Joshua Jones Lofflin
@jjlofflin.bsky.social
Writer
Work in Best of the Net, The Best Microfiction, The Best Small Fictions, The Cincinnati Review, CRAFT, SmokeLong Quarterly, Wigleaf…
Links to work on my site: jjlofflin.com
Work in Best of the Net, The Best Microfiction, The Best Small Fictions, The Cincinnati Review, CRAFT, SmokeLong Quarterly, Wigleaf…
Links to work on my site: jjlofflin.com
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In the Waiting Room – Best of the Net
bestofthenetanthology.com
I’m still pinching myself that my small story is in this year’s Best of the Net alongside so many amazing pieces. Many thanks to the good folks at COMP for nominating it.
bestofthenetanthology.com/2025-2/2025-...
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We're open for your submission and your submissions and your missions and your subs, of all sorts.
February 15, 2026 at 4:13 PM
We're open for your submission and your submissions and your missions and your subs, of all sorts.
@outlooksprings.bsky.social is opening soon and they’re brilliant
Asking for a friend: markets for literary SF/speculative short fiction?
February 12, 2026 at 5:59 PM
@outlooksprings.bsky.social is opening soon and they’re brilliant
Oh god. I’d forgotten how terrible (and how long) tv commercials are.
February 7, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Oh god. I’d forgotten how terrible (and how long) tv commercials are.
“the seventh girl, Nancy, is the board, Nancy is our favorite, she’s literally begging for a party of demons to come inside”
New sizzling witchy flash from @aniking.bsky.social
New sizzling witchy flash from @aniking.bsky.social
Was I obsessed with The Craft as 90s teen and former Pentecostal preacher’s kid? Yes. Can you tell when you read this story? Also yes. Drafted and workshopped in @smokelong.bsky.social fitness, please enjoy Nancy :) www.virgovenuspress.com/press/nancy-...
nancy is our favorite place to party — virgo venus press
Three floors up and two apartments over there are six girls chanting light as a feather stiff as a board, light as a feather stiff as a board , one of the girls yawns and says you mean flat as a boa...
www.virgovenuspress.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:33 PM
“the seventh girl, Nancy, is the board, Nancy is our favorite, she’s literally begging for a party of demons to come inside”
New sizzling witchy flash from @aniking.bsky.social
New sizzling witchy flash from @aniking.bsky.social
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Absolutely appalling. The ICE thugs responsible for this brutal attack on Alberto Castañeda Mondragón must be held accountable. Please read the whole article.
"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
apnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Absolutely appalling. The ICE thugs responsible for this brutal attack on Alberto Castañeda Mondragón must be held accountable. Please read the whole article.
“She left her job at the armory after giving two weeks’ notice, which puts a wrench in the sudden aspect of the narrative. Suddenness is, perhaps, a subjective attribute.”
"She left suddenly. That's what we said when the police asked."
New fiction: "She Left Suddenly" by Zelda Knapp aka @parlorspider.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/knapp/she...
New fiction: "She Left Suddenly" by Zelda Knapp aka @parlorspider.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/knapp/she...
She Left Suddenly | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
“She left her job at the armory after giving two weeks’ notice, which puts a wrench in the sudden aspect of the narrative. Suddenness is, perhaps, a subjective attribute.”
“Once, the island beyond the city belonged to wolves.”
an apocalyptic banger from @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
an apocalyptic banger from @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
"NO WOLVES ON LONG ISLAND" in the latest issue of Raw Lit Mag!!! The apocalypse, wolves, and what a mother will do to protect her son.
rawlit.weebly.com/8_6.html?fbc...
rawlit.weebly.com/8_6.html?fbc...
8_6
Victor Georgakopoulos is a nineteen-year-old Political Science student who likes to sketch.
rawlit.weebly.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:50 PM
“Once, the island beyond the city belonged to wolves.”
an apocalyptic banger from @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
an apocalyptic banger from @marioaliberto3.bsky.social
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Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
Reposted by Joshua Jones Lofflin
Reposted by Joshua Jones Lofflin
Reposted by Joshua Jones Lofflin
Reminder that Nazi soldiers were tried and convicted of war crimes after World War II. These ICE thugs must be held accountable for the murders they have committed.
January 24, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Reminder that Nazi soldiers were tried and convicted of war crimes after World War II. These ICE thugs must be held accountable for the murders they have committed.
