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trampset.bsky.social
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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"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...

"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...

"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-...

"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...

"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...

"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...

"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...

Next issue drops Feb 28th, and we still have some open slots. Consider subbing. Free sub option is always there for you. We pay $25 per piece. trampset.org/submissions-...

Our January submission stats: 569 received 8 accepted 1.41% acceptance rate We're currently reading for the Feb issue. Free sub option available. We pay $25/piece. trampset.org/submissions-...

No one has reached out to us, but if you don't hear from us about your submission within several weeks, please do reach out. We respond to EVERY submission.

"The briar grew from the tears of our oldest sister. It sprouted around the castle the night a visiting king took more than a caress from her." @ddgwriter.bsky.social s "The Call of the Briar" trampset.org/the-call-of-...

"This handful of ash I took to be the beginning — You gone now. I prowled hard" Shiyang Su's "Translating Loss with The Odyssey, Book XIII" trampset.org/translating-...

"Doctor Moreau, are you proud? I stitched it together myself. Collected specimens & scalpels." Taylor Hamann Los's "Chimera" trampset.org/chimera-2ee4...

"The cover art for the new Cannibal Corpse album was fucking noise. When Varg burnt down that church in Norway? Fucking noise." Ulrik Andersen's "Noise" trampset.org/noise-186fc6...

"this is not a horror film and the boy sits alone — earbuds in, eyes closed, forehead leaning against the clammy school bus window — listening to Lana Del Rey" @jaimegill.bsky.social's "This Is Not a Horror Film, But If It Were…" trampset.org/this-is-not-...

"It was late in the night, too late. Anyone who had a place in the world was already in it" @abhii106.bsky.social's "Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station" trampset.org/hazrat-nizam...

We are live! Featuring @abhii106.bsky.social @jaimegill.bsky.social Ulrik Andersen, Taylor Hamann Los, Shiyang Su, & @ddgwriter.bsky.social Browse our poetry, CNF, and fiction sections for these incredible pieces. trampset.org

48 hours until our 1st issue of 2025 drops. Featuring @abhii106.bsky.social @jaimegill.bsky.social Ulrik Anderson, Taylor Hamann Los, Shiyang Su, & @ddgwriter.bsky.social 🔥

Our 1st issue of 2025 drops Friday. Includes @abhii106.bsky.social @jaimegill.bsky.social Ulrik Anderson, Taylor Hamann Los, Shiyang Su, & @ddgwriter.bsky.social Free sub option always available. We pay $25/piece. We're reading for Feb & beyond. Check us out: trampset.org/submissions-...

Absolutely stunning story (CW violence against women) by @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social in @trampset.bsky.social Love the structure, the careful and well paced unfolding of details, the incredible evocation of place. Wow.

Moving the short story post to Fridays. New today: Essential Memoir from Christian Escalona in BULL Fiction: @jrdawson.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social Andrew Rutledge in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social and @sarlynh.bsky.social in @trampset.bsky.social and @flashfrog.bsky.social Links:

A big thanks to @trampset.bsky.social for nominating my story, "The Alphabet Soup," for Best Small Fictions! The link is below if you are interested in giving it a read:

Best Small Fictions nominee @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social trampset.org/the-alphabet...

Best Small Fictions nominee @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social trampset.org/when-the-mar...

Best Small Fictions nominee @aniking.bsky.social trampset.org/fellas-is-it...

Best Small Fictions nominee @spencerwriting.bsky.social trampset.org/to-misses-de...

Best Small Fictions nominee @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social trampset.org/nicknames-fo...

Help us congratulate our Best Small Fictions nominees. Good luck to everyone! @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social @spencerwriting.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social & @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social

Submissions are pouring in, & we have started the BSF nomination process. We're starting 2025 with a bang!

Our break is officially over. Send those subs in.

2 more days until we reopen for subs. Poetry, short stories, flash, micro, CNF. We love it all. Get ready... trampset.org/submissions-...

It's our 2024 End of Year stats edition! 4100 received 76 accepted 1.85% acceptance rate We couldn't exist & thrive without everyone who trusts us enough to send work. Thank you! We're enjoying our last few days off before we reopen to subs in early January.

Best Microfiction nominee Ryan Griffith trampset.org/death-of-a-p...

Best Microfiction nominee @jjlofflin.bsky.social trampset.org/getting-save...

Best Microfiction nominee @crobertswriter.bsky.social trampset.org/dating-the-i...

Best Microfiction nominee Cathy Ulrich trampset.org/a-story-wher...

Best Microfiction nominee @fionamckay.bsky.social trampset.org/gravity-ed5e...

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

Cuddling Mocha this morning & reading the latest issue of The MacGuffin. Excited it includes my flash “Near Miss.” Happy Friday, friends.💚🐶

"I like the idea that, really, there is only one poem, and it is the song we all sing to ourselves" Matthew Church's "On the Banks of the Wabash" trampset.org/on-the-banks...

"The self punches memory, memory decks desire, and desire falls through the floor." Ziqr Peehu's "Jawbone Says Epistemicide in a Quartet" trampset.org/jawbone-says...

"A long time ago, someone said hunger is a God-wide hole in every human." Gbolahan Badmus's "Like Adam, hiding among the trees" trampset.org/like-adam-hi...

"town dumps with mountains of stuff once manufactured for extreme consumerism, a disease in itself, but now just considered junk" Peter DeMarco's "Junk" trampset.org/junk-a2b1354...

"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-...

"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...