Jeffrey Hermann
@jeffreyhermann.bsky.social
Writer, all sorts: https://linktr.ee/jeffreyhermann
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Thanks to @maudlinhouse.bsky.social and a hat tip to ee cummings. maudlinhouse.net/in-just-spri...
"Just then my entomologist calls. She has good news about the beetle population. Thriving is what she says. “It’s going to be a good year for the little things,” is what I text my wife."
"Just then my entomologist calls. She has good news about the beetle population. Thriving is what she says. “It’s going to be a good year for the little things,” is what I text my wife."
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December 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Honored to have a littte something in @thecitronreview.bsky.social -- and thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for boosting 🌟
"It’s sweet we think we’re clever. We live on a simple planet."
A piece from @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social in @thecitronreview.bsky.social that bounces so wonderfully from one sentence to the next:
citronreview.com/2025/12/22/3...
A piece from @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social in @thecitronreview.bsky.social that bounces so wonderfully from one sentence to the next:
citronreview.com/2025/12/22/3...
32 Degrees Exactly
by Jeffrey Hermann I’m walking home in the rain when the rain turns to snow. It floats down and turns to rain again on the ground. I’m a man who uses technology all day long and thinks he’s …
citronreview.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Honored to have a littte something in @thecitronreview.bsky.social -- and thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for boosting 🌟
Warm yourself up with this cozy-yet-thrilling issue of @thecitronreview.bsky.social. Excited to be part of such a great lit mag ⭐️⭐️⭐️
December 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Warm yourself up with this cozy-yet-thrilling issue of @thecitronreview.bsky.social. Excited to be part of such a great lit mag ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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This is happening tonight. Excited about it.
On 22 Dec at 5pm CET, I will run a small online event on how to use my lit mag rankings for submitting to journals. This event is for those: (i) new to submitting; and/or (ii) not comfortable with spreadsheets.
The event will be FREE but there are only 10 spots - sign up below!
The event will be FREE but there are only 10 spots - sign up below!
December 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This is happening tonight. Excited about it.
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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
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Please help us congratulate our @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominees! @ladiwoods.bsky.social @robinwilder.bsky.social @amorak.bsky.social @kellathornton.bsky.social & @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social
It’s an honor—thank you, @offbeatlit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
We're pleased to announce our 2026 Best Microfiction nominees this morning.
Good luck to Jeffrey Hermann and Christopher Grady!
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Good luck to Jeffrey Hermann and Christopher Grady!
thedisappointedhousewife.com/2025/12/08/b...
a cartoon of snoopy , lucy , and linus saying hooray ! yippy !
ALT: a cartoon of snoopy , lucy , and linus saying hooray ! yippy !
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December 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It’s an honor—thank you, @offbeatlit.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Goods words and music here 🌟
something new - your M7 Friday Five
five albums, five stories (one fav!)
www.major7mag.com/post/friday-...
five albums, five stories (one fav!)
www.major7mag.com/post/friday-...
Friday Five: December 5, 2025
New experiment on Fives and Favs.
www.major7mag.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Goods words and music here 🌟
"You Can Be Something Different Today You Say to Yourself Again Today" @trampset.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"You Can Be Something Different Today You Say to Yourself Again Today" @trampset.bsky.social
Thank you @trampset.bsky.social for including this in the new issue 💙⭐️💙⭐️
"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"
trampset.org/you-can-be-s...
@jeffreyhermann.bsky.social's "You Can Be Something Different Today You Say to Yourself Today Again"
trampset.org/you-can-be-s...
You Can Be Something Different Today You Say to Yourself Again Today
by Jeffrey Hermann
trampset.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thank you @trampset.bsky.social for including this in the new issue 💙⭐️💙⭐️
Sex Pistols playing in the dentist waiting room. Things have changed.
December 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sex Pistols playing in the dentist waiting room. Things have changed.
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say this every time, but every time it is a treat to get to feature and share new work from HAD fave Julián Martinez!
"She forgives my lack of communication! I forgive her lack of decision-making! We get to focus on the ways we make our hearts go BOOM!"
https://www.havehashad.com/r9bng
"She forgives my lack of communication! I forgive her lack of decision-making! We get to focus on the ways we make our hearts go BOOM!"
https://www.havehashad.com/r9bng
Wake Forest by Julián Martinez
My fiancée’s been hired by the women’s basketball team at Wake Forest University to give a motivational speech! Her first big money break since she left the medical field two years ago! She’s…
www.havehashad.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
say this every time, but every time it is a treat to get to feature and share new work from HAD fave Julián Martinez!
"She forgives my lack of communication! I forgive her lack of decision-making! We get to focus on the ways we make our hearts go BOOM!"
https://www.havehashad.com/r9bng
"She forgives my lack of communication! I forgive her lack of decision-making! We get to focus on the ways we make our hearts go BOOM!"
https://www.havehashad.com/r9bng
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This month's #Mondettes picked by
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
Shome Dasgupta
⚡Ten wonderful flash fictions
🔍Ten splashes of analysis as to why Shome made these brilliant picks
🪴Three fantastic prompts to get you writing
mondettes.substack.com/p/november-2...