“She closed her eyes, hands resting on the egg’s box, and pictured a tiny man curled inside the shell. He resembled Wyatt, in khaki slacks and a pastel button-up”
@ellenrhudy.bsky.social does corporate dystopia so well.
@ellenrhudy.bsky.social does corporate dystopia so well.
New piece out in @southeastreview.bsky.social, all about egg babies! First fiction pub in…three years? www.southeastreview.org/single-post/...
43.2 Ellen Rhudy
The Egg Baby Lena was late, and unconcerned by this fact until she reached the conference room, laptop and phones stacked precariously in her arms, and saw that every other woman in the office had man...
www.southeastreview.org
January 24, 2026 at 5:41 PM
“She closed her eyes, hands resting on the egg’s box, and pictured a tiny man curled inside the shell. He resembled Wyatt, in khaki slacks and a pastel button-up”
@ellenrhudy.bsky.social does corporate dystopia so well.
@ellenrhudy.bsky.social does corporate dystopia so well.
“Maybe humans, too, are governed by Newton’s first law. They remain in motion, follow a straight line, keep doing what they’ve always done.”
@dinalrelles.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/me...
@dinalrelles.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/me...
Mechanical Pencils | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 PM
“Maybe humans, too, are governed by Newton’s first law. They remain in motion, follow a straight line, keep doing what they’ve always done.”
@dinalrelles.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/me...
@dinalrelles.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/me...
The most recent:
Bishop Allen & Mates of State
The Flaming Lips
Rilo Kiley
Pulp
DeVotchKa
Bishop Allen & Mates of State
The Flaming Lips
Rilo Kiley
Pulp
DeVotchKa
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
MC Hammer
Neurosis
Kid Rock
Odd Future
Jonas Brothers
Demi Lovato
MC Hammer
Neurosis
Kid Rock
Odd Future
Jonas Brothers
Demi Lovato
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Natalie Merchant
Green Day
Vampire Weekend
Parliament
Jonathan Richman
Natalie Merchant
Green Day
Vampire Weekend
Parliament
Jonathan Richman
January 21, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The most recent:
Bishop Allen & Mates of State
The Flaming Lips
Rilo Kiley
Pulp
DeVotchKa
Bishop Allen & Mates of State
The Flaming Lips
Rilo Kiley
Pulp
DeVotchKa
Many thanks to the good folks at trampset for nominating my story!
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 ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Many thanks to the good folks at trampset for nominating my story!
"The mouth of the mother is the mouth of a wolf."
this prose poem by @tearley.bsky.social is 🔥
poets.org/poem/vacatio...
this prose poem by @tearley.bsky.social is 🔥
poets.org/poem/vacatio...
January 12, 2026 at 5:31 PM
"The mouth of the mother is the mouth of a wolf."
this prose poem by @tearley.bsky.social is 🔥
poets.org/poem/vacatio...
this prose poem by @tearley.bsky.social is 🔥
poets.org/poem/vacatio...
“I will tell them that their mother is training to be a witch, that if they look up at the moon on a cloudless night they might just spot me flying across it on a broom”
This @ruthjoffre.bsky.social micro is so good.
This @ruthjoffre.bsky.social micro is so good.
"If they ask where I go at night, I won’t tell them about the second job I had to pick up this winter..."
New fiction: "One of the Lies I Tell My Children" by Ruth Joffre aka @ruthjoffre.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/joffre/on...
New fiction: "One of the Lies I Tell My Children" by Ruth Joffre aka @ruthjoffre.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/joffre/on...
One of the Lies I Tell My Children | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
“I will tell them that their mother is training to be a witch, that if they look up at the moon on a cloudless night they might just spot me flying across it on a broom”
This @ruthjoffre.bsky.social micro is so good.
This @ruthjoffre.bsky.social micro is so good.
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This story made it onto the recommendations list for The Best Horror of the Year: Vol. 17, edited by Ellen Datlow.
It's always nice to be recognized alongside such great writers.
www.houseofgamut.com/magazine/dat...
It's always nice to be recognized alongside such great writers.
www.houseofgamut.com/magazine/dat...
Date Night - House of Gamut
Nobody thinks of the mother, given the babysitter’s ordeal. The mother, still young, is counting on dinner and a movie with her husband. It is the best time of her life—the children aren’t babies anym...
www.houseofgamut.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:01 PM
This story made it onto the recommendations list for The Best Horror of the Year: Vol. 17, edited by Ellen Datlow.
