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Joshua Jones Lofflin

@jjlofflin.bsky.social
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Writer Work in Best of the Net, The Best Microfiction, The Best Small Fictions, The Cincinnati Review, CRAFT, SmokeLong Quarterly, Wigleaf… Links to work on my site: jjlofflin.com

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Teeth Kicker just got nominated for best debut in the Booktopia awards (Australia's online book retailer). It's a public vote to decide the winners. I feel like a jerk for asking, but if you'd like to vote the link is here... www.booktopia.com.au/booktopia-bo...
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Nice. I’ll have to check it out.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Some October reading
Something Wicked This Way Comes 
By Ray Bradbury
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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Want to treat yourself to a workshop for under 10 dollars? All thirty-four of my popular 3-in-90 workshop recordings are now available for purchase! Expect to come away with three fresh flash drafts! Every purchase includes lifetime access in your account. www.artofflashfiction.com/videos
Graphic shows descriptions of three of the thirty-four video recordings available for purchase: Delving into the Subconscious and Dream Work, Boldly Going: Drafting with Confidnce, and Writing Standout Flash Fiction. Graphic shows short description of each class with option to watch a five minute preview and purchase price of $9.95.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So hard to pick just nine, so here’s a small sampling.
My9Albums:
the church
priest = aura

THE FLAMING LIPS
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

The Cure
Disintegration

DAVID BOWIE
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and...

Psycho Tropical Berlin
La Femme

Don't Throw Me Away
The Mumlers

Goldfrapp
Felt Mountain

Green Wing
Trellis

Mutations
Beck
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I feel seen.
12. Edit as you go or shitty first draft?
MJL: Shitty first draft. Shitty second draft. Shitty third draft. Shitty fourth draft. Just shitty drafts until it gets good.
• EL: It's a lot of shit.
• MJL: A lot of shit.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s so good!
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“While you are living on the other side of the world, trying to get away from your miserable broken family, you learn that ghosts can lurk inside walls until the moment they conquer a room.” Fantastic new work from @janstinchcomb.bsky.social in @trampset.bsky.social
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Y’all, I had no idea how charming Albuquerque ils.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Beautiful.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"the man rises from the muck. In only his underwear, he is soft, and so pale he seems to reflect the green of the pond scum." the always amazing @angieellis.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social www.unchartedmag.com/stories/the-...
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The Caddisfly - Uncharted
Out at the sisters’ place, in the marsh at the bottom of their land, a man stands neck-deep in the water. It is summer, and the marsh is warm with a thick green sludge on top. The man watches the tiny...
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Name your fav game made before 2000
Box art of the 1994 game X-Com: UFO Defense
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
That’s incredibly cool.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s great. I’ve recommended it to so many people. (And will continue to do so.)
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A little bit of rereading for my plane ride west.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Baltimore peeps, if you're checking out the Baltimore Book Fest this weekend, I'll be reading with other @baltimorereview.bsky.social contributors. This Saturday, 11-12 , inside the courtyard of Peabody Heights Brewery. Beer plus lit, yay! Come say hi if you're able to make it.
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Baltimore Review Contributors: Readings and Conversation
Join moderator Barbara Westwood Diehl, Senior Editor at the Baltimore Review, for an engaging conversation with six Baltimore Review contributors. Hear them read from their work…
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thank you!
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"First, make coffee. The power may be out, the electric grinder useless, but you can crush the beans with your wife’s mortar and pestle." ☕️ Check out contributor @jjlofflin.bsky.social's flash piece THE VIGILANCE OF BIRDS in Metastellar! 👏 buff.ly/DCE7ydi
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thank you for sharing!
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“I felt compelled to sit, peck at the keys, so many of them missing, yet just enough” Gorgeous, sad work from @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social in @trampset.bsky.social
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Omg sounds terrifying. But also, you’ll absolutely kill it.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“This guy though. He was kind of a fool. He was always remarking about my feet.” New fantastic work from @kathyfish.bsky.social
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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“Humanity stands next to me and only understands magic as a basement. A man-made basement, a recent study suggests, is nothing but a dream falling down a hole. …” slipping by numbers with @neonpajamas.bsky.social in Notre Dame Review
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This is excellent
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“Gently, you push my head to safety when someone waves a barrel in my direction. Your voice drops low and sweet, almost a memory.” Amazing new work from @elissafield.bsky.social here.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The accuracy of this rendering is staggering
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Mason Jar Press @masonjarpress.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If you get an email that seems to be from Taylor (one of our lovely readers), it's not us! We would never ever ever ask you to pay us to publish your book. #scam #publishingscam #phishing
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thank you!
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Beautiful, heartbreaking work.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Volunteer as a reader. A great way to engage with the community and level up your own writing. And it helps demystify the process.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It’s a good day for some Shirley Jackson.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Excellent work - congrats!
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Thanks for reading and sharing!
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Thank you!
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Let the coffee mug’s heat radiate up your palm and wrist through the bandages. You should change the dressing. Already it’s weeping. Red flecks spatter the mug’s yellow smiley face you’d gotten last Father’s Day." A chilling heartbreak @jjlofflin.bsky.social
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Thanks for reading and sharing!
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Thank you!
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
☺️ thank you!!
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I have a new swampy horror flash in Metastellar today. I’d be honored if you gave it a read. www.metastellar.com/fiction/flas...
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The Vigilance of Birds
First, make coffee. The power may be out, the electric grinder useless, but you can crush the beans with your wife’s mortar and pestle. She would have liked that, your ability to stay focused, to p…
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
He’s a distinguished gentleman
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My wife and I are a couple of years into empty nesting. The transition went surprisingly smooth (perhaps because both our kids are relatively close). Being able to travel during the school year is something we’ve enjoyed.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“We pulled the moon down, tucked the darkness of night into its own box to sleep” New prose poetry from Alexa Brockamp Hoggatt in @paranoidxtree.bsky.social www.paranoidtree.com/read/vol-67
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VOL. 67: Packing Up the Streetlights — Paranoid Tree Press
Alexa Brockamp Hoggatt | Michayla Grbich
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
So well deserved. Congrats!
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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hey folks, if you've got some time this weekend why not give blood? #Toronto www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Canadian Blood Services supply drops nearly 20% since June, prompting call for urgent donations | CBC News
Canadian Blood Services is appealing for people across the country to donate blood, saying its supply has dropped significantly in the last several weeks.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
So cool! I just booked a class for my writing group at our Book Arts Center. It’s a printmaking class, but I think they have bookbinding classes also. If you’re ever in Frederick, you should check them out: www.frederickbookarts.org
frederickbookarts.org
Home | fbac
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I’m making new friends in Delaware
A very handsome beaver in Trap Pond State Park
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Superstars!
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
After a shitty work week, I just saw Caroline Rose in an amazing pop up concert, and I’m reminded how transformative and healing the arts are. Keep making art, you weirdos.
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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Simply having to use Teams should be punishment enough
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