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@trampset.bsky.social

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A literary journal for the tramps in all of us. We accept poetry, CNF, flash, micro, and short fiction on a rolling basis. All posts by @lmariharris.bsky.social www.trampset.org

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 6d

Our Sept stats:

371 received
7 accepted
1.89% acceptance rate

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

by Joshua Jones Lofflin

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 12d

"I saw your little brother at Canadian Tire. He never really got any taller. He just grew into his face."

Sacha Bissonnette's "Glass Birds Annex"

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Glass Birds Annex

by Sacha Bissonnette

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 12d

"At night in our sheets, I tap the air with my tongue"

Seth Hagen's "Darling (I come to you in the garden still wearing my robe)"

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Darling (I come to you in the garden still wearing my robe)

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 12d

"When lightning cut the sky on the first day of school, in a perfect nerve extending from one end of the large classroom window to the other, Nora Stevens, grade 3, grabbed a fork"

Jane Wageman's "Flash"

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by Jane Wageman

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 12d

"my mother named me
in a smoke stack, in sordid
puffs that meander"

Litong Nie's "drift"

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 12d

"In that stretch of time I kept only my whiskers.
Domestication: I wanted to be changed"

Nathaniel Julien Brame's "Memory of a Quaternary Mammal"

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Memory of a Quaternary Mammal

by Nathaniel Julien Brame

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 12d

"It’s been seven years since I left the sea, and still the salt crusts my knees."

@catemcgowan.com's "Water Witching"

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by Cate McGowan

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 12d

"Mama wanted a house, so she stole one she found abandoned on the corner of Sycamore and Grant"

@juliastrayer.bsky.social's "Mama Wanted"

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by Julia Strayer

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 @trampset.bsky.social · 21d

Rowan Tate's "Anatomies"

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 21d

LC Gutierrez's "A Note From Mom's Hospital to Excuse My Absence"

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A Note from Mom’s Hospital to Excuse My Absence

by LC Gutierrez

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 21d

@suzchef.bsky.social's "God Online"

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 21d

B. Montemayor's "if i were to be the patron saint of anything"

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if i were to be a patron saint of anything

by B. Montemayor

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 21d

Gbolahan Badmus's "Like Adam, hiding among the trees"

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Like Adam, hiding among the trees

by Gbolahan Badmus

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 21d

Quinn Rennerfeldt's "Drinking the Gender Fluid: a Zuihitsu"

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Drinking the Gender Fluid: a Zuihitsu

by Quinn Rennerfeldt

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 21d

Our poetry nominees for Best of Net: Quinn Rennerfeldt, Gbolahan Badmus, B. Montemayor, @suzchef.bsky.social LC Gutierrez, & Rowan Tate

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 21d

@sarlynh.bsky.social's "Ten Seconds"

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by Sarah Lynn Hurd

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 21d

Nancy Connor's "Spill"

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by Nancy Connors

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 21d

Our fiction nominees for Best of Net: Nancy Connors & @sarlynh.bsky.social

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 21d

Angela Townsend's "The People Persevere"

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The People Persevere

by Angela Townsend

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 21d

Rebecca Tiger's "Dissection"

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 21d

Our Best of Net CNF nominees Rebecca Tiger & Angela Townsend!

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 21d

Please help us congratulate our nominees for the 2026 Best of Net!

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · Sep 3

What a month we had! We're still furiously reading through subs, so thank you for trusting us!

Our August stats:
741 subs received
7 accepted
0.94% acceptance rate