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
Pinned
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.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Reposted by Joshua Jones Lofflin
Who needs an eerie story for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Contributor @jjlofflin.bsky.social has a new piece published in @flashfrog.bsky.social ✨. Find it here: buff.ly/l8vKwCk
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Who needs an eerie story for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Contributor @jjlofflin.bsky.social has a new piece published in @flashfrog.bsky.social ✨. Find it here: buff.ly/l8vKwCk
ICYMI - I've got a flash up in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social this week.
Just in case you want to read about mimes, sax solos, & incontinent goats, among other plagues.
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lofflin/t...
Just in case you want to read about mimes, sax solos, & incontinent goats, among other plagues.
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lofflin/t...
The Box | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
ICYMI - I've got a flash up in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social this week.
Just in case you want to read about mimes, sax solos, & incontinent goats, among other plagues.
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lofflin/t...
Just in case you want to read about mimes, sax solos, & incontinent goats, among other plagues.
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lofflin/t...
“Last Thursday, for example, I stuck my head in the oven and waited for death; but instead I grew wings, flew to Heaven, and killed God. It was a whole thing.”
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 12:54 PM
“Last Thursday, for example, I stuck my head in the oven and waited for death; but instead I grew wings, flew to Heaven, and killed God. It was a whole thing.”
"The castle sways more and more, and the father says they must remain diligent. No cutting corners. Each floor must be stronger than the last."
NEW STORY⚡️🐸
“Digging Toward the Sun” by @andrew-maynard.bsky.social is now up!
Art by Franziska Hofhansel
flash-frog.com/2025/11/03/d...
“Digging Toward the Sun” by @andrew-maynard.bsky.social is now up!
Art by Franziska Hofhansel
flash-frog.com/2025/11/03/d...
Digging Toward the Sun by Andrew Maynard
Two boys build a sand castle at the edge of the earth. Their father watches at a distance, pushing his toes into the sand. It’s not actually quiet—thunderous waves folding in on themselves, wind bl…
flash-frog.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"The castle sways more and more, and the father says they must remain diligent. No cutting corners. Each floor must be stronger than the last."
I have a little piece up at one of my favorite journals today. Many thanks to the good folks at matchbook for giving it a home.
"The producers knew they had a hit even before the first episode."
New fiction: "The Box" by Joshua Jones Lofflin aka @jjlofflin.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lofflin/t...
New fiction: "The Box" by Joshua Jones Lofflin aka @jjlofflin.bsky.social
www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/lofflin/t...
The Box | matchbook
www.matchbooklitmag.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I have a little piece up at one of my favorite journals today. Many thanks to the good folks at matchbook for giving it a home.
Holy fuck this book delivers
October 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Holy fuck this book delivers
“You know us.
We are the original gang of tiny plastic babies.”
What a delight to wake up to @janstinchcomb.bsky.social’s gang in my inbox
We are the original gang of tiny plastic babies.”
What a delight to wake up to @janstinchcomb.bsky.social’s gang in my inbox
Our October issue is here and ready to CREEP. YOU. OUT.
Many thanks to @janstinchcomb.bsky.social for setting the atmosphere with this story & to Kate Voronina for putting such a delightfully horrific face on it. 💚 🖤
Read the full story ➡️ www.paranoidtree.com/read/vol-58
Many thanks to @janstinchcomb.bsky.social for setting the atmosphere with this story & to Kate Voronina for putting such a delightfully horrific face on it. 💚 🖤
Read the full story ➡️ www.paranoidtree.com/read/vol-58
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“You know us.
We are the original gang of tiny plastic babies.”
What a delight to wake up to @janstinchcomb.bsky.social’s gang in my inbox
We are the original gang of tiny plastic babies.”
What a delight to wake up to @janstinchcomb.bsky.social’s gang in my inbox
“Sometimes he dreamed he was the prey and sometimes he dreamed he was the predator, hungry and quiet in the dark, and what he wanted to be was a secret third thing that was neither hunter nor hunted.”
we have a weird mobius strip of a story by Brittany Terwilliger @brttnyblm.bsky.social !
a hunter shoots a deer & is instantly reborn as a deer himself. a beautifully written piece -- i love its focus on "the laws of consumption"
xraylitmag.com/strange-is-t...
a hunter shoots a deer & is instantly reborn as a deer himself. a beautifully written piece -- i love its focus on "the laws of consumption"
xraylitmag.com/strange-is-t...
