Charlotte Hamrick
@charhamrick.bsky.social
Writer, reader, observer, New Orleanian
Managing Editor: @reckonreview.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/charhamrick
Managing Editor: @reckonreview.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/charhamrick
Latest, featuring Beth Sherman in @fictivedream.bsky.social, @jamybond.bsky.social & Keith Woodruff in @bendinggenres.bsky.social, Pamela Painter in Milk Candy Rvw, Angelica Roman in @thecitronreview.bsky.social 🙌 + other stuff
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Small Bites for a Big Bite Day
Microfiction for full bellies
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November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Latest, featuring Beth Sherman in @fictivedream.bsky.social, @jamybond.bsky.social & Keith Woodruff in @bendinggenres.bsky.social, Pamela Painter in Milk Candy Rvw, Angelica Roman in @thecitronreview.bsky.social 🙌 + other stuff
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Literal chills reading this piece.
“Oh, the brain, that adamantly logical and analytical mess of neurons, can try to block it out with happiness or paper it over with time. But the body remembers how it feels to be poor.”
“Oh, the brain, that adamantly logical and analytical mess of neurons, can try to block it out with happiness or paper it over with time. But the body remembers how it feels to be poor.”
"The body remembers the side of the road, night the color of swamp water, quiet thick enough to drown in except for the rhythmic tick-tock of the emergency flashers marking time all-alone all-alone."
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Brain vs Body
Mirth, melancholy and misadventures.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Literal chills reading this piece.
“Oh, the brain, that adamantly logical and analytical mess of neurons, can try to block it out with happiness or paper it over with time. But the body remembers how it feels to be poor.”
“Oh, the brain, that adamantly logical and analytical mess of neurons, can try to block it out with happiness or paper it over with time. But the body remembers how it feels to be poor.”
SO good. 🙌 Idk this poet but wow. 1st pubbed poem in Rust & Moth is brilliant. Congrats @edithkrone.bsky.social
Today is scary. My first poem has officially been published to Rust & Moth! It’s been such a weird and long road to get here but I’m a published writer (of sorts) now. I don’t know what to do now but be hopeful that you enjoy it. Thanks. Bless.
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
SO good. 🙌 Idk this poet but wow. 1st pubbed poem in Rust & Moth is brilliant. Congrats @edithkrone.bsky.social
In case you’re interested - a wip.
go.bsky.app/V5MfhyM
go.bsky.app/V5MfhyM
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
In case you’re interested - a wip.
go.bsky.app/V5MfhyM
go.bsky.app/V5MfhyM
Gorgeous prose (as expected!) by @melostrom.bsky.social , a kind writer you should be following! 💛
Excited to have a flash in the beautiful latest issue of The Maine Review.♥️
www.mainereview.com/the-wing/
www.mainereview.com/the-wing/
The Wing - The Maine Review
The morning Nadine’s feathers sprouted, a light snow fell. She was standing outside, watching Meg board the school bus, noticing how the little girl’s hair, frizzy like her own, glistened with snow, m...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Gorgeous prose (as expected!) by @melostrom.bsky.social , a kind writer you should be following! 💛
Wonderful to see ELJ thriving!
Also, today, EBSCO reached out to open an account to get ELJ’s titles into libraries, & our titles are available via Ingram beginning w/our 3/2025 titles. Thanks to everyone that stood by us as we moved forward. The future is now, & we will be announcing our first 2026 title next week.
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Wonderful to see ELJ thriving!
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Great news! All ELJ Editions books published after March 2025 are now available on Amazon, BN.com, and Bookshop.org, as well as ELJ’s website! Pick yourself up a book this Holiday season!
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Great news! All ELJ Editions books published after March 2025 are now available on Amazon, BN.com, and Bookshop.org, as well as ELJ’s website! Pick yourself up a book this Holiday season!
“why borrow
griefs from the future
when the present horrors
are more than enough.”
@ronita.bsky.social 💛🙏 in FemAsia
griefs from the future
when the present horrors
are more than enough.”