It's always nice to be recognized alongside such great writers.
www.houseofgamut.com/magazine/dat...
It's always nice to be recognized alongside such great writers.
www.houseofgamut.com/magazine/dat...
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While I was gone @jjlofflin.bsky.social published this weird and wonderful piece. You should really make time for it.
My final publication of the year. Thanks to Gotham and to all the generous publishers who gave my work a home this year.
And a huge thank you to everyone who read and enjoyed my weird little stories.
www.gothamliterature.nyc/content/jame...
And a huge thank you to everyone who read and enjoyed my weird little stories.
www.gothamliterature.nyc/content/jame...
James Hook Reflects on the Miraculous Restoration of His Right Hand | GOTHAM LITERATURE
www.gothamliterature.nyc
January 3, 2026 at 4:25 AM
While I was gone @jjlofflin.bsky.social published this weird and wonderful piece. You should really make time for it.
New Year’s Eve plans
January 1, 2026 at 1:31 AM
New Year’s Eve plans
“Be stranger. Embrace your particular oddness. Don’t give up your obsessions. They are dear to you: they are what make your work original.”
-Elizabeth McCracken, from A Long Game
(I just started this book and it’s brilliant so far.)
-Elizabeth McCracken, from A Long Game
(I just started this book and it’s brilliant so far.)
December 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“Be stranger. Embrace your particular oddness. Don’t give up your obsessions. They are dear to you: they are what make your work original.”
-Elizabeth McCracken, from A Long Game
(I just started this book and it’s brilliant so far.)
-Elizabeth McCracken, from A Long Game
(I just started this book and it’s brilliant so far.)
Reposted by Joshua Jones Lofflin
Check out one of our 2025 Fiction Selections, "In the Waiting Room" by @jjlofflin.bsky.social (COMP: an interdisciplinary journal) selected by Ben Tanzer on bestofthenetanthology.com/2025-2/2025-fiction/in-the-waiting-room/
#bestofthenetanthology #fictionwriting #finalist
#bestofthenetanthology #fictionwriting #finalist
December 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Check out one of our 2025 Fiction Selections, "In the Waiting Room" by @jjlofflin.bsky.social (COMP: an interdisciplinary journal) selected by Ben Tanzer on bestofthenetanthology.com/2025-2/2025-fiction/in-the-waiting-room/
#bestofthenetanthology #fictionwriting #finalist
#bestofthenetanthology #fictionwriting #finalist
“One night after closing, I said to the kid, we should go sledding at the golf course. And I could tell he was being suspicious of this, it being two o’clock in the morning”
I always love Kathy’s work, and this hits with every line.
I always love Kathy’s work, and this hits with every line.
I worked for many weeks on this story, playing with the present continuous tense which, I think, locked my sad narrator into a particular time and place in a way that pleased my ear. Sharing it here, along with the gorgeous illustration by Kaylan Stedman Friedman. ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
The Saddest Fuckers of All — Ghost Parachute
I am needing a prescription for the Pill. I can no longer use Student Health due to living in a new town and not being a student anymore. I am telling this to the kid as he is rolling out pizza dough ...
ghostparachute.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“One night after closing, I said to the kid, we should go sledding at the golf course. And I could tell he was being suspicious of this, it being two o’clock in the morning”
I always love Kathy’s work, and this hits with every line.
I always love Kathy’s work, and this hits with every line.
My final publication of the year. Thanks to Gotham and to all the generous publishers who gave my work a home this year.
And a huge thank you to everyone who read and enjoyed my weird little stories.
www.gothamliterature.nyc/content/jame...
And a huge thank you to everyone who read and enjoyed my weird little stories.
www.gothamliterature.nyc/content/jame...
James Hook Reflects on the Miraculous Restoration of His Right Hand | GOTHAM LITERATURE
www.gothamliterature.nyc
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
My final publication of the year. Thanks to Gotham and to all the generous publishers who gave my work a home this year.
And a huge thank you to everyone who read and enjoyed my weird little stories.
www.gothamliterature.nyc/content/jame...
And a huge thank you to everyone who read and enjoyed my weird little stories.
www.gothamliterature.nyc/content/jame...
Reposted by Joshua Jones Lofflin