STRANGE IS THE MEAT by Brittany Terwilliger
As his bolt pierced the deer’s flesh, Nathan felt himself reduce, his body contracting into a dark, wet mass. He clenched against the blinding light, choking on snorts as he plopped onto a leafy patch...
xraylitmag.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“Sometimes he dreamed he was the prey and sometimes he dreamed he was the predator, hungry and quiet in the dark, and what he wanted to be was a secret third thing that was neither hunter nor hunted.”
NY friends, check out the launch for ECO24!
YOU'RE INVITED to an ECO24 launch party! 🥂🎉
Join authors @louisevans.bsky.social and Kay Vaindal at Lofty Pigeon Books on Nov. 18th for reading, conversation, and signings to celebrate ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction! Reserve your spot; RSVP below!⬇️
www.eventbrite.com/e/louis-evan...
Join authors @louisevans.bsky.social and Kay Vaindal at Lofty Pigeon Books on Nov. 18th for reading, conversation, and signings to celebrate ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction! Reserve your spot; RSVP below!⬇️
www.eventbrite.com/e/louis-evan...
October 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
NY friends, check out the launch for ECO24!
Reposted by Joshua Jones Lofflin
A remake of Streetcar Named Desire set in outerspace would be called Interstella.
October 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A remake of Streetcar Named Desire set in outerspace would be called Interstella.
“Creature arrived at the farm this morning with the sky waking in wounded red, and all the cows were lying down in the field and the hairs on his arm, soft and spare as a woman’s, were standing on end.”
I love this flash by @thehagsoup.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social
I love this flash by @thehagsoup.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social
FLASH FROGTOBER👻🐸
“Creatures of the EZ-STOP” by @thehagsoup.bsky.social is now up!
Art by Sandy Little
flash-frog.com/2025/10/20/c...
“Creatures of the EZ-STOP” by @thehagsoup.bsky.social is now up!
Art by Sandy Little
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Creatures of the EZ-STOP by Janice Leadingham
Creature calls himself Creature because everyone else does and his mama says it’s better to be in on the joke. Creature looks just like his dead daddy but his mama is really beautiful and that has …
flash-frog.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
“Creature arrived at the farm this morning with the sky waking in wounded red, and all the cows were lying down in the field and the hairs on his arm, soft and spare as a woman’s, were standing on end.”
I love this flash by @thehagsoup.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social
I love this flash by @thehagsoup.bsky.social in @flashfrog.bsky.social
Reposted by Joshua Jones Lofflin
No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
No Kings.
“Bits of shell are your only tenants, though even these are few, as if everything living or that once grew life was swallowed by the night.”
New micro is in the latest issue of @south85journal.bsky.social! Lots of great writers in this issue.
This piece came from a @kathyfish.bsky.social prompt many years ago. Always grateful for her wisdom.
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This piece came from a @kathyfish.bsky.social prompt many years ago. Always grateful for her wisdom.
www.south85journal.com/to-the-empty...
October 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“Bits of shell are your only tenants, though even these are few, as if everything living or that once grew life was swallowed by the night.”
I keep obsessing over the khachapuri I ate last December in Prague. I so need a Georgian restaurant to open near me.
October 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I keep obsessing over the khachapuri I ate last December in Prague. I so need a Georgian restaurant to open near me.
Reposted by Joshua Jones Lofflin
Creepy in the best possible way!!!!
I have a little Spooky Season piece for everyone up in @flashfrog.bsky.social. Hope you enjoy. A big thanks to @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this a home.
flash-frog.com/2025/10/13/n...
flash-frog.com/2025/10/13/n...
Night is a Mouth with No Shape by Joshua Jones Lofflin
There’s the fog, always, a mist that clings to the girl’s legs. She walks along this darkened highway—not a real highway, but a narrow stretch of pitted asphalt with hardly any shoulder. Cars sweep…
flash-frog.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Creepy in the best possible way!!!!
