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J. Edward Kruft

@jedwardkruft.bsky.social

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Writer, EiC @trampset.bsky.social. Words in @fictivedream.bsky.social, @xraylitmag.bsky.social, @moonparkreview.bsky.social, @pitheadchapel.bsky.social, @mrbullbull.bsky.social, and others. Mid-Century Modern fanatic. Originally from WA, now NY and GA.

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J. Edward Kruft @jedwardkruft.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Thrilled to be back in @fictivedream.bsky.social ! Many thanks to EiC Laura Black for given this such a great home!

J. Edward Kruft @jedwardkruft.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Any of my Savannah friends, go see my old grad school chum @tylergore.bsky.social a the Flannery O'Connor Childhood Museum, this Monday at 6pm!

J. Edward Kruft @jedwardkruft.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Thrilled to have my latest flash, Road Out of Higuey, picked up by @fictivedream.bsky.social Fictive Dream. Many thanks to EiC Laura Black for trusting in the piece, out May 15. Stay tuned.

J. Edward Kruft @jedwardkruft.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happy to report my piece, Discernments, was accepted by FlashFlood (@natflashfictionday.bsky.social) for National Flash Fiction Day, June 13th. Many thanks. Discernments is a reprint, so props to @dailydrunkmag.bsky.social for first seeing a little something there. WRITERS! Subs open till Saturday!

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

One year ago today we feat. Pins and Needles by J. Edward Kruft. If you missed it the first time, here's another chance @jedwardkruft.bsky.social‬ #flashfiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2024/06/07/p...

J. Edward Kruft @jedwardkruft.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Thank you! What an honor to be a part of it!

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"let me be the patron saint of lost, defunct websites whose links wormhole into a 404 Error, where poetry in fractal rhythms go to die." B. Montemayor's "if i were to be a patron saint of anything" trampset.org/if-i-were-to...

if i were to be a patron saint of anything

by B. Montemayor

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"They say I came from a lineage of muckrakers, men and women who lived in the dirt of others" Claire Guo's "Muckrakers" trampset.org/muckrakers-1...

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"the living-room carpet is a fever of wrapping paper scrunched into balls / it is Christmas day / Peter has bought a bicycle for his angelfish / Charlotte is staring at me as if I’m the last remaining Brussels sprout" @mattkendrick.bsky.social's "Strange fish" trampset.org/strange-fish...

by Matt Kendrick

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"I learned to create clean squares with clean borders. No, not that kind. Those were being closed down everywhere." @ladiwoods.bsky.social's "While Democracy Was Being Dismantled" trampset.org/while-democr...

While Democracy Was Being Dismantled

by Lauren D. Woods

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"The actual beginning of our Nationhoods, however, can be traced to the 700 block of Jimson Avenue on the west side of our village, when five homes seceded from our village during the same week." @jonsteinhagen.bsky.social's "Nationhoods" trampset.org/nationhoods-...

by Jon Steinhagen

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"The first girl to lose her virginity was Sara, a girl I went to high school with. The tattooed man said he loved her." @rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social's "The First Girl" trampset.org/the-first-gi...

by Rachel Weinhaus

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"I met a man today who insisted I knew him. I was embarrassed, but I did not. He knew many things about me" @cuylermeade.bsky.social's "Margaret Mulaney and the New Faces" trampset.org/margaret-mul...

Margaret Mulaney and the New Faces

by Cuyler Meade

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

"Each morning, they sat in the fire bowls and weighed each other, using pea gravel from the patio." Weighing It All Up by Jude Higgins @judehwriter2.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/26/w...

J. Edward Kruft @jedwardkruft.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Dilly bars and teacher/student inappropriateness. What's better for your Saturday morning diet? Thank you to @fictivedream.bsky.social for including my little ditty to your Flash February lineup!

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

"It was the early stage of the relationship..." Red Flag by Barbara Robinson @barbaraccino.bsky.social. Please follow the link and enjoy this tiny gem #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary fictivedream.com/2025/02/21/r...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

"I dip my sashimi into soy sauce and lick at the tip, tasting an ocean of promise, while Markus rehashes all our boiled hurts." Eating Out by Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/20/e...

J. Edward Kruft @jedwardkruft.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Must read. So good!

J. Edward Kruft @jedwardkruft.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

As always, so much in so little in an @lmariharris.bsky.social story!

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

"And the whole time, dogs bark and yip back and forth in the background, and you get nervous when the sound of them swells..." Coyote Girl by Ani King @aniking.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/11/c...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

"I was barefoot, toes slipping on the wet, shorn blades, shoulders and legs bare, ready for anything." The Guy and the Golf Course by Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/07/t...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

"Two sisters lean out a window close by and blow soap bubbles through a plastic wand." Bubble Up by Sheree Shatsky, next in our #flashfictionfebruary series #flashfiction #microfiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/05/b...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

"Ester composes herself, but the words rehearsed for Richard now seem either too glib, excessively cynical, or over-sentimental." The Scan by Jim Toal, our second story in #flashfictionfebruary #flashfiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/02/t...

J. Edward Kruft @jedwardkruft.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Very happy to announce that my story "Mr. Gesup" will be part of the @fictivedream.bsky.social Flash Fiction February lineup. Many thanks to EiC Laura Black for seeing beyond Mary's admonishments and accepting my piece nonetheless. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the Feb. assembly!

