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@trampset.bsky.social
A literary journal for the tramps in all of us. We accept poetry, CNF, flash, micro, and short fiction on a rolling basis.
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Please help us congratulate our Best Small Fictions nominees @cuylermeade.bsky.social @bretdevereaux.bsky.social @thedrevlow.bsky.social @jjlofflin.bsky.social & Joseph Randolph. You can read their nominated stories ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Please help us congratulate our Best Small Fictions nominees @cuylermeade.bsky.social @bretdevereaux.bsky.social @thedrevlow.bsky.social @jjlofflin.bsky.social & Joseph Randolph. You can read their nominated stories ⬇️
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January 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
A message from the @trampset.bsky.social team:
Goodbye, 2025!
4425 subs received in 2025
73 accepted
1.50% acceptance rate
We're grateful to you all! Stay tuned for exciting updates in 2026!
4425 subs received in 2025
73 accepted
1.50% acceptance rate
We're grateful to you all! Stay tuned for exciting updates in 2026!
December 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Goodbye, 2025!
4425 subs received in 2025
73 accepted
1.50% acceptance rate
We're grateful to you all! Stay tuned for exciting updates in 2026!
4425 subs received in 2025
73 accepted
1.50% acceptance rate
We're grateful to you all! Stay tuned for exciting updates in 2026!
Please help us congratulate our @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominees! @ladiwoods.bsky.social @robinwilder.bsky.social @amorak.bsky.social @kellathornton.bsky.social & @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Please help us congratulate our @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominees! @ladiwoods.bsky.social @robinwilder.bsky.social @amorak.bsky.social @kellathornton.bsky.social & @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social
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Such fun reading & listening to great stories as part of the @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness Open Mic.
Good to see you @christopherallen.bsky.social @quickasaflash.bsky.social @arti-jain.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social
Story from @trampset.bsky.social that I read trampset.org/the-things-s...
Good to see you @christopherallen.bsky.social @quickasaflash.bsky.social @arti-jain.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social
Story from @trampset.bsky.social that I read trampset.org/the-things-s...
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Such fun reading & listening to great stories as part of the @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness Open Mic.
Good to see you @christopherallen.bsky.social @quickasaflash.bsky.social @arti-jain.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social
Story from @trampset.bsky.social that I read trampset.org/the-things-s...
Good to see you @christopherallen.bsky.social @quickasaflash.bsky.social @arti-jain.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social
Story from @trampset.bsky.social that I read trampset.org/the-things-s...
"We crossed the line on Friendship Street. Didn’t see the stop sign. Failed to yield."
@writesofkathryn.bsky.social's "Keep Your Visions to Yourself"
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@writesofkathryn.bsky.social's "Keep Your Visions to Yourself"
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Keep Your Visions to Yourself
by Kathryn Kulpa
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December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"We crossed the line on Friendship Street. Didn’t see the stop sign. Failed to yield."
@writesofkathryn.bsky.social's "Keep Your Visions to Yourself"
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@writesofkathryn.bsky.social's "Keep Your Visions to Yourself"
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"Our neighbors near sleepwalk into the snow-bitten night. They want a glimpse of Dad in his Santa suit, the pillow-belly full of ho ho hos, the wayward, white beard."
L. Soviero's "Little Helpers"
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L. Soviero's "Little Helpers"
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Little Helpers
by L. Soviero
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December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"Our neighbors near sleepwalk into the snow-bitten night. They want a glimpse of Dad in his Santa suit, the pillow-belly full of ho ho hos, the wayward, white beard."
L. Soviero's "Little Helpers"
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L. Soviero's "Little Helpers"
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"We anticipate its arrival. Unquiet steams from the early dark earth. In the rheumy distance, a muzzy landform pulses at the edges."
@boocia.bsky.social's "Sangre de Cristo"
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@boocia.bsky.social's "Sangre de Cristo"
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Sangre De Cristo (Haibun)
by Lucia Lu
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December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"We anticipate its arrival. Unquiet steams from the early dark earth. In the rheumy distance, a muzzy landform pulses at the edges."
