It’s a rainy Monday morning and I have the radio (yes, a real radio!) on the local Classic Rock station, something I rarely do anymore. It’s all about streaming on Spotify, Pandora, Amazon, Soundcloud, and probably zillions of other services … Continue reading Rainy Day Reading
It’s been Lucky February for me! I am so grateful to Twin Pies Literary and Fevers of the Mind Poetry Blog for selecting my work for their fine publications. My Flash Fiction piece, “Four Levels of Infatuation“, is in Twin Pies new issue. Thank you, Jessica Evans and D.T. Robbins! My two poems, “Shelter in Place” and “Swaddling the Beast, are currently featured on Fevers of the Mind. Many thanks to David L O’Nan! * This weekend should have been the big parade weekend before Fat Tuesday but, alas, the pandemic has cancelled Mardi Gras, as we’ve always known it. … Continue reading Twin Pies Lit + Fevers of the Mind
Can I just say that the more Flash Fiction I read, the more I want to read. I love this genre so much and man are we lucky to have some really great FF writers in our world. Here are a few stories that just wowed me recently. Enjoy! * Jennifer Toddhunter in Twin Pies Literary – Us Girls at our Boys’ Graduation “Us girls get ready for our boys’ graduation, stick cigarettes in our push-up bras, cut the hems of our second-hand dresses just so. We talk about what it’ll be like to graduate ourselves one day, how we’ll … Continue reading Flash Fiction That Will Drop Your Mouth Open
I’m late in thanking the Editors of New World Writing for accepting and publishing my Flash Fiction, Zipped, on January 4. I was thrilled to get this acceptance and check NWW off my literary bucket list! I encourage you to … Continue reading Fiction in New World Writing
I have an interview with Flash Fiction writer Tara Isabel Zambrano in the new issue of The Citron Review. Many thanks to JR Walsh and the team of Editors for accepting this piece for their ZEST page. The entire issue … Continue reading Recent Publications
I’m happy to share that my flash fiction story, “Kimono”, is in the new issue of Emerge Literary Journal. Many thanks to Damon McKinney and Arianna Den Bleyker for accepting this piece. Continue reading Flash Fiction in Emerge Journal
I’m hoping to start a new feature here on the blog. So many people have started baking again since the pandemic, including me, and I thought it would be fun to share recipes. Since this is primarily a writing blog … Continue reading Calling Writers Who Bake!
With the pandemic now (arguably) in it’s 8th month, I’ve been noticing lots of talk about books on social media. It looks like reading is enjoying a boom and that’s a good thing! In the past few months, though, I find that my reading choices are pickier than usual. Memoirs and Poetry are probably my favorite genres but I have loved a good dystopian novel (read Blindness by Jose Saramago or Station Eleven by Emily St. Mandel). However, I seem to have lost my taste for the dystopian in books and in tv. When I try to read or watch, … Continue reading Pandemic Reading: Writers Share Their Picks
Got a few minutes? Pining for a really good, quick read while you eat lunch or take a break from your daily routine? Have I got some gems for you! Seven Flash Fiction/Micro Fiction stories that’ll knock your socks off. … Continue reading 7 Flash Fictions
I am thrilled to share I have two recent publications of my work online. Much thanks to Damon and Ariana at Emerge Journal for publishing my little flash fiction “Peaches in Alabama“. The inspiration for the story was a road … Continue reading Two New Publications
Charlotte Hamrick 