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L Mari Harris @lmariharris.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Our very own EiC @jedwardkruft.bsky.social up at @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙

J. Edward Kruft @jedwardkruft.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

My strange story of a certain kind of family life -- real or imagined -- is up today at the fabulous @mrbullbull.bsky.social. Many thanks to the Senior Senior Editor of Editing All Stuff & Things, Ben for taking a chance on this little one. "Yes, Martha." mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

Yes, Martha | MrBullBull

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MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

"Our dogs George & Martha—both boys—were named such because our parents were literature—not history—buffs & narcissists & sadists & had kids (2!) so that we—my brother & I—had no idea why/how we were the brutal transferences of their lives." @jedwardkruft.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Please help us congratulate our @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominees @fionamckay.bsky.social, Cathy Ulrich, @crobertswriter.bsky.social @jjlofflin.bsky.social & Ryan Griffith!

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Our last issue of 2024 is now live! Featuring 9 new works across poetry, CNF, and fiction. trampset.org

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

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

"Worthless would be too much of a compliment; less is the better, baggier, dirtier fit." Scott T. Hutchison's "Derelict Time" trampset.org/derelict-tim...

by Scott T. Hutchison

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

"I arrived later, on a drunken whim in New Orleans, from a flash sheet at a shop with bleached shark jaws lining the walls." Andrew Graham Martin's "Tattoos" trampset.org/tattoos-ed2a...

by Andrew Graham Martin

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

"i blame the erratic pulse of social media. a wondrously flashy line of dialogue." Kimmy Chang's "brown recluse" trampset.org/brown-reclus...

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

"That year, we became obsessed with Jackie Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe. To a lesser extent, we were interested in JFK, whom we perhaps unfairly treated like the optional Ken doll to our favorite Barbies." @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social's "The First Day of November" trampset.org/the-first-da...

The First Day of November

by Brooksie C. Fontaine

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

"Seven seconds is sticky, like a mouthful of peanut butter straight from the spoon instead of breakfast." @sarlynh.bsky.social's "Ten Seconds" trampset.org/ten-seconds-...

by Sarah Lynn Hurd

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L Mari Harris @lmariharris.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

ICYMI, I have my latest flash up at @leonliteraryreview.bsky.social if you'd like to give it a read. Dysfunctional marriages, one of my fave topics. leonliteraryreview.com/issue-28-l-m...

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Issue 28 | L Mari Harris – LEON Literary Review

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Andrea Bishop @andreabishop.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Proud of this short story up at The Masters Review today. I hope you'll check it out if you can spare the 4 minutes. mastersreview.com/new-voices-q...

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New Voices: “Quantifying the Dent of Bob” by Andrea Bishop - The Masters Review

A project manager immerses herself in her work in Andrea Bishop's touching "Quantifying the Dent of Bob," the newest entry to our New Voices catalog. Beth was Mr. Carter's first hire, and it was throu...

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Here's the start of my 2025 schedule! I'm going to add some Zoom Generative sessions, and I'm working on a month-long Prompt Pack for April! Please check out my new Flash Reading/Writing club, which will be starting in January!

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Spencer Nitkey @spencerwriting.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

To Misses Delilah, Who Killed My sister (@trampset.bsky.social) is about small towns, growing up, and the things we lose as life swims forward. This story had some of my most feedback I've ever gotten on a story and was even used in a @jmgatford.bsky.social lesson! trampset.org/to-misses-de...

To Misses Delilah, Who Killed My Sister

by Spencer Nitkey

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Spencer Nitkey @spencerwriting.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The Physical Impossibility of Living (@trampset.bsky.social) is a story about a teenager encountering Damien Hirst's famous formaldehyde shark installation in the NYC Met and realizing (terrifyingly) he cannot forever be a passenger in other people's lives. trampset.org/the-physical...

The Physical Impossibility of Living

by Spencer Nitkey

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trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Our last issue of 2024 drops this Friday, Dec 6th. It'll be our 1st issue sharing on here, & we're so excited! Featuring Scott T Hutchison, Andrew Graham Martin, Kimmy Chang, @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social, @sarlynh.bsky.social, Peter DeMarco, Gbolahan Badmus, Ziqr Peehu, & Matthew Church.

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Brooksie C. Fontaine @brooksiesbooks.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Did I tell you all I have a story coming out with trampset? Merry Christmas to me! 😍

J. Edward Kruft @jedwardkruft.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Finally joined BSKY as so many of my writer friends/colleagues/litmags migrated over here from formerly twitter (although I'm still on there, too). Hope to reciprocate the same followers here as there.

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

It's a great pleasure to welcome J. Edward Kruft with his story Pins and Needles, out tomorrow #flashfiction #writingcommunity

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 07/06/2024

"Darald’s hand gripped around my undeveloped bicep, my mother’s Evan-Willams-dipped needle piercing my skin again and again..." Pins and Needles by J. Edward Kruft #writingcommunity #flashfiction Please enjoy fictivedream.com/2024/06/07/p...

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Pins and Needles

by J. Edward Kruft OUR PARENTS WERE SPLITTING AGAIN, and the dog was gone, probably dead, at least in my mind because that was always preferred to waiting for the shoe to drop, and plus, it would acco...

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L Mari Harris @lmariharris.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We are officially on here. Come give us a follow! @trampset.bsky.social All posts by me. Aren't y'all the lucky ones???