Joshua Jones Lofflin
@jjlofflin.bsky.social
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Writer Work in 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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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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In the Waiting Room – Best of the Net
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There’s a b&b in my town that’s full of them, in case you need your creepy doll fix
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Thanks so much! Likewise I love the illustration - it emanates so much.
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Thanks for reading and sharing!
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Y’all, it actually has veins 😬
A suspiciously veiny white sweet potato
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Nothing like the sounds of strange scrapes and scratchings coming from the attic to usher in Spooky Season. 😱
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"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
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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
Departures
by Dina L. Relles
    handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry.
 
I don’t need those things, you said, and I fell in impossible love with you all over again.
 
I’d come from my room carrying everything I wanted to happen that didn’t. Now the lobby was too bright and smelled like grapefruits and your face was weary in a way that felt intimate.
 
You spoke quietly to me in the taxi, then held me twice at the terminal, which I took to mean you loved me too, despite.
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Watching Japanese otters on YouTube is the palette cleanser I need
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FLASH FROGTOBER is just around the corner! 👻🐸👻

And you all aren’t ready…

These aren’t your grandparents’ ghost stories! 👀