@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
Joseph Randolph's "Inventory Before Prayer"
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@jjlofflin.bsky.social's "Portrait of Mary Davis the Horned Woman - oil on canvas 1668"
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@thedrevlow.bsky.social's "The Ghost of Johnny Cash Sings of Fire"
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@samisagesays.bsky.social's "Butterfly Time"
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@cuylermeade.bsky.social's "Margaret Mulaney and the New Faces"
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Please help us congratulate our Best Small Fictions nominees @cuylermeade.bsky.social @bretdevereaux.bsky.social @thedrevlow.bsky.social @jjlofflin.bsky.social & Joseph Randolph. You can read their nominated stories ⬇️
14.01.2026 13:39 — 👍 19 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 5Thank you, dear! A lot of work happening behind the scenes. We want everything perfect before we reopen, but it will happen!
12.01.2026 16:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It will! We hired a pro. No way would anyone want any of us to cobble together a site & try to migrate everything over. :-)
12.01.2026 10:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Maura, thank you! A lot has been done, but a lot still remains.
11.01.2026 17:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A message from the @trampset.bsky.social team:
11.01.2026 17:53 — 👍 26 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 2Goodbye, 2025!
4425 subs received in 2025
73 accepted
1.50% acceptance rate
We're grateful to you all! Stay tuned for exciting updates in 2026!
@jeffreyhermann.bsky.social's "You Can Be Something Different Today You Say to Yourself Today Again"
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@kellathornton.bsky.social's "Green"
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@amorak.bsky.social's "My Other Girlfriend is a Corvette"
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@robinwilder.bsky.social's "On the Origin of My Species"
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@ladiwoods.bsky.social's "While Democracy Was Beingggg Dismantled"
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Please help us congratulate our @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominees! @ladiwoods.bsky.social @robinwilder.bsky.social @amorak.bsky.social @kellathornton.bsky.social & @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social
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Chris Allen in a screenshot from Smokelong open mic tonight
Such fun reading & listening to great stories as part of the @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness Open Mic.
Good to see you @christopherallen.bsky.social @quickasaflash.bsky.social @arti-jain.bsky.social @dawnsteffler.bsky.social
Story from @trampset.bsky.social that I read trampset.org/the-things-s...
"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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"People on the subway
catch your eye and blow away"
Atar Hadari's "Barn"
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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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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!
