J. Edward Kruft
@jedwardkruft.bsky.social
Writer, EiC @trampset.bsky.social. Words in @fictivedream.bsky.social, @xraylitmag.bsky.social, @moonparkreview.bsky.social, @pitheadchapel.bsky.social, @mrbullbull.bsky.social, and others. Mid-Century Modern fanatic. Originally from WA, now NY and GA.
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J. Edward Kruft
@jedwardkruft.bsky.social
· Feb 22
"Can I tell you now – please? – how it all began?" Mr. Gesup by J. Edward Kruft @jedwardkruft.bsky.social #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/22/m...
Dilly bars and teacher/student inappropriateness. What's better for your Saturday morning diet? Thank you to
@fictivedream.bsky.social
for including my little ditty to your Flash February lineup!
@fictivedream.bsky.social
for including my little ditty to your Flash February lineup!
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One year ago today we feat. Pins and Needles by J. Edward Kruft. If you missed it the first time, here's another chance @jedwardkruft.bsky.social #flashfiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2024/06/07/p...
June 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
One year ago today we feat. Pins and Needles by J. Edward Kruft. If you missed it the first time, here's another chance @jedwardkruft.bsky.social #flashfiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2024/06/07/p...
Thank you! What an honor to be a part of it!
...@sagreene1.bsky.social Thaddeus Rutkowski @jacqdoyle.bsky.social @MandiraPattnaik @mariegethins.bsky.social Sandra Arnold @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @barbaraccino.bsky.social @jedwardkruft.bsky.social @lisaferranti.bsky.social @writesofkathryn.bsky.social @fionajanemack.bsky.social...
We've come to the end of another #flashfictionfebruary. Our sincere thanks to the stellar line up @sudhab.bsky.social @jtstories.bsky.social @sfreligh.bsky.social @bsherm36.bsky.social @lumchanmfa.bsky.social @francesgapper.bsky.social @grahammort.bsky.social @ruthabrandt.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Thank you! What an honor to be a part of it!
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"let me be the patron saint of lost,
defunct websites whose links wormhole into a 404 Error,
where poetry in fractal rhythms go to die."
B. Montemayor's "if i were to be a patron saint of anything"
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defunct websites whose links wormhole into a 404 Error,
where poetry in fractal rhythms go to die."
B. Montemayor's "if i were to be a patron saint of anything"
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if i were to be a patron saint of anything
by B. Montemayor
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February 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"let me be the patron saint of lost,
defunct websites whose links wormhole into a 404 Error,
where poetry in fractal rhythms go to die."
B. Montemayor's "if i were to be a patron saint of anything"
trampset.org/if-i-were-to...
defunct websites whose links wormhole into a 404 Error,
where poetry in fractal rhythms go to die."
B. Montemayor's "if i were to be a patron saint of anything"
trampset.org/if-i-were-to...
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"They say I came from a lineage of muckrakers, men and women who lived in the dirt of others"
Claire Guo's "Muckrakers"
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Claire Guo's "Muckrakers"
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Muckrakers
by Claire Guo
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February 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"They say I came from a lineage of muckrakers, men and women who lived in the dirt of others"
Claire Guo's "Muckrakers"
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Claire Guo's "Muckrakers"
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"the living-room carpet is a fever of wrapping paper scrunched into balls / it is Christmas day / Peter has bought a bicycle for his angelfish / Charlotte is staring at me as if I’m the last remaining Brussels sprout"
@mattkendrick.bsky.social's "Strange fish"
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@mattkendrick.bsky.social's "Strange fish"
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Strange fish
by Matt Kendrick
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February 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"the living-room carpet is a fever of wrapping paper scrunched into balls / it is Christmas day / Peter has bought a bicycle for his angelfish / Charlotte is staring at me as if I’m the last remaining Brussels sprout"
@mattkendrick.bsky.social's "Strange fish"
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@mattkendrick.bsky.social's "Strange fish"
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"I learned to create clean squares with clean borders. No, not that kind. Those were being closed down everywhere."
@ladiwoods.bsky.social's "While Democracy Was Being Dismantled"
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@ladiwoods.bsky.social's "While Democracy Was Being Dismantled"
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While Democracy Was Being Dismantled
by Lauren D. Woods
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February 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"I learned to create clean squares with clean borders. No, not that kind. Those were being closed down everywhere."
@ladiwoods.bsky.social's "While Democracy Was Being Dismantled"
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@ladiwoods.bsky.social's "While Democracy Was Being Dismantled"
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"The actual beginning of our Nationhoods, however, can be traced to the 700 block of Jimson Avenue on the west side of our village, when five homes seceded from our village during the same week."
@jonsteinhagen.bsky.social's "Nationhoods"
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@jonsteinhagen.bsky.social's "Nationhoods"
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Nationhoods
by Jon Steinhagen
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February 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"The actual beginning of our Nationhoods, however, can be traced to the 700 block of Jimson Avenue on the west side of our village, when five homes seceded from our village during the same week."
@jonsteinhagen.bsky.social's "Nationhoods"
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@jonsteinhagen.bsky.social's "Nationhoods"
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"The first girl to lose her virginity was Sara, a girl I went to high school with. The tattooed man said he loved her."
@rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social's "The First Girl"
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@rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social's "The First Girl"
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The First Girl
by Rachel Weinhaus
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February 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"The first girl to lose her virginity was Sara, a girl I went to high school with. The tattooed man said he loved her."
@rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social's "The First Girl"
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@rachel-weinhaus.bsky.social's "The First Girl"
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"I met a man today who insisted I knew him. I was embarrassed, but I did not. He knew many things about me"
@cuylermeade.bsky.social's "Margaret Mulaney and the New Faces"
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@cuylermeade.bsky.social's "Margaret Mulaney and the New Faces"
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Margaret Mulaney and the New Faces
by Cuyler Meade
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February 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"I met a man today who insisted I knew him. I was embarrassed, but I did not. He knew many things about me"
@cuylermeade.bsky.social's "Margaret Mulaney and the New Faces"
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@cuylermeade.bsky.social's "Margaret Mulaney and the New Faces"
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"Each morning, they sat in the fire bowls and weighed each other, using pea gravel from the patio." Weighing It All Up by Jude Higgins @judehwriter2.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/26/w...
February 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"Each morning, they sat in the fire bowls and weighed each other, using pea gravel from the patio." Weighing It All Up by Jude Higgins @judehwriter2.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/26/w...
Dilly bars and teacher/student inappropriateness. What's better for your Saturday morning diet? Thank you to
@fictivedream.bsky.social
for including my little ditty to your Flash February lineup!
@fictivedream.bsky.social
for including my little ditty to your Flash February lineup!
"Can I tell you now – please? – how it all began?" Mr. Gesup by J. Edward Kruft @jedwardkruft.bsky.social #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/22/m...
February 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Dilly bars and teacher/student inappropriateness. What's better for your Saturday morning diet? Thank you to
@fictivedream.bsky.social
for including my little ditty to your Flash February lineup!
@fictivedream.bsky.social
for including my little ditty to your Flash February lineup!
Reposted by J. Edward Kruft
"It was the early stage of the relationship..." Red Flag by Barbara Robinson @barbaraccino.bsky.social. Please follow the link and enjoy this tiny gem #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary fictivedream.com/2025/02/21/r...
February 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"It was the early stage of the relationship..." Red Flag by Barbara Robinson @barbaraccino.bsky.social. Please follow the link and enjoy this tiny gem #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary fictivedream.com/2025/02/21/r...
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"I dip my sashimi into soy sauce and lick at the tip, tasting an ocean of promise, while Markus rehashes all our boiled hurts." Eating Out by Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/20/e...
February 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"I dip my sashimi into soy sauce and lick at the tip, tasting an ocean of promise, while Markus rehashes all our boiled hurts." Eating Out by Sara Hills @sarahillswrites.bsky.social #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/20/e...
Must read. So good!
"We're walking towards the edge of the page with our backs to the story." "Anyway, I Wish You Well." by S.A. Greene @sagreene1.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/14/a...
February 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Must read. So good!
As always, so much in so little in an @lmariharris.bsky.social story!
"Several more birdcages are in the living room, the dining room. Covering the kitchen counters. Doors open, empty." A Rhythm, A Breath, An Exhalation by
@lmariharris.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/13/a...
@lmariharris.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/13/a...
February 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
As always, so much in so little in an @lmariharris.bsky.social story!
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"And the whole time, dogs bark and yip back and forth in the background, and you get nervous when the sound of them swells..." Coyote Girl by Ani King @aniking.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/11/c...
February 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"And the whole time, dogs bark and yip back and forth in the background, and you get nervous when the sound of them swells..." Coyote Girl by Ani King @aniking.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/11/c...
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"I was barefoot, toes slipping on the wet, shorn blades, shoulders and legs bare, ready for anything." The Guy and the Golf Course by Melissa Llanes Brownlee
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/07/t...
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/07/t...
February 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
"I was barefoot, toes slipping on the wet, shorn blades, shoulders and legs bare, ready for anything." The Guy and the Golf Course by Melissa Llanes Brownlee
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/07/t...
@lumchanmfa.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/07/t...
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"Two sisters lean out a window close by and blow soap bubbles through a plastic wand." Bubble Up by Sheree Shatsky, next in our #flashfictionfebruary series #flashfiction #microfiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/05/b...
February 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"Two sisters lean out a window close by and blow soap bubbles through a plastic wand." Bubble Up by Sheree Shatsky, next in our #flashfictionfebruary series #flashfiction #microfiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/05/b...
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"Ester composes herself, but the words rehearsed for Richard now seem either too glib, excessively cynical, or over-sentimental." The Scan by Jim Toal, our second story in #flashfictionfebruary #flashfiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/02/t...
February 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"Ester composes herself, but the words rehearsed for Richard now seem either too glib, excessively cynical, or over-sentimental." The Scan by Jim Toal, our second story in #flashfictionfebruary #flashfiction. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/02/t...
Very happy to announce that my story "Mr. Gesup" will be part of the @fictivedream.bsky.social Flash Fiction February lineup. Many thanks to EiC Laura Black for seeing beyond Mary's admonishments and accepting my piece nonetheless. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the Feb. assembly!
January 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Very happy to announce that my story "Mr. Gesup" will be part of the @fictivedream.bsky.social Flash Fiction February lineup. Many thanks to EiC Laura Black for seeing beyond Mary's admonishments and accepting my piece nonetheless. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the Feb. assembly!
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Our very own EiC @jedwardkruft.bsky.social up at @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙
It's a great pleasure to welcome J. Edward Kruft with his story Pins and Needles, out tomorrow #flashfiction #writingcommunity
December 4, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Our very own EiC @jedwardkruft.bsky.social up at @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙
My strange story of a certain kind of family life -- real or imagined -- is up today at the fabulous @mrbullbull.bsky.social. Many thanks to the Senior Senior Editor of Editing All Stuff & Things, Ben for taking a chance on this little one. "Yes, Martha."
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Yes, Martha | MrBullBull
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December 19, 2024 at 12:55 PM
My strange story of a certain kind of family life -- real or imagined -- is up today at the fabulous @mrbullbull.bsky.social. Many thanks to the Senior Senior Editor of Editing All Stuff & Things, Ben for taking a chance on this little one. "Yes, Martha."
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
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"Our dogs George & Martha—both boys—were named such because our parents were literature—not history—buffs & narcissists & sadists & had kids (2!) so that we—my brother & I—had no idea why/how we were the brutal transferences of their lives." @jedwardkruft.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
December 19, 2024 at 11:41 AM
"Our dogs George & Martha—both boys—were named such because our parents were literature—not history—buffs & narcissists & sadists & had kids (2!) so that we—my brother & I—had no idea why/how we were the brutal transferences of their lives." @jedwardkruft.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...
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Please help us congratulate our @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominees @fionamckay.bsky.social, Cathy Ulrich, @crobertswriter.bsky.social @jjlofflin.bsky.social & Ryan Griffith!
December 9, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Please help us congratulate our @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social nominees @fionamckay.bsky.social, Cathy Ulrich, @crobertswriter.bsky.social @jjlofflin.bsky.social & Ryan Griffith!
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Our last issue of 2024 is now live! Featuring 9 new works across poetry, CNF, and fiction.
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December 6, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Our last issue of 2024 is now live! Featuring 9 new works across poetry, CNF, and fiction.
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