trampset
@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.
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I just read “A New Kind of Dan” by @kylerseibel.bsky.social in Best Small Fictions 2024 (originally in @trampset.bsky.social), and loved it so much. The ending is perfect. Sorry I’m so late to this one, but if you haven’t read it… trampset.org/a-new-kind-o...
A New Kind of Dan
by Kyle Seibel
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November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I just read “A New Kind of Dan” by @kylerseibel.bsky.social in Best Small Fictions 2024 (originally in @trampset.bsky.social), and loved it so much. The ending is perfect. Sorry I’m so late to this one, but if you haven’t read it… trampset.org/a-new-kind-o...
October submission stats:
375 received
7 accepted
1.87% acceptance rate
We're currently reading for the Dec issue. See guidelines & consider subbing. Free to sub; $30/piece accepted.
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375 received
7 accepted
1.87% acceptance rate
We're currently reading for the Dec issue. See guidelines & consider subbing. Free to sub; $30/piece accepted.
trampset.org/submissions-...
Submissions
Thank you for your interest in trampset. We are looking for…
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November 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
October submission stats:
375 received
7 accepted
1.87% acceptance rate
We're currently reading for the Dec issue. See guidelines & consider subbing. Free to sub; $30/piece accepted.
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375 received
7 accepted
1.87% acceptance rate
We're currently reading for the Dec issue. See guidelines & consider subbing. Free to sub; $30/piece accepted.
trampset.org/submissions-...
"Normally, disassembling isn’t so dramatic. Tag comes over. We make out, have sex. And sometimes, we remove each other’s limbs and reattach them."
Sara Kaplan-Cunningham's "Reassembling"
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Sara Kaplan-Cunningham's "Reassembling"
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Reassembling
by Sara Kaplan-Cunningham
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October 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Normally, disassembling isn’t so dramatic. Tag comes over. We make out, have sex. And sometimes, we remove each other’s limbs and reattach them."
Sara Kaplan-Cunningham's "Reassembling"
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Sara Kaplan-Cunningham's "Reassembling"
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"Endings are as simple as this, cynical, like the full stop after every lavish gasp."
Genaro Emiliano Aguilar Saucillo's "Acid"
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Genaro Emiliano Aguilar Saucillo's "Acid"
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Acid
by Genaro Emiliano Aguilar Saucillo
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October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Endings are as simple as this, cynical, like the full stop after every lavish gasp."
Genaro Emiliano Aguilar Saucillo's "Acid"
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Genaro Emiliano Aguilar Saucillo's "Acid"
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"The skin of time is made of light. And I saw it the day my mother cut my lip in a fit of rage."
@abhii106.bsky.social's "Wound"
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@abhii106.bsky.social's "Wound"
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Wound
by Abhinav
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October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"The skin of time is made of light. And I saw it the day my mother cut my lip in a fit of rage."
@abhii106.bsky.social's "Wound"
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@abhii106.bsky.social's "Wound"
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"You had no idea all the ways life can break you, and wouldn’t you give anything to have that ignorance back?"
@mmkaufman.bsky.social's "The Carwash Essay"
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@mmkaufman.bsky.social's "The Carwash Essay"
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The Carwash Essay
by M.M. Kaufman
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October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"You had no idea all the ways life can break you, and wouldn’t you give anything to have that ignorance back?"
@mmkaufman.bsky.social's "The Carwash Essay"
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@mmkaufman.bsky.social's "The Carwash Essay"
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"I am a disappointment: to my mother for not cleaning
my room, to my ex-husband for not obeying, to my now-husband for being depressed"
@sainttangerine.bsky.social's "Outside My Son's Therapist's Office"
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my room, to my ex-husband for not obeying, to my now-husband for being depressed"
@sainttangerine.bsky.social's "Outside My Son's Therapist's Office"
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Outside My Son’s Therapist’s Office
by Sara Quinn Rivara
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October 31, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"I am a disappointment: to my mother for not cleaning
my room, to my ex-husband for not obeying, to my now-husband for being depressed"
@sainttangerine.bsky.social's "Outside My Son's Therapist's Office"
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my room, to my ex-husband for not obeying, to my now-husband for being depressed"
@sainttangerine.bsky.social's "Outside My Son's Therapist's Office"
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"A boy proposes his love to his lover. Somewhere else, a wife proposes her agony to her husband."
Ridwan Fasasi's "Simultaneous Events"
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Ridwan Fasasi's "Simultaneous Events"
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Simultaneous Events
by Ridwan Fasasi
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October 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"A boy proposes his love to his lover. Somewhere else, a wife proposes her agony to her husband."
Ridwan Fasasi's "Simultaneous Events"
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Ridwan Fasasi's "Simultaneous Events"
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"What we sell here wears itself drop-waisted, accordion-pleated in rust, gradients of blacklisted thrift rubble."