@ronita.bsky.social 💛🙏 in FemAsia
“And, here I am,
imagining all the ways
I will be lonely and untethered soon”
A quietly ponderous and beautiful triptych by @ronita.bsky.social in FemAsia!
imagining all the ways
I will be lonely and untethered soon”
A quietly ponderous and beautiful triptych by @ronita.bsky.social in FemAsia!
Thanks FemAsia for giving this a home.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“why borrow
griefs from the future
when the present horrors
are more than enough.”
@ronita.bsky.social 💛🙏 in FemAsia
griefs from the future
when the present horrors
are more than enough.”
@ronita.bsky.social 💛🙏 in FemAsia
“It’s been a long time since I stood in a Colorado river in a rainstorm skipping stones, certain I was in love with the man beside me instead of the man who lived states away. The Away Man’s voice on my answering machine—“
@jilltalbot.bsky.social in Sonora Review🙌
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@jilltalbot.bsky.social in Sonora Review🙌
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Staring at the Silence | Jill Talbot - Sonora Review
Stepping through the back door, I squint against the shadows before sliding into the corner booth of the bar section. The restaurant’s near empty, the way I like it. Every few weeks, I drive the seven...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“It’s been a long time since I stood in a Colorado river in a rainstorm skipping stones, certain I was in love with the man beside me instead of the man who lived states away. The Away Man’s voice on my answering machine—“
@jilltalbot.bsky.social in Sonora Review🙌
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@jilltalbot.bsky.social in Sonora Review🙌
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“… shuddering like a ghost rain in the leaves, like something lost and searching.”
“If something similar happened to her, Nate — unlike Mr. Haskell — wouldn’t even try to protect Anna and her. Couldn’t. He was in Chicago.”
@melostrom.bsky.social in Stone Canoe Journal
“If something similar happened to her, Nate — unlike Mr. Haskell — wouldn’t even try to protect Anna and her. Couldn’t. He was in Chicago.”
@melostrom.bsky.social in Stone Canoe Journal
Mocha & I are spending our morning with the latest issue of Stone Canoe Journal. I’m excited it includes my short story, “Away.” Happy Monday, friends.📚🐶💚
November 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
“… shuddering like a ghost rain in the leaves, like something lost and searching.”
“If something similar happened to her, Nate — unlike Mr. Haskell — wouldn’t even try to protect Anna and her. Couldn’t. He was in Chicago.”
@melostrom.bsky.social in Stone Canoe Journal
“If something similar happened to her, Nate — unlike Mr. Haskell — wouldn’t even try to protect Anna and her. Couldn’t. He was in Chicago.”
@melostrom.bsky.social in Stone Canoe Journal
“…everybody shook their heads and tut-tutted and agreed she had always been trouble or a narcissist or too much of a goody-two-shoes…”
Wow, so good - Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos in ghost parachute
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Wow, so good - Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos in ghost parachute
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When She Left — Ghost Parachute
her kids were all grown up—she’d cared and cooked and cleaned and cajoled and consoled and done the best she humanly/womanly/motherly could until night sweat wept through her pores, until her body scr...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“…everybody shook their heads and tut-tutted and agreed she had always been trouble or a narcissist or too much of a goody-two-shoes…”
Wow, so good - Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos in ghost parachute
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Wow, so good - Delphine Gauthier-Georgakopoulos in ghost parachute
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“I dance like all of the cowards in cowboy movies. Caro Kennedy cries like all of the women who listen, from behind drawn curtains, to the gunfire from a duel in a dusty street.”
🙌 Gary Fincke in Ghost Parachute
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🙌 Gary Fincke in Ghost Parachute
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Foreshadowing — Ghost Parachute
In 1963, a week after I begin third grade, three men with rifles rob the savings and loan four blocks from my parents’ house in a small town just outside of Pittsburgh. A minute later, the police aler...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“I dance like all of the cowards in cowboy movies. Caro Kennedy cries like all of the women who listen, from behind drawn curtains, to the gunfire from a duel in a dusty street.”
🙌 Gary Fincke in Ghost Parachute
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🙌 Gary Fincke in Ghost Parachute
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Today's new fiction, from Amelia Franz, will have your heart pounding.
October 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today's new fiction, from Amelia Franz, will have your heart pounding.
