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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 10h

Nothing like the sounds of strange scrapes and scratchings coming from the attic to usher in Spooky Season. 😱

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 1d

Happy pub day to the brilliant @angieellis.bsky.social !

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A Snake and a Feathered Bird

This atmospheric coming-of-age tale follows Ben, a sensitive boy struggling to unravel his family history while caught in the vortex of other people’s lives. Vancouver Island, 1875. Three-year-old Ben...

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 1d

"I loved a man I would have to leave. (Or: I loved a man because I would have to leave.) (Or: Because I had to leave this man, I would always love him.)"

the longing in this excellent piece from @dinalrelles.bsky.social

Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 2d

it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home.

you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures

Departures
by Dina L. Relles
handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry.

I don’t need those things, you said, and I fell in impossible love with you all over again.

I’d come from my room carrying everything I wanted to happen that didn’t. Now the lobby was too bright and smelled like grapefruits and your face was weary in a way that felt intimate.

You spoke quietly to me in the taxi, then held me twice at the terminal, which I took to mean you loved me too, despite.

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 2d

Love it!

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 2d

“Every ghost caves. Maybe it’s boredom. Perhaps curiosity. But it starts with nudity, with peeping.”

I always love reading @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social & doubly so during Flash Frogtober

Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 2d

FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸

“Collision” by @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social is now up!

Art by Courtney Burton

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Collision by Michael Czyzniejewski

Light my candles in a daze ‘cause I’ve found God. —Nirvana, “Lithium” The hardest part about being a ghost is getting over the sex, as in watching the living go at it. It’s ironic because when you …

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 2d

Watching Japanese otters on YouTube is the palette cleanser I need

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 3d

I feel this

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Flash Frog @flashfrog.bsky.social · 5d

FLASH FROGTOBER is just around the corner! 👻🐸👻

And you all aren’t ready…

These aren’t your grandparents’ ghost stories! 👀

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · 8d

Always love Josh's stories, this one is great! Kinda creepy, vaguely naughty, altogether unsettling and clever.

Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 12d

I have a small piece up at trampset today about cutaneous horns. A big thanks to the editors for giving it a home.

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 12d

"you don’t like to say what it resembles, but you can tell what your boyfriend is thinking, the way he simpers and leers."

@jjlofflin.bsky.social's "Portrait of Mary Davis the Horned Woman — oil on canvas 1668"

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you, Glenn!

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 9d

SmokeLong Summer is a really good value, I think. I’d definitely recommend checking it out. Or Fitness if you want something sooner.

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks so much for sharing! 🥰

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks, Ellen! 🐅🧡

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 10d

Brutal!

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks so much!

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Angie Ellis @angieellis.bsky.social · 11d

I love a story that touches on the unsettling and strange, and @jjlofflin.bsky.social does that so well!

Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 12d

I have a small piece up at trampset today about cutaneous horns. A big thanks to the editors for giving it a home.

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 12d

"you don’t like to say what it resembles, but you can tell what your boyfriend is thinking, the way he simpers and leers."

@jjlofflin.bsky.social's "Portrait of Mary Davis the Horned Woman — oil on canvas 1668"

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks, Angie!

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 11d

“People know they need something that always tastes the same and people know they need something that will make their eyes water and people know they need cheese in a color that did not exist in Eden.”

Angela Townsend’s “The People Persevere” in @trampset.bsky.social

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The People Persevere

by Angela Townsend

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 11d

“She could see the fork at the side of his head, a small rod connecting with the lightning inside. A broad flash, or that thin spine of light, both of them quick and then gone.”

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 12d

Our Sept issue is now live, featuring @juliastrayer.bsky.social @catemcgowan.com Nathaniel Julien Brame, Litong Nie, Jane Wageman, Seth Hagen, Sacha Bissonnette, & @jjlofflin.bsky.social

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trampset

We publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Explore the site sections and our Medium archive for more.

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 12d

I have a small piece up at trampset today about cutaneous horns. A big thanks to the editors for giving it a home.

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 12d

"you don’t like to say what it resembles, but you can tell what your boyfriend is thinking, the way he simpers and leers."

@jjlofflin.bsky.social's "Portrait of Mary Davis the Horned Woman — oil on canvas 1668"

trampset.org/portrait-of-...

Portrait of Mary Davis the Horned Woman — oil on canvas 1668

by Joshua Jones Lofflin

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 13d

That’s so cool

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 15d

Was busy getting raptured* today, did I miss anything?

*hanging out at the beach

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 17d

I’ll now think of this every time I hear the Thompson Twins sing Doctor Doctor

Nick Arvin @nickarvin.bsky.social · 17d

The*given name* of the doctor who attended to President Garfield (and botched it) was "Doctor."

Like: Dr. Doctor Bliss

Doctor Willard Bliss (August 18, 1825 - February 21, 1889; his given name was Doctor|1]|2|[3|[4)) was an American physician and pseudo-expert in ballistic trauma, who treated President of the United States James A. Garfield after his shooting in July 1881 until

his death two and a half months later. [5]

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 18d

“In another life, Cassie lives. She wakes up in the hospital, a slow blinking to consciousness, and the doctors say miracle.”

More stellar work from @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social

Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 18d

And ICYMI and want to read it, I had this flash fiction out about space and time and other chances

Absolute Magnitude - Exposition Review

by Chloe N. Clark 1st Place Winner – Flash 405, June 2025: “Illumination” Fiction In another life, Cassie lives. She wakes up in the hospital, a slow blinking to consciousness, and the doctors say m...

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