@boocia.bsky.social's "Sangre de Cristo"
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@boocia.bsky.social's "Sangre de Cristo"
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"On Friday, the company schedules this “optional” team building thing called SURVIVING THE GRIND: A SLASHER-BASED APPROACH TO CORPORATE COHESION."
@mallorysmart.bsky.social's "I'll Be Right Back"
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@mallorysmart.bsky.social's "I'll Be Right Back"
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I’ll Be Right Back
by Mallory Smart
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December 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"On Friday, the company schedules this “optional” team building thing called SURVIVING THE GRIND: A SLASHER-BASED APPROACH TO CORPORATE COHESION."
@mallorysmart.bsky.social's "I'll Be Right Back"
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@mallorysmart.bsky.social's "I'll Be Right Back"
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"Look at these two.
Peacocking — angel-strange, hetero as fuck — down the manicured shoulder of the remotest stretch of the commercial strip"
Stevie doCarmo's "Land Rover"
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Peacocking — angel-strange, hetero as fuck — down the manicured shoulder of the remotest stretch of the commercial strip"
Stevie doCarmo's "Land Rover"
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Land Rover
Stevie doCarmo
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December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"Look at these two.
Peacocking — angel-strange, hetero as fuck — down the manicured shoulder of the remotest stretch of the commercial strip"
Stevie doCarmo's "Land Rover"
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Peacocking — angel-strange, hetero as fuck — down the manicured shoulder of the remotest stretch of the commercial strip"
Stevie doCarmo's "Land Rover"
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"The kindest thing about my cell is the way the stones, if studied long enough, begin to reveal words, fresh and wise, on their surfaces."
Elizabeth Wenger's "Invitation to an Execution"
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Elizabeth Wenger's "Invitation to an Execution"
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Invitation to an Execution
by Elizabeth J. Wenger
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December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"The kindest thing about my cell is the way the stones, if studied long enough, begin to reveal words, fresh and wise, on their surfaces."
Elizabeth Wenger's "Invitation to an Execution"
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Elizabeth Wenger's "Invitation to an Execution"
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"If I cared about linear progress, I would’ve never gotten picked up by a plane hitchhiking."
Tyler Dempsey's "In Praise of the Non-Linear"
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Tyler Dempsey's "In Praise of the Non-Linear"
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In Praise of the Non-Linear
by Tyler Dempsey
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December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"If I cared about linear progress, I would’ve never gotten picked up by a plane hitchhiking."
Tyler Dempsey's "In Praise of the Non-Linear"
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Tyler Dempsey's "In Praise of the Non-Linear"
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"It’s two a.m. in a gas station outside Kokomo, and Jim is counting the seconds between the compressor’s kicks."
Joseph Randolph's "Inventory Before Prayer"
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Joseph Randolph's "Inventory Before Prayer"
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Inventory before Prayer
by Joseph Randolph
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December 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"It’s two a.m. in a gas station outside Kokomo, and Jim is counting the seconds between the compressor’s kicks."
Joseph Randolph's "Inventory Before Prayer"
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Joseph Randolph's "Inventory Before Prayer"
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"Fantasy football gets me nowhere. I try the airports but the windows don’t open. Too many planes want to leave at the same time"
@jeffreyhermann.bsky.social's "You Can Be Something Different Today You Say to Yourself Today Again"
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@jeffreyhermann.bsky.social's "You Can Be Something Different Today You Say to Yourself Today Again"
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You Can Be Something Different Today You Say to Yourself Again Today
by Jeffrey Hermann
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December 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Fantasy football gets me nowhere. I try the airports but the windows don’t open. Too many planes want to leave at the same time"
@jeffreyhermann.bsky.social's "You Can Be Something Different Today You Say to Yourself Today Again"
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@jeffreyhermann.bsky.social's "You Can Be Something Different Today You Say to Yourself Today Again"
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Nov was a short submission window month, so here are our stats:
270 received
9 accepted
3.33% acceptance rate
Our last issue of the year drops this Friday!
270 received
9 accepted
3.33% acceptance rate
Our last issue of the year drops this Friday!
