@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
@trampset.bsky.socialOur Halloween-adjacent issue (Oct. 30) is full. Our last issue of the year will be Dec. 4, and we will close for submissions when this issue is full and then reopen in the new year. If you have some words for us, submit sooner than later www.trampset.org/submissions
@trampset.bsky.socialOur Sept stats:
611 subs received
8 accepted
1.31% acceptance rate
Only 2 more issues to finish out this year!
Free sub option. We pay $30/piece. Guidelines here >
@lmanusos.bsky.socialReposted by @trampset.bsky.socialICYMI my flash story "12 Things I Wished Happened at the Louvre Heist" published in @trampset.bsky.social last week and is free to read!
@elissafield.bsky.socialReposted by @trampset.bsky.socialAh, such a thrill to see this! Thanks to @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social for including my story "At the Gun Show You Say to Me, You Look Good," @trampset.bsky.social along with these other fabulous writers via @turnandwork.com
@trampset.bsky.social"Except the shimmering lights are off today.
“They’re broken,” the security guard says. “They’ve been off since Tuesday.”
“Is this a metaphor?” you ask."
@writesloud.bsky.social's "Four French Cats & a Monster"
@trampset.bsky.social"I found God by the gas station toilet
frozen at the altar of Koala Care,"
Lucas Reilly's "On the Theory and Practice of Storge"
@trampset.bsky.social"is playing on something my son is watching on his phone, and I ask him if he knows who Jack Kerouac is. He shrugs, says, “some dead grunge singer?”"
Jamie Zerndt's "A 10,000 Maniacs Song"
@trampset.bsky.social"Every day I am more certain than the day before that Mr. Limpet has something important to tell me. Perhaps something wonderful, like tomorrow’s winning lottery numbers"
@kiptain.bsky.social's "I Have Never Stopped Believing in the Incredible Mr. Limpet"
@trampset.bsky.social"There is a sense of loss, still, even for those born after the silence—that sense that something more than just the note is missing."
@rossmcmeekin.bsky.social's "256 Hz"
@trampset.bsky.social"Does standing on a tree root make
me part of the tree? A missile soaring in
a flock’s V formation is no gosling"
@lydiabuzzard.bsky.social's "Family and Where to Find It"
@trampset.bsky.social"You’re one of the kids who live in two houses. After the rupture your parents become great storytellers, but they only want to talk about each other."
@janstinchcomb.bsky.social's "Something That Happened When You Were a Child"
@trampset.bsky.social"the dive bar where we met, sticky bathroom floors, American flags, denim and plaid boy packed, and you in the middle, dopey Bass Pro hat and a smile I needed to steal."
Zach Wallis's "Altitude"
@trampset.bsky.social"That a young girl, perhaps seven, found the diadem the robbers dropped while making haste to exit, and tucked it under her skirt"
@lmanusos.bsky.social's "12 Things I Wished Happened at the Louvre Heist"
@trampset.bsky.social"I was on my break, having a puff, when I found a body outside the Walmart."
James Callan's "The Harvest"
@trampset.bsky.socialAnd we're live! New work by James Callan, @lmanusos.bsky.social Zach Wallis @janstinchcomb.bsky.social @lydiabuzzard.bsky.social @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social @kiptain.bsky.social Jamie Zerndt, Lucas Reilly & @writesloud.bsky.social
@trampset.bsky.socialNominee @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social's "Which Starseed Are You?"
@trampset.bsky.socialNominee @thaddevassie.bsky.social's "Meat-Flavored Water"
@trampset.bsky.socialNominee Pravin Vemuri's "Author Bio"
@trampset.bsky.socialNominee @emilyrinkema.bsky.social's "The Night the Mongols Arrive to Sack the City"
@trampset.bsky.socialPlease help us congratulate our Best Small Fictions nominees @emilyrinkema.bsky.social Pravin Vemuri, @thaddevassie.bsky.social & @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social! Read their nominated stories ⬇️
