Reposted by Joshua Jones LofflinGlenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Teeth 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... 032 0
Reposted by Joshua Jones LofflinKathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Want 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 02422 0
Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026So hard to pick just nine, so here’s a small sampling. 030 0
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 131 0
Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Y’all, I had no idea how charming Albuquerque ils. 030 0
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-...unchartedmag.comThe Caddisfly - UnchartedOut 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... 131 0
Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s great. I’ve recommended it to so many people. (And will continue to do so.) 110 0
Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A little bit of rereading for my plane ride west. 140 0
Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Baltimore 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.baltimorebookfest.comBaltimore Review Contributors: Readings and ConversationJoin 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… 053 0
Reposted by Joshua Jones LofflinSplit 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 194 0
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 130 0
Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Omg sounds terrifying. But also, you’ll absolutely kill it. 110 0
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 121 0
Reposted by Joshua Jones LofflinPat 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 152 0
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. 111 0
Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The accuracy of this rendering is staggering 110 0
Reposted by Joshua Jones LofflinMason Jar Press @masonjarpress.bsky.social · 26/08/2026If 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 096 0
Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Volunteer as a reader. A great way to engage with the community and level up your own writing. And it helps demystify the process. 020 0
Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026It’s a good day for some Shirley Jackson. 000 0
Reposted by Joshua Jones LofflinClaudia 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 132 0
Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I have a new swampy horror flash in Metastellar today. I’d be honored if you gave it a read. www.metastellar.com/fiction/flas...metastellar.comThe Vigilance of BirdsFirst, 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… 3111 0
Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026My 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. 101 0
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-67paranoidtree.comVOL. 67: Packing Up the Streetlights — Paranoid Tree PressAlexa Brockamp Hoggatt | Michayla Grbich 042 0
Reposted by Joshua Jones LofflinSage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Hey folks, if you've got some time this weekend why not give blood? #Toronto www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caCanadian Blood Services supply drops nearly 20% since June, prompting call for urgent donations | CBC NewsCanadian Blood Services is appealing for people across the country to donate blood, saying its supply has dropped significantly in the last several weeks. 074 0
Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026So 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.orgfrederickbookarts.orgHome | fbac 111 0
Reposted by Joshua Jones Lofflinbillkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026 5860321524 0
Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026After 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. 020 0
Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Simply having to use Teams should be punishment enough 110 0