An Extraordinary heart tug. Truly wonderful, Jen! @jenwithwords.bsky.social
✨ The first episode has arrived! ✨
Very excited to introduce the first episode in my new flash fiction film series ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’! 🕰️
If you have a minute and a half to spare, I’d love for you to check it out!
youtu.be/scAoxNryyVA
Very excited to introduce the first episode in my new flash fiction film series ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’! 🕰️
If you have a minute and a half to spare, I’d love for you to check it out!
youtu.be/scAoxNryyVA
The Time Pirate | Episode 1: The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore
YouTube video by jenwithwords
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
An Extraordinary heart tug. Truly wonderful, Jen! @jenwithwords.bsky.social
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New Wind & Root over at Reckon today from our columnist Brandy Renee McCann.
I needed this one today.
I needed this one today.
October 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
New Wind & Root over at Reckon today from our columnist Brandy Renee McCann.
I needed this one today.
I needed this one today.
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New creative nonfiction at Reckon today from Cindy Sams. Come see!
October 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New creative nonfiction at Reckon today from Cindy Sams. Come see!
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“Writing has always been a way of understanding myself…”
Check out @charhamrick.bsky.social’s wonderful interview with @ronita.bsky.social!📚💚
Check out @charhamrick.bsky.social’s wonderful interview with @ronita.bsky.social!📚💚
October 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“Writing has always been a way of understanding myself…”
Check out @charhamrick.bsky.social’s wonderful interview with @ronita.bsky.social!📚💚
Check out @charhamrick.bsky.social’s wonderful interview with @ronita.bsky.social!📚💚
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October 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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We are so honored that Eileen, Holly, Mary Ann, and Summer trusted us with their incredible work, and SO very proud to nominate them for the Best of the Net this year.
Read their stories here:
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Read their stories here:
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October 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
We are so honored that Eileen, Holly, Mary Ann, and Summer trusted us with their incredible work, and SO very proud to nominate them for the Best of the Net this year.
Read their stories here:
reckonreview.com/award-nomina...
Read their stories here:
reckonreview.com/award-nomina...
This issue is a treasure trove for flash fiction lovers. I’m savoring it!
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October 2025 Issue — Ghost Parachute
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October 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This issue is a treasure trove for flash fiction lovers. I’m savoring it!
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We have new creative nonfiction from Katrina Ralbag over at Reckon. Come see.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We have new creative nonfiction from Katrina Ralbag over at Reckon. Come see.
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“because everyone knows pigtails and pinafores belong in Kansas (said The Man.)”
A fresh take on Glinda and the Wizard of Oz all in six sentences by @charhamrick.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
A fresh take on Glinda and the Wizard of Oz all in six sentences by @charhamrick.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
Thrilled to have another microfiction in the exciting @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 🙏🥧
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Glinda Was Never a Witch - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
pexels.com photo by froken-frokus by Charlotte Hamrick She was wishful fluff conjured up by The Man who, like some men, see women as either Good or Bad, Madonna or Slut. Glinda was a fantastical idea...
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September 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“because everyone knows pigtails and pinafores belong in Kansas (said The Man.)”
A fresh take on Glinda and the Wizard of Oz all in six sentences by @charhamrick.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
A fresh take on Glinda and the Wizard of Oz all in six sentences by @charhamrick.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social
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Taking a break from short poetry films to try something a little different…
‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ is a brand new flash fiction film series starting Fall 2025.
First episode drops October 15th!
But in the meantime, a little teaser…
youtu.be/aDKdo-sjrIs
‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ is a brand new flash fiction film series starting Fall 2025.
First episode drops October 15th!
But in the meantime, a little teaser…
youtu.be/aDKdo-sjrIs
The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore | Teaser/Trailer
YouTube video by jenwithwords
youtu.be
September 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Taking a break from short poetry films to try something a little different…
‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ is a brand new flash fiction film series starting Fall 2025.
First episode drops October 15th!
But in the meantime, a little teaser…
youtu.be/aDKdo-sjrIs
‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’ is a brand new flash fiction film series starting Fall 2025.
First episode drops October 15th!
But in the meantime, a little teaser…
youtu.be/aDKdo-sjrIs