Matt Jakubowski (he/him)
@mattjakubowski.bsky.social
Multi-genre writer.
Forthcoming: Gone Lawn, elsewhere magazine, scaffold lit, Temple in a City. Flash fiction: Your Impossible Voice, Variant Lit, JAKE, Best Microfiction 2024, Milk Candy Review.
www.mattjakubowski.com/fiction/
Forthcoming: Gone Lawn, elsewhere magazine, scaffold lit, Temple in a City. Flash fiction: Your Impossible Voice, Variant Lit, JAKE, Best Microfiction 2024, Milk Candy Review.
www.mattjakubowski.com/fiction/
You hustle and save up to travel all year, deal with trains planes and automobiles, and then…it’s all worth it
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
You hustle and save up to travel all year, deal with trains planes and automobiles, and then…it’s all worth it
this frame from The Big Sleep cracks me up
I don’t know how he kept a straight face in this scene
I don’t know how he kept a straight face in this scene
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
this frame from The Big Sleep cracks me up
I don’t know how he kept a straight face in this scene
I don’t know how he kept a straight face in this scene
A year ago for my 50th birthday I went to California to see the redwoods. It changed me & how I think about the world. I can’t wait to go back again someday.
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A year ago for my 50th birthday I went to California to see the redwoods. It changed me & how I think about the world. I can’t wait to go back again someday.
Updated my website. I’ve had a very lucky year of hustling revising submitting nonstop. Very excited to share these stories with the world ✨ mattjakubowski.com/about/fiction/
![A list of forthcoming stories on my website:
Cut Shapes Cut from Raindrops | Gone Lawn [forthcoming]
The River Birch | scaffold literary [forthcoming]
This Kind of Freedom | Temple in a City [forthcoming]
Alight, Astray | Temple in a City [forthcoming]
Leave It | elsewhere magazine [forthcoming]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4v5pidkctp2mwrww7sfgujzw/bafkreihw2cugomxgisblrzpq2o7w6bohg5l4474droz6d2o6nxin2pht4y@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Updated my website. I’ve had a very lucky year of hustling revising submitting nonstop. Very excited to share these stories with the world ✨ mattjakubowski.com/about/fiction/
Philly! Please vote tomorrow.
It’s one of those big ballots and many boxes are yes/no, not just GOP or DNC. Here are some links to help you navigate it. Very important to vote YES to retain all three PA Supreme Court judges, as shown below:
www.reclaimphiladelphia.org/blog/2025/10...
It’s one of those big ballots and many boxes are yes/no, not just GOP or DNC. Here are some links to help you navigate it. Very important to vote YES to retain all three PA Supreme Court judges, as shown below:
www.reclaimphiladelphia.org/blog/2025/10...
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Philly! Please vote tomorrow.
It’s one of those big ballots and many boxes are yes/no, not just GOP or DNC. Here are some links to help you navigate it. Very important to vote YES to retain all three PA Supreme Court judges, as shown below:
www.reclaimphiladelphia.org/blog/2025/10...
It’s one of those big ballots and many boxes are yes/no, not just GOP or DNC. Here are some links to help you navigate it. Very important to vote YES to retain all three PA Supreme Court judges, as shown below:
www.reclaimphiladelphia.org/blog/2025/10...
Another view, backlit by the sun
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Another view, backlit by the sun
In fall even the dying weeds look all lush and sort of regal
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
In fall even the dying weeds look all lush and sort of regal
Resting post Halloween skull face
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Resting post Halloween skull face
I re-read this fantastic book of flash fiction in October and realized it’s been 10 years since it was published. I also recalled hosting Helen for a reading from it ages ago at Tattooed Mom in Philly. Which is all to say —Happy 10-year Book Birthday to @helenmcclory.bsky.social 🎉
November 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I re-read this fantastic book of flash fiction in October and realized it’s been 10 years since it was published. I also recalled hosting Helen for a reading from it ages ago at Tattooed Mom in Philly. Which is all to say —Happy 10-year Book Birthday to @helenmcclory.bsky.social 🎉
my kid made this costume this year and my favorite take on a name for it was after it got dark a woman approached us and said no nope I don’t like that and turned around 😄
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
my kid made this costume this year and my favorite take on a name for it was after it got dark a woman approached us and said no nope I don’t like that and turned around 😄
today the smol dog who always looks sad when people say goodbye found a way to look haunted with sadness
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
today the smol dog who always looks sad when people say goodbye found a way to look haunted with sadness
goodnight from Philly
October 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
goodnight from Philly
But I also do this so I guess it balances out
October 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
But I also do this so I guess it balances out
I’ve somehow become the sort of person who ends up doing stuff like this? It’s fine I guess
October 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I’ve somehow become the sort of person who ends up doing stuff like this? It’s fine I guess
It turned out pretty well but yes having that apple in my face (suspended by fishing line) did get annoying
October 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It turned out pretty well but yes having that apple in my face (suspended by fishing line) did get annoying
finishing up the hat situation for my Halloween costume
October 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
finishing up the hat situation for my Halloween costume
I could say this is a die-hard fan but that would be corny
October 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I could say this is a die-hard fan but that would be corny
dusk clouds and leaves looking moody
October 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
dusk clouds and leaves looking moody
so this happened tonight, my first live experience of Rufus doing this one I’m ded
October 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
so this happened tonight, my first live experience of Rufus doing this one I’m ded
took this shot of Philly over the weekend and I dig it
October 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
took this shot of Philly over the weekend and I dig it
leaves and sun doing good stuff
October 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
leaves and sun doing good stuff
Not sure why but I started thinking about this flash I wrote, “Summer Break,” published years ago by @pitheadchapel.bsky.social in Volume 5, Issue 12. Maybe it’s that 3rd line that stings?
pitheadchapel.com/summer-break/
pitheadchapel.com/summer-break/
September 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not sure why but I started thinking about this flash I wrote, “Summer Break,” published years ago by @pitheadchapel.bsky.social in Volume 5, Issue 12. Maybe it’s that 3rd line that stings?
pitheadchapel.com/summer-break/
pitheadchapel.com/summer-break/
I just heard about this book and besides the amazing title and cover, the blurb I read about it sounds fantastic
June 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I just heard about this book and besides the amazing title and cover, the blurb I read about it sounds fantastic
In case you missed it, my latest short story, “Sparrow’s Work Song, is now online. I’m honored to have it in the stellar new issue of @variantlit.bsky.social
variantlit.com/sparrows-wor...
variantlit.com/sparrows-wor...
June 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
In case you missed it, my latest short story, “Sparrow’s Work Song, is now online. I’m honored to have it in the stellar new issue of @variantlit.bsky.social
variantlit.com/sparrows-wor...
variantlit.com/sparrows-wor...
Not gonna lie, this was scary. But I did it! Felt so good. Not bad for a half-century old body who barely skates once a week, if. ✨🌼🎉
May 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Not gonna lie, this was scary. But I did it! Felt so good. Not bad for a half-century old body who barely skates once a week, if. ✨🌼🎉