Joshua Jones Lofflin

Joshua Jones Lofflin’s writing has appeared in The Best Microfictions 2020, The Best Small Fictions 2019, The Cincinnati Review, CRAFT, Fractured Lit, SmokeLong Quarterly, Split Lip Magazine, and elsewhere. He lives in Maryland. Find him on Twitter @jjlofflin or visit his website: jjlofflin.com

Geppetto’s Doll

Geppetto makes his doll from bones, from chicken legs and foxes’ ribs, a pig’s left shoulder, and the skull of an owl. He binds them together with catgut, then laces them tight and gets to work on miniature clothes. There are corded breeches, a harlequin shirt, a felted green hat, a yellow cape lined with […]