Jeff Bond
@jeffbondnyc.bsky.social
Fiction Editor @ Epiphany Lit. Stories in The Carolina Quarterly, Bridge Eight, Fatal Flaw, Sequestrum, Epiphany, McSweeney's Internet Tendency. Video creations (Richard Hell, Nancy Wilson, Hariz et al) www.jeffbond.nyc chillsubs.com/user/jeffbondnyc
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Jeff Bond
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· Apr 22
“Monster Monster” by Jeff Bond — Epiphany Magazine
“Enter Max. Max was strong, with a sleek neck and green eyes, and an impossibly tiny waist—you know the type: unsurprised to find the world at his feet. Aaron met him in New Jersey, coming back from h...
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A short story of mine from the Fall/Winter 2023 print issue of Epiphany is now online and free to read. I’ll post the audio version—in which Edmund White reads the part of Max the dog—in the comments. 🐶
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
Epiphany Magazine (@epiphanylit.bsky.social) is open for submissions! Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation. I am your Fiction Editor and our Guest Poetry Editor is Camille Rankine. Paying market. This post contains no bad news.
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Epiphany Magazine Submission Manager
We hope that when you read Epiphany, you'll get a sense of the great variety of stories, poems, essays, and genre-bending work that we like, and the themes to which we keep returning. We hope that you...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Epiphany Magazine (@epiphanylit.bsky.social) is open for submissions! Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation. I am your Fiction Editor and our Guest Poetry Editor is Camille Rankine. Paying market. This post contains no bad news.
epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit
epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit
Get lit(erary) tonight (Thurs 10/16) at Liz's Book Bar, 315 Smith St in Brooklyn at 8:00PM to hear authors read from the latest issue of Epiphany. Cost of entry is to one drink to support Liz's Book Bar -- that's it!
October 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Get lit(erary) tonight (Thurs 10/16) at Liz's Book Bar, 315 Smith St in Brooklyn at 8:00PM to hear authors read from the latest issue of Epiphany. Cost of entry is to one drink to support Liz's Book Bar -- that's it!
Epiphany’s Fresh Voices Fellowship supports one emerging BIPOC writer without an advanced writing degree.
*$2000 stipend
*Year-long editorial fellowship at a small non-profit literary magazine
*Publication
Applications are O P E N
*$2000 stipend
*Year-long editorial fellowship at a small non-profit literary magazine
*Publication
Applications are O P E N
Applications are Open for the 2026 Fresh Voices Fellowship! — Epiphany Magazine
The 2026 Fresh Voices Fellowship is currently OPEN for applications and will close on November 1st, 2025. The Fresh Voices Fellowship supports one emerging Black, Indigenous, or other writer of...
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September 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Epiphany’s Fresh Voices Fellowship supports one emerging BIPOC writer without an advanced writing degree.
*$2000 stipend
*Year-long editorial fellowship at a small non-profit literary magazine
*Publication
Applications are O P E N
*$2000 stipend
*Year-long editorial fellowship at a small non-profit literary magazine
*Publication
Applications are O P E N
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The Cultural and Political Obsession With Trans People Is Harming My Community 🏳️⚧️
Read Denne Michele Norris's introduction to Electric Literature's first book, "Both/And"
bit.ly/4mdf6A8
Read Denne Michele Norris's introduction to Electric Literature's first book, "Both/And"
bit.ly/4mdf6A8
The Cultural and Political Obsession With Trans People Is Harming My Community - Electric Literature
Read Denne Michele Norris's introduction to Electric Literature's first book, "Both/And"
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August 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The Cultural and Political Obsession With Trans People Is Harming My Community 🏳️⚧️
Read Denne Michele Norris's introduction to Electric Literature's first book, "Both/And"
bit.ly/4mdf6A8
Read Denne Michele Norris's introduction to Electric Literature's first book, "Both/And"
bit.ly/4mdf6A8
Representing @epiphanylit.bsky.social at the One Story Writers' Conference in NYC. Honored to be quoted on their Instagram! Congrats to @onestorymag.bsky.social for organizing an excellent event.
August 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Representing @epiphanylit.bsky.social at the One Story Writers' Conference in NYC. Honored to be quoted on their Instagram! Congrats to @onestorymag.bsky.social for organizing an excellent event.
Another excellent satire from SM Strand, who happens to be my very funny sister.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tra...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tra...
Trade Your Way to Wellness: A Patriotic Guide to Farm-Fresh Health Care
“Trump’s Medicaid cuts are coming for rural Americans: ‘It’s going to have to hit them first.’ Experts worry the tax-and-spending bill will gut hea...
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July 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Another excellent satire from SM Strand, who happens to be my very funny sister.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tra...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tra...
Another excellent satire from SM Strand 😂 www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/adv...
Advice from Your Conservative Neighbor on How You, a Liberal, Can Hang an American Flag Without Looking Like a Trumper
I saw you this morning as you were getting your paper, gazing wistfully at that flagpole bracket like it broke your heart in junior year. You want ...
