN ONE THREAD, BEGINS HERE...
a man wearing a denim shirt and a vest says yeehaw
ALT: a man wearing a denim shirt and a vest says yeehaw
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
THE COWBOY JAMBOREE PRESS 2025 YEAR IN REVIEW, IN ONE THREAD, BEGINS HERE...
CJ's Spring Issue call is about Lucia...
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
CJ's Spring Issue call is about Lucia...
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Among Zack's possessions that Laurette threw out into the street in DOWN BY LAW is a clearly visible copy of COUNT THE DUST.
You can get your copy tomorrow from
@leftoverbooks.bsky.social.
You can get your copy tomorrow from
@leftoverbooks.bsky.social.
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Among Zack's possessions that Laurette threw out into the street in DOWN BY LAW is a clearly visible copy of COUNT THE DUST.
You can get your copy tomorrow from
@leftoverbooks.bsky.social.
You can get your copy tomorrow from
@leftoverbooks.bsky.social.
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Yeah up on the cap rock me and my baby ride
We're goin' a hundred miles an hour
Cause this ol' Ford can still fly
Got Four Roses in a sack and we ain't lookin' back tonight
Charlie Robison does Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsm...
We're goin' a hundred miles an hour
Cause this ol' Ford can still fly
Got Four Roses in a sack and we ain't lookin' back tonight
Charlie Robison does Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsm...
December 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Yeah up on the cap rock me and my baby ride
We're goin' a hundred miles an hour
Cause this ol' Ford can still fly
Got Four Roses in a sack and we ain't lookin' back tonight
Charlie Robison does Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsm...
We're goin' a hundred miles an hour
Cause this ol' Ford can still fly
Got Four Roses in a sack and we ain't lookin' back tonight
Charlie Robison does Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsm...
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Fun interview! Checked out Ags' music. Learned some stuff too. I knew the Czechs and Jamaicans love country. Didn't know about Scandinavia.
Ags Connolly (@ConnollyAgs) is the man y'all. His all covers album of Slim Hand songs is our kinda jam, and his interpretations are worth your money: agsconnolly.com/product/your...
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Fun interview! Checked out Ags' music. Learned some stuff too. I knew the Czechs and Jamaicans love country. Didn't know about Scandinavia.
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Some very hip folks are reading COUNT THE DUST. You can join Tom, Leonard, and Ethan Tuesday when it lands on earth from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social.
November 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Some very hip folks are reading COUNT THE DUST. You can join Tom, Leonard, and Ethan Tuesday when it lands on earth from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social.