December 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Nov was a short submission window month, so here are our stats:
270 received
9 accepted
3.33% acceptance rate
Our last issue of the year drops this Friday!
270 received
9 accepted
3.33% acceptance rate
Our last issue of the year drops this Friday!
Trampset submissions are closed for the year and will reopen at some point in the new year. We appreciate your words and have some killer work coming for our last issue on Dec. 5.
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Trampset submissions are closed for the year and will reopen at some point in the new year. We appreciate your words and have some killer work coming for our last issue on Dec. 5.
It's our Pushcart Prize nominations! Please help us congratulate Claire Guo, Ulrik Andersen, @glennorgias.bsky.social @mollymemine.bsky.social Oladosu Michael Emerald, & kanda zinguri.
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It's our Pushcart Prize nominations! Please help us congratulate Claire Guo, Ulrik Andersen, @glennorgias.bsky.social @mollymemine.bsky.social Oladosu Michael Emerald, & kanda zinguri.
We're finally approaching 1k followers here. It's us. We know it is. We need to get out of our heads & start engaging again. We're trying. We appreciate all of you who have followed us here!
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We're finally approaching 1k followers here. It's us. We know it is. We need to get out of our heads & start engaging again. We're trying. We appreciate all of you who have followed us here!
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I just read “A New Kind of Dan” by @kylerseibel.bsky.social in Best Small Fictions 2024 (originally in @trampset.bsky.social), and loved it so much. The ending is perfect. Sorry I’m so late to this one, but if you haven’t read it… trampset.org/a-new-kind-o...
A New Kind of Dan
by Kyle Seibel
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November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I just read “A New Kind of Dan” by @kylerseibel.bsky.social in Best Small Fictions 2024 (originally in @trampset.bsky.social), and loved it so much. The ending is perfect. Sorry I’m so late to this one, but if you haven’t read it… trampset.org/a-new-kind-o...
October submission stats:
375 received
7 accepted
1.87% acceptance rate
We're currently reading for the Dec issue. See guidelines & consider subbing. Free to sub; $30/piece accepted.
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375 received
7 accepted
1.87% acceptance rate
We're currently reading for the Dec issue. See guidelines & consider subbing. Free to sub; $30/piece accepted.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
October submission stats:
375 received
7 accepted
1.87% acceptance rate
We're currently reading for the Dec issue. See guidelines & consider subbing. Free to sub; $30/piece accepted.
trampset.org/submissions-...
375 received
7 accepted
1.87% acceptance rate
We're currently reading for the Dec issue. See guidelines & consider subbing. Free to sub; $30/piece accepted.
trampset.org/submissions-...
"Normally, disassembling isn’t so dramatic. Tag comes over. We make out, have sex. And sometimes, we remove each other’s limbs and reattach them."
Sara Kaplan-Cunningham's "Reassembling"
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Sara Kaplan-Cunningham's "Reassembling"
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Reassembling
by Sara Kaplan-Cunningham
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October 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Normally, disassembling isn’t so dramatic. Tag comes over. We make out, have sex. And sometimes, we remove each other’s limbs and reattach them."
Sara Kaplan-Cunningham's "Reassembling"
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Sara Kaplan-Cunningham's "Reassembling"
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"Endings are as simple as this, cynical, like the full stop after every lavish gasp."
Genaro Emiliano Aguilar Saucillo's "Acid"
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Genaro Emiliano Aguilar Saucillo's "Acid"
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Acid
by Genaro Emiliano Aguilar Saucillo
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October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Endings are as simple as this, cynical, like the full stop after every lavish gasp."
Genaro Emiliano Aguilar Saucillo's "Acid"
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Genaro Emiliano Aguilar Saucillo's "Acid"
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"The skin of time is made of light. And I saw it the day my mother cut my lip in a fit of rage."
@abhii106.bsky.social's "Wound"
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@abhii106.bsky.social's "Wound"
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Wound
by Abhinav
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October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"The skin of time is made of light. And I saw it the day my mother cut my lip in a fit of rage."
@abhii106.bsky.social's "Wound"
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@abhii106.bsky.social's "Wound"
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