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July 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Another excellent satire from SM Strand 😂 www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/adv...
Dog loss seems to what’s on the collective brain/heart of the #writing community here today. Here’s my contribution, an almost-ghost story from Bridge Eight:
“Roscoe lives alone with 35 dogs. … He finds them easy to take care of because they are dead.”
www.bridgeeight.com/sunshine/
“Roscoe lives alone with 35 dogs. … He finds them easy to take care of because they are dead.”
www.bridgeeight.com/sunshine/
Sunshine » Bridge Eight Press
ROSCOE LIVES ALONE WITH THIRTY-FIVE DOGS. He finds them easy to take care of, even though he's seventy and slowing down. The dogs require little but that he calls out their names a few times a day, th...
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June 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Dog loss seems to what’s on the collective brain/heart of the #writing community here today. Here’s my contribution, an almost-ghost story from Bridge Eight:
“Roscoe lives alone with 35 dogs. … He finds them easy to take care of because they are dead.”
www.bridgeeight.com/sunshine/
“Roscoe lives alone with 35 dogs. … He finds them easy to take care of because they are dead.”
www.bridgeeight.com/sunshine/
@saralippmann.bsky.social steered me toward this short story: “Horse” by @amybonnaffons.bsky.social
It’s magnificent
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It’s magnificent
ciervoblanco.club/horse-by-amy...
'Horse' by Amy Bonnaffons - Ciervo Blanco
Every morning we meet in the kitchen and unsheathe our needles. Serena delicately peels down her underwear, exposing a modest triangle of buttock; I count to three, hold her hip to steady her tremblin...
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June 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
@saralippmann.bsky.social steered me toward this short story: “Horse” by @amybonnaffons.bsky.social
It’s magnificent
ciervoblanco.club/horse-by-amy...
It’s magnificent
ciervoblanco.club/horse-by-amy...
Thousands of you have been asking me, "Where can I get a print copy of that amazing literary journal in which you, Jeff, edited SEVEN of the thirteen prose pieces?" and I am here to tell you that you can purchase it at this link, for just $20:
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epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
Epiphany Issue 34, Spring/Summer 2025: Desire & Dread Is Out! — Epiphany Magazine
The latest issue of Epiphany is out! Check out the table of contents to get a taste of what and who is in the magazine!
epiphanyzine.com
June 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Thousands of you have been asking me, "Where can I get a print copy of that amazing literary journal in which you, Jeff, edited SEVEN of the thirteen prose pieces?" and I am here to tell you that you can purchase it at this link, for just $20:
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
Submissions for the Fall/Winter Epiphany print issue close on Sun Jun 15 (tomorrow). Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Get ‘em in before midnight! All subs read by at least 2 ppl epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit
Epiphany: A Literary Journal Submission Manager
We hope that when you read Epiphany: A Literary Journal, you'll get a sense of the great variety of stories, poems, essays, and genre-bending work that we like, and the recurring themes to which we ke...
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June 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Submissions for the Fall/Winter Epiphany print issue close on Sun Jun 15 (tomorrow). Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry Get ‘em in before midnight! All subs read by at least 2 ppl epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit
Epiphany Issue 34 is out! “Desire & Dread” available in both digital & print. So, so crazy proud of the stories in here and whatever part I had in helping bring them to life. Please check it out!
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
Epiphany Issue 34, Spring/Summer 2025: Desire & Dread Is Out! — Epiphany Magazine
The latest issue of Epiphany is out! Check out the table of contents to get a taste of what and who is in the magazine!
epiphanyzine.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Epiphany Issue 34 is out! “Desire & Dread” available in both digital & print. So, so crazy proud of the stories in here and whatever part I had in helping bring them to life. Please check it out!
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
Something I did when I had more free time was make unlikely mashups. This one is Cher X Pink Floyd, which I call “Dark Side of the Moonstruck.” Silly fun.
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MASHUP - DARK SIDE OF THE MOONSTRUCK!! (CHER, PINK FLOYD)
YouTube video by johndamn
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June 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Something I did when I had more free time was make unlikely mashups. This one is Cher X Pink Floyd, which I call “Dark Side of the Moonstruck.” Silly fun.
youtu.be/v5wIR6X6vPw?...
youtu.be/v5wIR6X6vPw?...
Very saddened by the news of the death of the iconic Edmund White. A literary lion and a true gay icon who I am proud to have called a friend. 💔
June 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Very saddened by the news of the death of the iconic Edmund White. A literary lion and a true gay icon who I am proud to have called a friend. 💔
Excellent new short piece by Jody Callahan on epiphanyzine.com: “Any Day Can Be Thanksgiving”
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epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
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May 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Excellent new short piece by Jody Callahan on epiphanyzine.com: “Any Day Can Be Thanksgiving”
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
Epiphany Summer Fete Thurs 6/12 6PM-? at the Urbane Arts Club, 1016 Beverly Rd in Brooklyn! Guests Mahogany L. Browne & Emily Kirven. OPEN BAR and our new issue will be available. Win free editorial feedback or a Catskills getaway! Music by Daphne Gale. Q train takes you right there. IT WILL BE FUN
Epiphany Presents: The 2025 Fête — Epiphany Magazine
Welcome to Epiphany 's Annual Fete! Join us for a night of glamour and giving back at The Urbane Arts Club. Get ready for an evening filled with live music, delicious hors d'oeuvres, an open bar with...