November 2025
Ten stories picked by Shome Dasgupta
mondettes.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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What does "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked" mean? @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social asked and of course a bunch of writers took the bait. Check out the whole issue--it's really great: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
Here's one of my contributions.
Here's one of my contributions.
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
What does "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked" mean? @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social asked and of course a bunch of writers took the bait. Check out the whole issue--it's really great: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
Here's one of my contributions.
Here's one of my contributions.
Howdy
Cowboy Jamboree's Fall issue is live y'all.
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
We're kicking off our 11th (!) year with "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." The theme was inspired by a Slim Hand lyric & these writers took it in all kinds of cool directions.
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/hidden-behin...
Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked.
fall 2025 issue 11.1 "Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked." Where'd this fall's theme come from? It's a James "Slim" Hand lyric from a song about sitting in a bar in the corner at a table by a.....
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Howdy
amazing
new new: "Whalefall," by Kimberly Potthast: wigleaf.com
w i g l e a f : (very) short fiction
An online journal of very short fictions -- under 1000 words.
wigleaf.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
amazing
good morning
DST means an extra hour and so gonna make this call ~an hour — and not TOO overwhelmed with subs yet — so submissions will close at 8:30am ET
let that lessen or heighten your stress as you see fit
let that lessen or heighten your stress as you see fit
an extra hour this morning! what if I fill it with a 30-60 minute spontaneous submission call??
— @aaronburch.bsky.social
open now:
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/1cad7...
— @aaronburch.bsky.social
open now:
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/1cad7...
November 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
good morning
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This was a great conversation—I got one video game and two book recommendations, some super helpful writing advice, and cool background inspiration for Amber’s new novel, Happy People Don’t Live Here, which is on my nightstand. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
So excited to be back on the show after 13 YEARS! Thank you to Brad for having me on to talk about the book
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@ambersparks.bsky.social returns to the show celebrating the publication of her debut novel HAPPY PEOPLE DON'T LIVE HERE (@liveright.bsky.social), a story of a mother and a daughter, of magic and mystery, ghosts and grief.
🎧 Available wherever you get your podcasts.
@ambersparks.bsky.social returns to the show celebrating the publication of her debut novel HAPPY PEOPLE DON'T LIVE HERE (@liveright.bsky.social), a story of a mother and a daughter, of magic and mystery, ghosts and grief.
🎧 Available wherever you get your podcasts.
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This was a great conversation—I got one video game and two book recommendations, some super helpful writing advice, and cool background inspiration for Amber’s new novel, Happy People Don’t Live Here, which is on my nightstand. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Want to believe (in everything)? Read this @keersteemack.bsky.social story.
got a new story in @xraylitmag.bsky.social about grifters and faith
you can read it here if you want to xo xraylitmag.com/portrait-of-...
you can read it here if you want to xo xraylitmag.com/portrait-of-...
PORTRAIT OF YOU IN FIVE PSYCHICS by Kirsti MacKenzie
First guy says: you’re gonna see a UFO. Like, BOOM. He lays this on me. Right now you’re probably thinking well, if that doesn’t torpedo the whole thing for you. But it didn’t. Okay? It didn’t. I sat ...
xraylitmag.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Want to believe (in everything)? Read this @keersteemack.bsky.social story.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
This flash is so good. Man.
"...I'm overcome with the sudden certainty that she'll vanish, the door transporting her to the moon or Siberia. But before my fear can get away from me, she's already through."
"Door in the Woods" by @iamchrisscott.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
"Door in the Woods" by @iamchrisscott.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝
Door in the Woods by Chris Scott
Sarah is hiking up ahead of me, so she’s the first to see it. She goes around the bend, says “Hey now,” and stops in her tracks. Then I see it, too. Right there in the middle of the trail is a sing…
okaydonkeymag.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This flash is so good. Man.
These small @ezhang77.bsky.social poems are actually giant poems.
Thrilled to have three tiny poems up on @havehashad.com!
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/amp...
Here’s one:
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/amp...
Here’s one:
October 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
These small @ezhang77.bsky.social poems are actually giant poems.
Good adivce for those of us with an associate's degree from an accredited two-year institution.
"From a certain perspective everything looks like math but if you pay attention to the subtext it says to work on being charming and go into sales..."
Thanks @rfpress.bsky.social 😍
"From a certain perspective everything looks like math but if you pay attention to the subtext it says to work on being charming and go into sales..."
Thanks @rfpress.bsky.social 😍
We have some wildly great micro in this edition. Case in point, “Notes for a Community College Commencement Speech” by @jeffreyhermann.bsky.social is part of “Six Little Ones”. It’s some real talk about choices or if we even have one. Read it here.
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/six-lit...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/six-lit...
October 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Good adivce for those of us with an associate's degree from an accredited two-year institution.
"From a certain perspective everything looks like math but if you pay attention to the subtext it says to work on being charming and go into sales..."
Thanks @rfpress.bsky.social 😍
"From a certain perspective everything looks like math but if you pay attention to the subtext it says to work on being charming and go into sales..."
Thanks @rfpress.bsky.social 😍
Very honored — thanks @bruisermag.com ⭐️
October 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Very honored — thanks @bruisermag.com ⭐️