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Keep Your Visions to Yourself by Kathryn Kulpa

"We crossed the line on Friendship Street. Didn’t see the stop sign. Failed to yield."

@writesofkathryn.bsky.social's "Keep Your Visions to Yourself"

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Barn by Atar Hadari

"People on the subway
catch your eye and blow away"

Atar Hadari's "Barn"

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Little Helpers by L. Soviero

"Our neighbors near sleepwalk into the snow-bitten night. They want a glimpse of Dad in his Santa suit, the pillow-belly full of ho ho hos, the wayward, white beard."

L. Soviero's "Little Helpers"

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Sangre De Cristo (Haibun) by Lucia Lu

"We anticipate its arrival. Unquiet steams from the early dark earth. In the rheumy distance, a muzzy landform pulses at the edges."

@boocia.bsky.social's "Sangre de Cristo"

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I’ll Be Right Back by Mallory Smart

"On Friday, the company schedules this “optional” team building thing called SURVIVING THE GRIND: A SLASHER-BASED APPROACH TO CORPORATE COHESION."

@mallorysmart.bsky.social's "I'll Be Right Back"

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Land Rover Stevie doCarmo

"Look at these two.

Peacocking — angel-strange, hetero as fuck — down the manicured shoulder of the remotest stretch of the commercial strip"

Stevie doCarmo's "Land Rover"

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Invitation to an Execution by Elizabeth J. Wenger

"The kindest thing about my cell is the way the stones, if studied long enough, begin to reveal words, fresh and wise, on their surfaces."

Elizabeth Wenger's "Invitation to an Execution"

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In Praise of the Non-Linear by Tyler Dempsey

"If I cared about linear progress, I would’ve never gotten picked up by a plane hitchhiking."

Tyler Dempsey's "In Praise of the Non-Linear"

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Inventory before Prayer by Joseph Randolph

"It’s two a.m. in a gas station outside Kokomo, and Jim is counting the seconds between the compressor’s kicks."

Joseph Randolph's "Inventory Before Prayer"

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You Can Be Something Different Today You Say to Yourself Again Today by Jeffrey Hermann

"Fantasy football gets me nowhere. I try the airports but the windows don’t open. Too many planes want to leave at the same time"

@jeffreyhermann.bsky.social's "You Can Be Something Different Today You Say to Yourself Today Again"

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trampset We publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Explore the site sections and our Medium archive for more.

Our Dec issue is now live! It's our last issue of the year, and it's super sized!

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Nov was a short submission window month, so here are our stats:

270 received
9 accepted
3.33% acceptance rate

Our last issue of the year drops this Friday!

Trampset submissions are closed for the year and will reopen at some point in the new year. We appreciate your words and have some killer work coming for our last issue on Dec. 5.

Arafats in D by Kanda Zinguri

"Arafats in D" by kanda zinguri

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Reasons to Stay Alive When the World Burns by Oladosu Michael Emerald

"Reasons to Stay Alive When the World Burns"
by Oladosu Michael Emerald

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the body forgets in parentheses by Molly Thapviwat

"the body forgets in parentheses" by @mollymemine.bsky.social

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The Jump from Piper Alpha by Glenn Orgias

@glennorgias.bsky.social's "The Jump From Piper Alpha"

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Ulrik Andersen's "Noise"

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Muckrakers by Claire Guo

Claire Guo's "Muckrakers"

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It's our Pushcart Prize nominations! Please help us congratulate Claire Guo, Ulrik Andersen, @glennorgias.bsky.social @mollymemine.bsky.social Oladosu Michael Emerald, & kanda zinguri.

Submissions Thank you for your interest in trampset. We are looking for…

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L.F., here is our Submittable link. We don't accept subs through Medium. Thanks!

What a compliment! Thank you!

We're finally approaching 1k followers here. It's us. We know it is. We need to get out of our heads & start engaging again. We're trying. We appreciate all of you who have followed us here!

A New Kind of Dan by Kyle Seibel

I just read “A New Kind of Dan” by @kylerseibel.bsky.social in Best Small Fictions 2024 (originally in @trampset.bsky.social), and loved it so much. The ending is perfect. Sorry I’m so late to this one, but if you haven’t read it… trampset.org/a-new-kind-o...

Submissions Thank you for your interest in trampset. We are looking for…

October submission stats:

375 received
7 accepted
1.87% acceptance rate

We're currently reading for the Dec issue. See guidelines & consider subbing. Free to sub; $30/piece accepted.

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Reassembling by Sara Kaplan-Cunningham

"Normally, disassembling isn’t so dramatic. Tag comes over. We make out, have sex. And sometimes, we remove each other’s limbs and reattach them."

Sara Kaplan-Cunningham's "Reassembling"

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Acid by Genaro Emiliano Aguilar Saucillo

"Endings are as simple as this, cynical, like the full stop after every lavish gasp."

Genaro Emiliano Aguilar Saucillo's "Acid"

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Wound by Abhinav

"The skin of time is made of light. And I saw it the day my mother cut my lip in a fit of rage."

@abhii106.bsky.social's "Wound"

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The Carwash Essay by M.M. Kaufman

"You had no idea all the ways life can break you, and wouldn’t you give anything to have that ignorance back?"

@mmkaufman.bsky.social's "The Carwash Essay"

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Outside My Son’s Therapist’s Office by Sara Quinn Rivara

"I am a disappointment: to my mother for not cleaning
my room, to my ex-husband for not obeying, to my now-husband for being depressed"

@sainttangerine.bsky.social's "Outside My Son's Therapist's Office"

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