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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls

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#SFF writer from Maine. VP21. He/Him. Cóyotl award nominated. Creator of Speculative Fiction Magazine Subscription web page. Co-editor of Trollbreath Magazine. https://www.trollbreath.com https://magazine.trollbreath.com

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · Sep 1

Welcome to September!

Did I happen to mention there's a new issue of Trollbreath Magazine available? And did I happen to mention that Trollbreath Magazine is now open for submissions for our Spring/Summer 2026 issues?

No?

Well now I have!

Issue 5, Fall 2025 - Trollbreath Magazine

Issue 5, Fall 2025 Fiction La Forêt de Fontainebleu, Les Chasseurs, Le Renard by Aimee Ogden The Water Dragons of Harney County by B. Morris Allen The Machines are Hungry by Maressa Voss Gracie ...

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 6h

When I see a nice video of people being kind, but it's overlain with loud, saccharine music, I start singing.

"Oh watch my video it's so sweet, yeah, yeah, this is the sweetest video you've seen... just watch it watch it and give me likes, yeah, yeah, this is the sweetest video... yeah, yeah..."

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 20h

Mike Johnson, leader of the speaker of the house, thinks the most threatening thing he's seen is naked bicyclists, who are clearly a far bigger threat to society than ICE goons violently strangling our civil rights.

(woman next to him can't contain a laugh and eye roll, before nodding sagely)

U.S. House Speaker calls Portland naked bike ride ‘most threatening thing I’ve seen yet’

"The most threatening thing I’ve seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there," said U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Tuesday.

www.oregonlive.com

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 23h

IE, they haven't learned how to talk in dog whistles yet. Once they learn, they graduate to "acceptable" public facing members of the Greedy Old Perverts party.

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 1d

15 years in this same organization (3 different positions) and I'm STILL learning new acronyms all the time.

a man in a suit and tie standing in front of a white board that says we 're making acronyms

ALT: a man in a suit and tie standing in front of a white board that says we 're making acronyms

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 2d

Please join us in celebrating Indigenous People's Day.

americanindian.si.edu/nk360/inform...

Native Knowledge 360°—Unlearning Columbus Day Myths: Celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day

NK360° Helpful Handouts: Guidance on Common Questions provide a brief introduction to teachers about important topics regarding Native American life, cultures, and communities. Native Life and Food: F...

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Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 2d

Trollbreath accepts non-fiction subs and pitches, even during non-submisssion periods! Speculative fiction and science/fantasy/folklore related non-fiction are welcome (essays, reviews, interviews, social critiques, ...)
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Trollbreath Magazine Issue 5 Fall 2025 Nonfiction

From the Editors, Meet the Artist: Peter Bartels by Jennifer Reynolds, Dark Nights and Soviet Frights: How My Ukrainian Childhood Shaped My Love of Horror by Mike Rusetsky, Rogue Thoughts: Alvin Toffler by Christopher Mark Rose, Share Your Beans: Mutual Aid in The Last of Us, by Jennifer Reynolds, Pax Anglia by J. D. Harlock

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 2d

Congratulations to all the amazing winners! What a fantastic slate of work!

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, hello

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 2d

Halloween 3 is terrible. Skip it. Worst of the whole lot, doesn't even really relate to the first two and doesn't have Michael Myers at all. They get better again in the more recent ones.

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 3d

Yeah, those 10-15% tariffs on cocoa producing nations sure helps with prices.

Just remember when you see higher prices: Trump did that!

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

I'm American, and I have heard it pronounced as "primmer." Either works, it's one of those words where both pronunciations are fine. Like data (Day-ta, dah-ta).

Don't get hung up on it, just do it the way you prefer.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsJi...

Book Review: The New England Primer

YouTube video by Audrey Rindlisbacher

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

The second time is one of my favorite stories I've ever written, the science fiction story "The Truth of a Lie," published by Apparition Literary in July of 2020.

apparitionlit.com/the-truth-of...

The Truth of a Lie - Apparition Literary Magazine

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

I've used characters or themes from Alice in my own writing. The first time led to my first professional sale, "Rabbit," published at the now defunct Daily Science Fiction. The story is available on my website:

Rabbit (Daily Science Fiction) - Jeff Reynolds

A link to my new story, Rabbit (published by Daily Science Fiction, November 1st, 2019)

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

I have a love for stories that play around with the Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass setting and characters, and this one does not disappoint.

Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 5d

Free Fiction Friday!!

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Gretchen Tessmer takes us to familiar territory with a brand new POV

Mary Ann’s Misadventures in Underland - Trollbreath Magazine

Mary Ann’s Misadventures in Underland

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

Amanda is correct. I'd also like to see far more clergy, nuns, and other religious figures showing up at these protests. Seems to me they could do a lot of good in undermining the "this is what a Christian nation does" narrative the fascists are trying to promote.

Mainely Mandy @mainelymandy.bsky.social · 5d

He's hotter than the priest in Wishmaster 2, damn

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 5d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

You are 100% correct.

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

Love this concept, the use of the term daylighting to highlighting bringing long buried things back into the light. We should apply it to the concepts of progress, democracy, diversity and equality in our nation. Let's daylight truth and justice. Human rights. Empathy.

www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

Daylighting rivers. Unburying myself

The word “daylighting” appeals to the poet in me, writes Jan Donley. Bringing something out of the shadows and into the sun is, after all, a poetic story. So standing there, watching the flow of the r...

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

Proving AGAIN that requiring you to submit an ID to access online websites and apps is a fucking nightmare that will absolutely lead to your data being stolen and used by CRIMINALS, because corporations (another type of criminal) have zero security requirements, and zero accountability.

Discord Data Breach - 1.5 TB of Data and 2 Million Government ID Photos Extorted

Discord has confirmed a significant data breach that exposed sensitive user information after an attacker compromised a third-party customer service provider.

cybersecuritynews.com

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

A truly worthy winner, unlike the authoritarian wannabe sitting in the People's House right now whining and crying.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

Just watching the Nobel Peace Prize award this morning live as one does. I'm rooting for a losing loser to lose, and subsequently lose his shit.

a man in a superhero costume is sitting in a chair with the words " great job " written above him

ALT: a man in a superhero costume is sitting in a chair with the words " great job " written above him

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

She really was fabulous. Good salon. Pricier than I'm used to paying, but worth it.

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

We heard, and we just found them! Very sad, the food was excellent and the service outstanding.

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

It was quite the lovely and friendly fern, hanging over our table and sort of framing both of us.

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

Oh man, it's weird not having long hair again. I keep reaching back to adjust my ponytail and it's not there.

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

And the result…

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

Now having a fabulous late lunch at Serendib, an Indian restaurant in Ellsworth

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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 5d

Looks fantastic