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May 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Epiphany Summer Fete Thurs 6/12 6PM-? at the Urbane Arts Club, 1016 Beverly Rd in Brooklyn! Guests Mahogany L. Browne & Emily Kirven. OPEN BAR and our new issue will be available. Win free editorial feedback or a Catskills getaway! Music by Daphne Gale. Q train takes you right there. IT WILL BE FUN
2 free tix available for Epiphany Summer Fete with guests Mahogany L. Brown and Emily Kirven Thursday, June 12 in Brooklyn! Follow @epiphanylitjournal on Instagram, like the fete post and tag the friend you'd bring if (when) you win. Winner chosen on Friday 5/23. IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING
May 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
2 free tix available for Epiphany Summer Fete with guests Mahogany L. Brown and Emily Kirven Thursday, June 12 in Brooklyn! Follow @epiphanylitjournal on Instagram, like the fete post and tag the friend you'd bring if (when) you win. Winner chosen on Friday 5/23. IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING
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"Can you picture this year’s Christmas dinner? The Pope shows up with his seven-layer dip and gets accosted with, “The Walmart cashier said ‘Happy Holidays’ to me to deliberately persecute Christians—what are you gonna do about it, Your Holiness?!”
An Open Letter to My Dead Mother about the New Pope with the MAGA Brother
Hey Mum! Remember a couple of months before you died, when you told me the Freemasons had installed Pope Francis? And that he was in cahoots with O...
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May 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Can you picture this year’s Christmas dinner? The Pope shows up with his seven-layer dip and gets accosted with, “The Walmart cashier said ‘Happy Holidays’ to me to deliberately persecute Christians—what are you gonna do about it, Your Holiness?!”
Spreading the word! The Common has a Young Writers Program for h.s. students interested in fiction. Applications open till May 18.
www.thecommononline.org/the-common-y...
www.thecommononline.org/the-common-y...
The Common Young Writers Program, July 25-August 5
Applications open now to high school students.
www.thecommononline.org
May 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Spreading the word! The Common has a Young Writers Program for h.s. students interested in fiction. Applications open till May 18.
www.thecommononline.org/the-common-y...
www.thecommononline.org/the-common-y...
Reposted by Jeff Bond
Thrilled to be back up in @pointsincase.com with a new piece today. Please review and I'll loop back later for your takeaways
www.pointsincase.com/articles/hey...
www.pointsincase.com/articles/hey...
Hey, It’s God, Just Checking In on That Vision I Sent You?
If you need some help, I can recommend a few biblical scholars who have worked on visions before, I don’t mind asking them (they’re fans).
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May 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thrilled to be back up in @pointsincase.com with a new piece today. Please review and I'll loop back later for your takeaways
www.pointsincase.com/articles/hey...
www.pointsincase.com/articles/hey...
Writers and artists! Submissions are OPEN for Epiphany's 2025 Fall/Winter print issue. Send your best fiction, nonfiction, translation, poetry, and art. Spring/Summer 2025 print issue coming out in the next few weeks (it's so good).
epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit
epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit
Epiphany: A Literary Journal Submission Manager
We hope that when you read Epiphany: A Literary Journal, you'll get a sense of the great variety of stories, poems, essays, and genre-bending work that we like, and the recurring themes to which we ke...
epiphanymagazine.submittable.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Writers and artists! Submissions are OPEN for Epiphany's 2025 Fall/Winter print issue. Send your best fiction, nonfiction, translation, poetry, and art. Spring/Summer 2025 print issue coming out in the next few weeks (it's so good).
epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit
epiphanymagazine.submittable.com/submit
I’m a little late to the party but Nell Zink’s “The Wallcreeper” (2014) was an amazingly fun read.
April 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I’m a little late to the party but Nell Zink’s “The Wallcreeper” (2014) was an amazingly fun read.
A short story of mine from the Fall/Winter 2023 print issue of Epiphany is now online and free to read. I’ll post the audio version—in which Edmund White reads the part of Max the dog—in the comments. 🐶
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
“Monster Monster” by Jeff Bond — Epiphany Magazine
“Enter Max. Max was strong, with a sleek neck and green eyes, and an impossibly tiny waist—you know the type: unsurprised to find the world at his feet. Aaron met him in New Jersey, coming back from h...
epiphanyzine.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A short story of mine from the Fall/Winter 2023 print issue of Epiphany is now online and free to read. I’ll post the audio version—in which Edmund White reads the part of Max the dog—in the comments. 🐶
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...
epiphanyzine.com/features/202...