@connorharding.bsky.social's "The Curiosity Shop"
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@connorharding.bsky.social's "The Curiosity Shop"
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The Curiosity Shop
by Connor Harding
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October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"What we sell here wears itself drop-waisted, accordion-pleated in rust, gradients of blacklisted thrift rubble."
@connorharding.bsky.social's "The Curiosity Shop"
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@connorharding.bsky.social's "The Curiosity Shop"
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"We held the light at the wrong slant, the cousins and I, like forgetting to floss our teeth or close the faucet. Someone dear to us had gone."
@hellbends.bsky.social's "Dear Little Mortuary"
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@hellbends.bsky.social's "Dear Little Mortuary"
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Dear Little Mortuary
by Elisa Luna Ady
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October 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"We held the light at the wrong slant, the cousins and I, like forgetting to floss our teeth or close the faucet. Someone dear to us had gone."
@hellbends.bsky.social's "Dear Little Mortuary"
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@hellbends.bsky.social's "Dear Little Mortuary"
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"Pedro and I slipped out through his bedroom window
to light a joint, standing on his neighbour’s gable roof."
@halfmoonmocha.bsky.social's "Two memories of the city"
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to light a joint, standing on his neighbour’s gable roof."
@halfmoonmocha.bsky.social's "Two memories of the city"
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Two memories of the city
by Debmalya Bandyopadhyay
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October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"Pedro and I slipped out through his bedroom window
to light a joint, standing on his neighbour’s gable roof."
@halfmoonmocha.bsky.social's "Two memories of the city"
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to light a joint, standing on his neighbour’s gable roof."
@halfmoonmocha.bsky.social's "Two memories of the city"
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"I am the cool fizz of prosecco sliding down one’s throat during the golden hour. The chartreuse velvet couch we make out on after eating Vietnamese take-out."
@kellathornton.bsky.social's "Green"
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@kellathornton.bsky.social's "Green"
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Green
by Michaella Thornton
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October 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"I am the cool fizz of prosecco sliding down one’s throat during the golden hour. The chartreuse velvet couch we make out on after eating Vietnamese take-out."
@kellathornton.bsky.social's "Green"
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@kellathornton.bsky.social's "Green"
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Our Oct issue is now live! Featuring @kellathornton.bsky.social @halfmoonmocha.bsky.social @hellbends.bsky.social @connorharding.bsky.social Ridwan Fasasi, @sainttangerine.bsky.social @mmkaufman.bsky.social @abhii106.bsky.social Genaro Aguilar, & Sara Kaplan-Cunningham
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We publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Explore the site sections and our Medium archive for more.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Our Oct issue is now live! Featuring @kellathornton.bsky.social @halfmoonmocha.bsky.social @hellbends.bsky.social @connorharding.bsky.social Ridwan Fasasi, @sainttangerine.bsky.social @mmkaufman.bsky.social @abhii106.bsky.social Genaro Aguilar, & Sara Kaplan-Cunningham
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The Oct issue drops Fri! Featuring @kellathornton.bsky.social @halfmoonmocha.bsky.social @hellbends.bsky.social @connorharding.bsky.social Ridwan Fasasi, @sainttangerine.bsky.social @mmkaufman.bsky.social @abhii106.bsky.social Genaro Aguilar, & Sara Kaplan-Cunningham
Mark those calendars!
Mark those calendars!
October 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The Oct issue drops Fri! Featuring @kellathornton.bsky.social @halfmoonmocha.bsky.social @hellbends.bsky.social @connorharding.bsky.social Ridwan Fasasi, @sainttangerine.bsky.social @mmkaufman.bsky.social @abhii106.bsky.social Genaro Aguilar, & Sara Kaplan-Cunningham
Mark those calendars!
Mark those calendars!
Our annual holiday break will be here before you know it. We're currently reading for the Dec issue. Once it's filled, we'll close subs until 2026.
Free sub option. We pay $30/piece. Consider sending us something.
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Free sub option. We pay $30/piece. Consider sending us something.
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Submissions
Thank you for your interest in trampset. We are looking for…
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October 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Our annual holiday break will be here before you know it. We're currently reading for the Dec issue. Once it's filled, we'll close subs until 2026.
Free sub option. We pay $30/piece. Consider sending us something.
trampset.org/submissions-...
Free sub option. We pay $30/piece. Consider sending us something.
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Our Sept stats:
371 received
7 accepted
1.89% acceptance rate
Consider subbing. We pay $30/piece. Free sub option always. Guidelines here > trampset.org/submissions-...
371 received
7 accepted
1.89% acceptance rate
Consider subbing. We pay $30/piece. Free sub option always. Guidelines here > trampset.org/submissions-...
Submissions
Thank you for your interest in trampset. We are looking for…
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October 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Our Sept stats:
371 received
7 accepted
1.89% acceptance rate
Consider subbing. We pay $30/piece. Free sub option always. Guidelines here > trampset.org/submissions-...