Reposted by Joshua Jones Lofflin
"What if time itself is a kind of wound?" Joshua Jones Lofflin is our featured author this week. Read @jjlofflin.bsky.social's interview that accompanies his award-winning story. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...
Smoke Signals with Joshua Jones Lofflin - SmokeLong Quarterly
This story won the SmokeLong Summer Standalone Flash competition—congratulations! I know you (like me) are a SmokeLong Fitness groupie. What prompt did you write this story for (if any)? What feedback...
www.smokelong.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"What if time itself is a kind of wound?" Joshua Jones Lofflin is our featured author this week. Read @jjlofflin.bsky.social's interview that accompanies his award-winning story. www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...
Reposted by Joshua Jones Lofflin
FLASH FROGTOBER 👻🐸
“Night is a Mouth with No Shape” by @jjlofflin.bsky.social is now up!
Art by @olaal-fateh.bsky.social
flash-frog.com/2025/10/13/n...
“Night is a Mouth with No Shape” by @jjlofflin.bsky.social is now up!
Art by @olaal-fateh.bsky.social
flash-frog.com/2025/10/13/n...
Night is a Mouth with No Shape by Joshua Jones Lofflin
There’s the fog, always, a mist that clings to the girl’s legs. She walks along this darkened highway—not a real highway, but a narrow stretch of pitted asphalt with hardly any shoulder. Cars sweep…
flash-frog.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
FLASH FROGTOBER 👻🐸
“Night is a Mouth with No Shape” by @jjlofflin.bsky.social is now up!
Art by @olaal-fateh.bsky.social
flash-frog.com/2025/10/13/n...
“Night is a Mouth with No Shape” by @jjlofflin.bsky.social is now up!
Art by @olaal-fateh.bsky.social
flash-frog.com/2025/10/13/n...
I have a little Spooky Season piece for everyone up in @flashfrog.bsky.social. Hope you enjoy. A big thanks to @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this a home.
flash-frog.com/2025/10/13/n...
flash-frog.com/2025/10/13/n...
Night is a Mouth with No Shape by Joshua Jones Lofflin
There’s the fog, always, a mist that clings to the girl’s legs. She walks along this darkened highway—not a real highway, but a narrow stretch of pitted asphalt with hardly any shoulder. Cars sweep…
flash-frog.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I have a little Spooky Season piece for everyone up in @flashfrog.bsky.social. Hope you enjoy. A big thanks to @ericscottryon.bsky.social for giving this a home.
flash-frog.com/2025/10/13/n...
flash-frog.com/2025/10/13/n...
“But what did I know? I was just saying a word in real life that I’d only heard in movies”
New micro from @kimmagowan.bsky.social !
New micro from @kimmagowan.bsky.social !
I have a new story in awesome @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social! Many thanks to Jeff Harvey for publishing this micro, and @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social fpr the prompt that generated this micro. (And Mike is in this issue too, yay!).
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Instead of Going to My Father's Funeral - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
Photo by boris misevic on Unsplash by Kim Magowan I went to a bar called (I kid you not) The Last Chance Saloon, and ordered a double. “A double what?” said the bartender, wearily, and so I said “A do...
gooseberry-pie.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“But what did I know? I was just saying a word in real life that I’d only heard in movies”
New micro from @kimmagowan.bsky.social !
New micro from @kimmagowan.bsky.social !
Y’all, it actually has veins 😬
October 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Y’all, it actually has veins 😬
Nothing like the sounds of strange scrapes and scratchings coming from the attic to usher in Spooky Season. 😱
October 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Nothing like the sounds of strange scrapes and scratchings coming from the attic to usher in Spooky Season. 😱
"I loved a man I would have to leave. (Or: I loved a man because I would have to leave.) (Or: Because I had to leave this man, I would always love him.)"
the longing in this excellent piece from @dinalrelles.bsky.social
the longing in this excellent piece from @dinalrelles.bsky.social
it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home.
you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures
you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures
October 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"I loved a man I would have to leave. (Or: I loved a man because I would have to leave.) (Or: Because I had to leave this man, I would always love him.)"
the longing in this excellent piece from @dinalrelles.bsky.social
the longing in this excellent piece from @dinalrelles.bsky.social