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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · 1d

Could not more highly recommend this book from a brilliant writer.

Thistledown Press @thistledownpress.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thanks @thebookstack.org for the great review of A SNAKE AND A FEATHERED BIRD by @angieellis.bsky.social!!

Pre-order your copy from your favourite indie bookstore!

More about the book here: thistledownpress.com/product/a-sn...

Bookstack @thebookstack.org · Sep 4

New book review: Angie Ellis's "A Snake and a Feathered Bird", coming out October 7th!

newbooks.substack.com/p/a-snake-an...

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · 1d

Creepy in the best possible way!!!!

Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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…

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 1d

"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

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · 15d

Always love Josh's stories, this one is great! Kinda creepy, vaguely naughty, altogether unsettling and clever.

Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 18d

I have a small piece up at trampset today about cutaneous horns. A big thanks to the editors for giving it a home.

trampset @trampset.bsky.social · 19d

"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"

trampset.org/portrait-of-...

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thank you!

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Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social · Sep 11

this is gonna rip and what a title !!!

Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · Sep 11

Got some news: my debut crime novel Teeth Kicker is being published by HarperCollins (Australia) 🎉

HarperCollins has described it as edgy and thrilling. Out in Sept 2026!

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thank you Jane!

Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ty!!

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · Sep 11

Got some news: my debut crime novel Teeth Kicker is being published by HarperCollins (Australia) 🎉

HarperCollins has described it as edgy and thrilling. Out in Sept 2026!

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thanks Emily!!

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · Sep 2

www.smokelong.com/stories/wild... @glennorgias.bsky.social

Wild Gazelle - SmokeLong Quarterly

The fat man could move. Given he were a fat shite you’d a not picked him for pace, but he had jets like. He leapt the back fence, a big timber job, like a pregnant gazelle. A fucken mystery of the wil...

www.smokelong.com

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thank so much Kirsti

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Kirsti MacKenzie @keersteemack.bsky.social · Aug 20

Cannot recommend this story enough. Funny, dark, tender. @glennorgias.bsky.social is one of the absolute best doing it

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · Aug 19

we love this story by Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social !! 'Mrs Beatrix' is about a man who decides to become a gimp in an amsterdam dungeon

such a funny story ! the most entertaining thing u'll read this week.

xraylitmag.com/mrs-beatrix-...

MRS BEATRIX by Glenn Orgias

The Gimp Box I lay in my apartment worrying about death and worrying that my constant worrying would eventually manifest in my sickness and death. So, when I saw a job ad looking for a “big guy” who w...

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · Aug 20

700 in the first 5 minutes and then 700 after that = 1400

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · Aug 20

“when I saw a job ad looking for a “big guy” who was willing to “become anonymous” and to live in a “dungeon”, I said: Bingo.”

Fantastic new work from @glennorgias.bsky.social in @xraylitmag.bsky.social

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MRS BEATRIX by Glenn Orgias

The Gimp Box I lay in my apartment worrying about death and worrying that my constant worrying would eventually manifest in my sickness and death. So, when I saw a job ad looking for a “big guy” who w...

xraylitmag.com

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · Aug 19

Yessssss, outstanding, Glenn!

Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · Aug 19

Love X-R-A-Y, and they made the move to publish my gimp story!

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · Aug 19

we love this story by Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social !! 'Mrs Beatrix' is about a man who decides to become a gimp in an amsterdam dungeon

such a funny story ! the most entertaining thing u'll read this week.

xraylitmag.com/mrs-beatrix-...

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · Aug 19

Love X-R-A-Y, and they made the move to publish my gimp story!

X-R-A-Y Literary Press @xraylitmag.bsky.social · Aug 19

we love this story by Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social !! 'Mrs Beatrix' is about a man who decides to become a gimp in an amsterdam dungeon

such a funny story ! the most entertaining thing u'll read this week.

xraylitmag.com/mrs-beatrix-...

MRS BEATRIX by Glenn Orgias

The Gimp Box I lay in my apartment worrying about death and worrying that my constant worrying would eventually manifest in my sickness and death. So, when I saw a job ad looking for a “big guy” who w...

xraylitmag.com

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M.M. Kaufman @mmkaufman.bsky.social · Jul 11

EVERYONE FREAK OUT! My latest story is out @okaydonkey.bsky.social And it’s good! And you should read it!

Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · Jul 11

"There are trees all over the world. Gravity too. Wherever my body goes, there my thoughts go as well, even if there is still an ocean between them."

"Divine Creatures and Monsters Alike" by @mmkaufman.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD. 📝

Divine Creatures and Monsters Alike by M.M. Kaufman

It was a strange time for us all. My mother, always a confident woman, acted odd her whole pregnancy. Was nervous from noon to night. My father, a nonstop talker, was silent. And I had what t…

okaydonkeymag.com

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · Jul 8

Wow
Amazing news Ani. Congratulations!! And congratulations to @smokelong.bsky.social

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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Closed @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · Jul 3

Few more hours until we close for submissions. Deadline’s midnight EST. Don’t be late.

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ALT: a woman sits at a desk in front of two monitors and a telephone

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · Jun 29

Thanks mate!!

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · Jun 28

Amazing, congratulations!!

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · Jun 28

Stoked to have my story 'Irreconcilable Differences' on this list. Thank you @wigleaf.bsky.social and Lunch Ticket

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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Closed @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · Jun 25

Hi Hi! Just gonna...leave this here. Bye! 💜https://literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/submit

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · Jun 23

Congratulations @aniking.bsky.social and @lumchanmfa.bsky.social !!! And everyone on the list.

Wigleaf @wigleaf.bsky.social · Jun 23

Winner to be announced later this week. In the meantime, read/reread these awesome stories!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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