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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls

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#SFF writer from Maine. VP21. He/Him. Cóyotl award nominated. Creator of Speculative Fiction Magazine Subscription web page. Co-editor of Trollbreath Magazine. https://www.trollbreath.com https://magazine.trollbreath.com

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · Sep 1

Welcome to September!

Did I happen to mention there's a new issue of Trollbreath Magazine available? And did I happen to mention that Trollbreath Magazine is now open for submissions for our Spring/Summer 2026 issues?

No?

Well now I have!

Issue 5, Fall 2025 - Trollbreath Magazine

Issue 5, Fall 2025 Fiction La Forêt de Fontainebleu, Les Chasseurs, Le Renard by Aimee Ogden The Water Dragons of Harney County by B. Morris Allen The Machines are Hungry by Maressa Voss Gracie ...

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 12m

She really was fabulous. Good salon. Pricier than I'm used to paying, but worth it.

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We heard, and we just found them! Very sad, the food was excellent and the service outstanding.

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It was quite the lovely and friendly fern, hanging over our table and sort of framing both of us.

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 9h

Oh man, it's weird not having long hair again. I keep reaching back to adjust my ponytail and it's not there.

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 13h

And the result…

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 13h

Now having a fabulous late lunch at Serendib, an Indian restaurant in Ellsworth

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 13h

Looks fantastic

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 13h

And the result…

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 15h

Hair is coming off today. Decided to go short again. Wish me luck, it’s been three years.

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Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 20h

Throwback Thursday time! magazine.trollbreath.com/cold-unmovin...

Trollbreath Magazine Cold, Unmoving Stone by Emlyn Meredith Dornemann

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 1d

No worries, they'll all be run by AI because the AI they are creating solves everything and can plug in its own wires. No workers needed. Right?

Right?

Guys? Help me out here.

Anyone?

Oh shit....

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 1d

Wait, wait... that means I'm antifascism!

You guys, I always wanted to grow up and become an 'ISM! Dream realized!

A round patch for sewing on clothing. It has a red border around the edge. Just inside the edge are the words "Sometimes anti-social; Always anti-fascist." Inside the words, which follow the border, there are three red flowers with green stems four additional unopened blossoms.

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 1d

Living in Baltimore, I missed Maine autumn leaves, all the vibrant colors. Baltimore seemed so muted. Then I drove by the reservoir and was astonished to see how beautiful it was.

I wrote the scene shortly after, back in the late 1990's. It hardly changed between then and 2021 when I published it.

Shadow of a Doubt - Jeff Reynolds

Shadow of a Doubt (A Mirabel Sinclair Mystery)

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 1d

The fall foliage around these reservoirs has always been stunning, and there are nice drives near and through them. If you're in the Baltimore area, this it the time to start checking your foliage reports and taking long drives, so don't miss these locations.

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 1d

I wanted to highlight the picture that frames this story. This is the Loch Raven reservoir north of Baltimore, showing early fall color. Its nearby sister to the west, the Liberty reservoir, was the inspiration for one of the opening scenes of "Shadow of a Doubt," my self-published noir fantasy.

Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 1d

7 things to do in Baltimore County: A giant pumpkin, spooky sites and fall foliage

7 Baltimore County to-dos, from spooky sites to fall foliage

Check out our list of fall-oriented events in Baltimore County for the week ending Oct. 15.

buff.ly

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 1d

I swear to Pluto, king of the underworld and recently demoted dwarf planet, if we lose Dolly before that shit flinging anal prolapse in the white house, I'm going to be VERY upset.

(appears this was just a kidney stone incident, she's fine, we're fine, we're all fine here now... how are you?)

Dolly Parton's sister 'didn't mean to scare anyone' with call for prayers

The singer's sister had asked fans to pray for her after the star postponed gigs due to health issues.

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 2d

You can find the answer here: bookshop.org/info/ebooks#...

The short answer is: DRM is controlled by publishers, not retailers (except for Amazon, which is a publisher AND retailer and has their own Kindle DRM).

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 2d

This. All of this.

Fuck the oligarchs. Let's stop giving them money.

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 2d

She’s finally becoming a Mainer (honorary, still from away)

J.Rey @jensmind.bsky.social · 2d

Last night I saw my first moose! 🫎 in the left lane , a foot from my car! All’s well, no hit. Let’s see, met Stephen King, saw a moose, what’s left on my Maine bingo card?

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 2d

We’d love to reprint it! Drop us a line, let’s discuss. [email protected]

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 2d

Rocket and Groot instead of Buffy and Angel. The strange ones, finding a family after years of physical torture, loneliness.

And again in Gamora and Nebula, how they stitched together lives from the pieces of all that anger and destruction and physical torment.

Awesome weirdos surviving.

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 2d

"Futbol is also death, and futbol is futbol, too. But mostly that futbol is life!"

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 3d

it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser 💀

buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us

we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon!

please like + RT this to help spread the word

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behold!

Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.”

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 3d

Duh. It was no surprise, and this won't be the last time this happens. This is absolutely why I oppose proof-of-age ID requirements, corporations refuse to use the type of security needed to ensure they remain safe.

Stop offloading your parental guidance onto shitty corporations, conservatives.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 3d

Proof-of-age ID leaked in Discord data breach

Video game chat platform tells users that driver’s licences and passports were among the forms of data accessed via a third-party customer service provider Video game chat platform Discord has suffered a data breach, informing users that their personal information – including identity documents of those required to prove their age – were compromised. The company stated last week that an unauthorised party had compromised one of Discord’s third-party customer service providers, leading to the access of “a limited number of users” who had been in contact with the customer service or trust and safety teams. Continue reading...

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Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 3d

We are a work in progress, but loving the support!

Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 4d

Explore as @paulaguran reviews short fiction from @thedeadlands.com, @apexmag.bsky.social, @3lobedmag.com, @trollbreathmag.bsky.social -

The Deadlands, Apex, Three-Lobed Burning Eye, and Trollbreath: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran

The Deadlands Summer ’25 Apex 6/25 Three-Lobed Burning Eye #45 Trollbreath Spring ’25 Of the seven stories in The Deadlands #39, I’d like to mention four. Interestingly, the aforementioned Yoruba f…

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