Char Hamrick
@charhamrick.bsky.social
Managing Editor @reckonreview.bsky.social
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We are so, so proud of these folks, and so honored that they trusted us with their work. Our nominations for Best of the Net, read them here: reckonreview.com/award-nomina...
September 19, 2026 at 3:39 PM
We are so, so proud of these folks, and so honored that they trusted us with their work. Our nominations for Best of the Net, read them here: reckonreview.com/award-nomina...
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@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social September 2025 work by Beth Konkoski, Chad Foret, Jane Yager, Elizabeth Meyer Gonzalez
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September 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social September 2025 work by Beth Konkoski, Chad Foret, Jane Yager, Elizabeth Meyer Gonzalez
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New Wind & Root today from Special Guest Jessica Slee! She is a Claymore Award Winner, and in 2022 she was longlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger and the First Pages Prize. She was recognized in the Honor Roll of The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2024.
September 14, 2026 at 9:22 PM
New Wind & Root today from Special Guest Jessica Slee! She is a Claymore Award Winner, and in 2022 she was longlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger and the First Pages Prize. She was recognized in the Honor Roll of The Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2024.
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The Auraist was kind enough to interview me about my debut collection, “Coyote Girl,” which they chose as Best Book of the Month. If you want to read about how much I hate AI or some of my stylistic choices, then read below!
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'Maybe don’t become a writer if you need to rely on AI.'
Sabrina Hicks answers our questions on prose style and AI writing
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August 2, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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July 27, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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New fiction for you today. Come over and read "Live Long and Prosper" by William Cass.
Cass has had over 400 short stories accepted for publication in a variety of literary magazines. His three short story collections were all published by Wising Up Press.
Cass has had over 400 short stories accepted for publication in a variety of literary magazines. His three short story collections were all published by Wising Up Press.
July 20, 2026 at 1:53 PM
New fiction for you today. Come over and read "Live Long and Prosper" by William Cass.
Cass has had over 400 short stories accepted for publication in a variety of literary magazines. His three short story collections were all published by Wising Up Press.
Cass has had over 400 short stories accepted for publication in a variety of literary magazines. His three short story collections were all published by Wising Up Press.
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New fiction for you today from Chelsea Stickle.
July 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
New fiction for you today from Chelsea Stickle.
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“'When you’ve been alive as long as I have, you realize that there really isn’t much more to life after a certain point, so you’ve got to create that forward momentum on your own.’”
bloodlines & branches & man-eating trees &
@dango-ramen.bsky.social in Cutleaf cutleafjournal.com/content/bare...
bloodlines & branches & man-eating trees &
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Bare Branches - Cutleaf Journal
When I was thirteen, Pam, a family friend’s daughter, told me she was a “bare branches” child, meaning the bloodline would die with her. A dead end. Pam
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July 11, 2026 at 2:50 AM
“'When you’ve been alive as long as I have, you realize that there really isn’t much more to life after a certain point, so you’ve got to create that forward momentum on your own.’”
bloodlines & branches & man-eating trees &
@dango-ramen.bsky.social in Cutleaf cutleafjournal.com/content/bare...
bloodlines & branches & man-eating trees &
@dango-ramen.bsky.social in Cutleaf cutleafjournal.com/content/bare...
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"The bell on the door jangled as he walked in fifteen minutes late, cool as a nectar cream snowball. He wore a seersucker suit and a litigator smirk."
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"Don't Care Guilty" by Charlotte Hamrick
We ate them on a muggy Spring afternoon. I skipped out from work saying I had a legal appointment, not entirely untrue. Sweat trickled down my belly and tickled my underarms during the two-block walk....
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July 1, 2026 at 7:14 PM
"The bell on the door jangled as he walked in fifteen minutes late, cool as a nectar cream snowball. He wore a seersucker suit and a litigator smirk."
@charhamrick.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social www.roifaineantpress.com/post/don-t-c...
@charhamrick.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social www.roifaineantpress.com/post/don-t-c...
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"I felt my face pinking like I’d been caught breaching some precious culinary law.
Then I thought, Smartass lawyer."
Big love for this piece of writing by @charhamrick.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Then I thought, Smartass lawyer."
Big love for this piece of writing by @charhamrick.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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"Don't Care Guilty" by Charlotte Hamrick
We ate them on a muggy Spring afternoon. I skipped out from work saying I had a legal appointment, not entirely untrue. