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Press & online rag dedicated to grit lit & rural writing with rough edges. Survival is triumph enough. We dig Folk & Old Country music: @npcountrycovers.bsky.social. EIC: @vanwinkle.bsky.social www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · Apr 9

Cowboy Jamboree's spring issue-TOUGH WOMEN, GRITTY TALES-is live y'all! What a stellar lineup.
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ISSUE 10.2: Tough Women, Gritty Tales

ISSUE 10.2: TOUGH WOMEN, GRITTY TALES spring 2025 HEREIN "Stupid" by Rebecca Tiger "Rattlesnakes" by Sabrina Hicks "Destination Unknown" by Sarah Holloway "Juniper" by Sarah Holloway "The...

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Adam Van Winkle @vanwinkle.bsky.social · 37m

A lot of mighty fine writers are sayin mighty fine things about my gas station story and I'm mighty grateful for it.

COUNT THE DUST is out from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social in December, y'all...

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(Not Porn) Country Covers @npcountrycovers.bsky.social · 2h

Bus station at sun up
Looking for a new place to go
He sips his coffee and he pulls at his ring
And he thinks of how she looked years ago

Tom Russell & Nanci Griffith do the Blasters (song written by Dave Alvin): www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6_k...

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Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos @delgeo14.bsky.social · 21h

'There was no feeling when he walked through you, maybe a bit of a chill, and then he was past, loping his way down the tracks.'
'Ghosts', Shelton Lee Compton's latest in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social is stunning.

Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 1d

CJ's here to make the start of your week better. We've got a brand new @ShelCompton story for you. It's a haunting bit of flash. Dig "Ghosts": www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/ghosts-by-sh...

Ghosts by Sheldon Lee Compton

Ghosts by Sheldon Lee Compton They said the ghost of a black man haunted a section of railroad tracks behind your aunt Carly’s house. That your grandfather’s brother Charles killed a man there...

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Andrew Huffman @landrewhuffman.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all. You have never read a writer like @katywrites.bsky.social. TRAVELING ALONE is downright gorgeous, you must run, run, run to go buy yourself a copy! She has captured a place, a time, so beautifully.

Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 1d

IT'S HERE. Meet Holt and Birdie and Carrie and them. TRAVELING ALONE by Katy Goforth (@katywrites.bsky.social) is out in the world today: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/traveling-al...

Traveling Alone

TRAVELING ALONE by Katy Goforth Order Here! As a child, Holt Watson was drawn to the dying, holding their hand as they left this world. For his help, Holt was paid with the deceased’s talent,...

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BOObara Byar 👻👻 @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 1d

My debut novel, IN THE DESERT will be published 3-3-2026 by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

Many thanks to @jonathanin2k.bsky.social !

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 1d

IT'S HERE. Meet Holt and Birdie and Carrie and them. TRAVELING ALONE by Katy Goforth (@katywrites.bsky.social) is out in the world today: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/traveling-al...

Traveling Alone

TRAVELING ALONE by Katy Goforth Order Here! As a child, Holt Watson was drawn to the dying, holding their hand as they left this world. For his help, Holt was paid with the deceased’s talent,...

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 1d

Katy Goforth's TRAVELING ALONE arrives tomorrow!

@katywrites.bsky.social

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 1d

CJ's here to make the start of your week better. We've got a brand new @ShelCompton story for you. It's a haunting bit of flash. Dig "Ghosts": www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/ghosts-by-sh...

Ghosts by Sheldon Lee Compton

Ghosts by Sheldon Lee Compton They said the ghost of a black man haunted a section of railroad tracks behind your aunt Carly’s house. That your grandfather’s brother Charles killed a man there...

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Jonathan Danielson @jonathanin2k.bsky.social · 16d

Save the date! Next Saturday will be the 1st Desert Grit Reading Series at Rift Wine Bar & Taphouse in Scottsdale! Oct 4th at 3 PM!

Readings from

@mdbell79.bsky.social

@shipraagarwal.bsky.social

@sabrinahicks.bsky.social

@haydenmcasey13.bsky.social

@stephanieaustin.bsky.social

And me!

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(Not Porn) Country Covers @npcountrycovers.bsky.social · 1d

Joe Ely does Robert Earl Keen.

Joe Ely @therealjoeely.bsky.social · 7d

The Road Goes On Forever

YouTube video by Joe Ely - Topic

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 1d

CJ's here to make the start of your week better. We've got a brand new @ShelCompton story for you. It's a haunting bit of flash. Dig "Ghosts": www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/ghosts-by-sh...

Ghosts by Sheldon Lee Compton

Ghosts by Sheldon Lee Compton They said the ghost of a black man haunted a section of railroad tracks behind your aunt Carly’s house. That your grandfather’s brother Charles killed a man there...

www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com

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Nina Miller @ninamiller.bsky.social · 3d

Looking forward to a chill rainy day snuggling up with @melissacuisine.bsky.social beautiful prose!!

Get yourself a copy today!! #WritingCommunity
@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

All and Then None of You
Short Stories

Watercolor images of
Butterfly spider dragonfly
Ant wasp beetle
Grasshopper ladybug and fly
Under are music notes
Bottom is the authors name
Melissa Fllres Anderson

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BOObara Byar 👻👻 @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 3d

My debut novel, IN THE DESERT, is out 3-3-2026 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social.
Many thanks to @melissacuisine.bsky.social!

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 3d

also, check out the piece by @kevingrauke.bsky.social that I linked in my bio and consider purchasing his *excellent* collection of linked stories WEST OF DESTRY from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social on 11/11 www.havehashad.com/hadposts/for...

For S. B. (1965-2023) by Kevin Grauke

A good friend died a slow, punishing death a little over a year ago. He was only fifty-eight. And though I’ve thought of him a lot in the time since, it hasn’t been nearly what he deserves. But isn’t ...

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 5d

an* anthology. eff...

Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 5d

What a great day to grab Cowboy Jamboree's PRINE PRIMED, and anthology of grit lit incited by the songwriting of John Prine for only $9.99: a.co/d/fiGglDa

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BOObara Byar 👻👻 @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 5d

IN THE DESERT is out 3-3-2026 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social.
Many thanks to @ronanhession.bsky.social

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BOObara Byar 👻👻 @barbarabyar.bsky.social · 6d

Coming, 3-3-26 ftom @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social .
Many thanks to @stephanieaustin.bsky.social x

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(Not Porn) Country Covers @npcountrycovers.bsky.social · 5d

Well moon lights a-fallin, look at that caliche glow
And a coyote's howling, doesn't know that he's too old
Headlights are shinin' on all we ever need to know

Charlie Robison does Terry Allen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEsm...

Flatland Boogie

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Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 6d

Less than one week to go before y'all get to meet Holt, Carrie, Birdie and all the rest in @katywrites.bsky.social's TRAVELING ALONE. Out 10/14 from CJ Press.

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 7d

Advance praise for my collection of short stories THIS WORLD WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF STRANGERS (out 11.18 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) from @kevingrauke.bsky.social

This collection of loosely connected stories reminds us that, no matter how much we crave connection and a sense of belonging, we often fail to achieve it to any degree of satisfaction-and sometimes not at all.
Bullion's young men do their very best, however, to forge identities in a lonely, latchkey landscape of a Missouri college town, where parents are checked out, if not absent, and the love is tough, if present at all.
Now, this may sound like rough sledding, but its bite and poignancy are perfectly balanced with what is often riotous humor.
Such a potent mixture is a rarity in today's fiction, which is why this collection is a thing to celebrate and share.
Kevin Grauke, author of Shadows of Men and Yonderites

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John Waddy Bullion @johnwaddy.bsky.social · 7d

I had the great pleasure of getting to read an advance copy of Kevin Grauke's WEST OF DESTRY (which is also being published by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social, on 11/11) and I am not exaggerating when I say it is one of the best books of the year

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