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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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December 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
October saw CJ release @katywrites.bsky.social's TRAVELING ALONE, a novel Ron Rash called a "remarkable debut" and "a novel I greatly admire." Check it out: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/traveling-al...
Traveling Alone
TRAVELING ALONE by Katy Goforth  Order Here! As a child, Holt Watson was drawn to the dying, holding their hand as they left this world. For his help, Holt was paid with the deceased’s talent,...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cowboy Jamboree busted out of the summer hiatus in September with @melissacuisine.bsky.social's ALL AND THEN NONE OF YOU. It's a remarkable collection and includes QR codes for a soundtrack to each story. Very cool.

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All and Then None of You
ALL AND THEN NONE OF YOU  Melissa Flores Anderson $14.99 from Cowboy Jamboree Press good grit lit. Take a road trip across California’s rural locales and well known landmarks with a cast of...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Spring 2025 also saw one of our best issues ever released online. Check out CJ ISSUE 10.2: TOUGH WOMEN, GRITTY TALES: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/issue-102-to...
ISSUE 10.2: Tough Women, Gritty Tales
ISSUE 10.2: TOUGH WOMEN, GRITTY TALES spring 2025 ​ HEREIN ​"Stupid" by Rebecca Tiger "Rattlesnakes" by Sabrina Hicks "Destination Unknown" by Sarah Holloway ​"Juniper" by Sarah Holloway "The...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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 7:28 PM
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 7:24 PM
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 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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 3:11 PM