371 received
7 accepted
1.89% acceptance rate
Consider subbing. We pay $30/piece. Free sub option always. Guidelines here > trampset.org/submissions-...
"you don’t like to say what it resembles, but you can tell what your boyfriend is thinking, the way he simpers and leers."
@jjlofflin.bsky.social's "Portrait of Mary Davis the Horned Woman — oil on canvas 1668"
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@jjlofflin.bsky.social's "Portrait of Mary Davis the Horned Woman — oil on canvas 1668"
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Portrait of Mary Davis the Horned Woman — oil on canvas 1668
by Joshua Jones Lofflin
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September 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"you don’t like to say what it resembles, but you can tell what your boyfriend is thinking, the way he simpers and leers."
@jjlofflin.bsky.social's "Portrait of Mary Davis the Horned Woman — oil on canvas 1668"
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@jjlofflin.bsky.social's "Portrait of Mary Davis the Horned Woman — oil on canvas 1668"
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"I saw your little brother at Canadian Tire. He never really got any taller. He just grew into his face."
Sacha Bissonnette's "Glass Birds Annex"
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Sacha Bissonnette's "Glass Birds Annex"
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Glass Birds Annex
by Sacha Bissonnette
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September 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"I saw your little brother at Canadian Tire. He never really got any taller. He just grew into his face."
Sacha Bissonnette's "Glass Birds Annex"
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Sacha Bissonnette's "Glass Birds Annex"
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"At night in our sheets, I tap the air with my tongue"
Seth Hagen's "Darling (I come to you in the garden still wearing my robe)"
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Seth Hagen's "Darling (I come to you in the garden still wearing my robe)"
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Darling (I come to you in the garden still wearing my robe)
by Seth Hagen
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September 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"At night in our sheets, I tap the air with my tongue"
Seth Hagen's "Darling (I come to you in the garden still wearing my robe)"
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Seth Hagen's "Darling (I come to you in the garden still wearing my robe)"
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"When lightning cut the sky on the first day of school, in a perfect nerve extending from one end of the large classroom window to the other, Nora Stevens, grade 3, grabbed a fork"
Jane Wageman's "Flash"
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Jane Wageman's "Flash"
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Flash
by Jane Wageman
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September 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"When lightning cut the sky on the first day of school, in a perfect nerve extending from one end of the large classroom window to the other, Nora Stevens, grade 3, grabbed a fork"
Jane Wageman's "Flash"
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Jane Wageman's "Flash"
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"my mother named me
in a smoke stack, in sordid
puffs that meander"
Litong Nie's "drift"
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in a smoke stack, in sordid
puffs that meander"
Litong Nie's "drift"
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drift
by Litong Nie
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September 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"my mother named me
in a smoke stack, in sordid
puffs that meander"
Litong Nie's "drift"
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in a smoke stack, in sordid
puffs that meander"
Litong Nie's "drift"
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"In that stretch of time I kept only my whiskers.
Domestication: I wanted to be changed"
Nathaniel Julien Brame's "Memory of a Quaternary Mammal"
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Domestication: I wanted to be changed"
Nathaniel Julien Brame's "Memory of a Quaternary Mammal"
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Memory of a Quaternary Mammal
by Nathaniel Julien Brame
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September 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"In that stretch of time I kept only my whiskers.
Domestication: I wanted to be changed"
Nathaniel Julien Brame's "Memory of a Quaternary Mammal"
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Domestication: I wanted to be changed"
Nathaniel Julien Brame's "Memory of a Quaternary Mammal"
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"It’s been seven years since I left the sea, and still the salt crusts my knees."
@catemcgowan.com's "Water Witching"
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@catemcgowan.com's "Water Witching"
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Water Witching
by Cate McGowan
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September 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"It’s been seven years since I left the sea, and still the salt crusts my knees."
@catemcgowan.com's "Water Witching"
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@catemcgowan.com's "Water Witching"
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"Mama wanted a house, so she stole one she found abandoned on the corner of Sycamore and Grant"
@juliastrayer.bsky.social's "Mama Wanted"
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@juliastrayer.bsky.social's "Mama Wanted"
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Mama Wanted
by Julia Strayer
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September 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"Mama wanted a house, so she stole one she found abandoned on the corner of Sycamore and Grant"
@juliastrayer.bsky.social's "Mama Wanted"
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@juliastrayer.bsky.social's "Mama Wanted"
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Our Sept issue is now live, featuring @juliastrayer.bsky.social @catemcgowan.com Nathaniel Julien Brame, Litong Nie, Jane Wageman, Seth Hagen, Sacha Bissonnette, & @jjlofflin.bsky.social
trampset.org
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trampset
We publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Explore the site sections and our Medium archive for more.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Our Sept issue is now live, featuring @juliastrayer.bsky.social @catemcgowan.com Nathaniel Julien Brame, Litong Nie, Jane Wageman, Seth Hagen, Sacha Bissonnette, & @jjlofflin.bsky.social
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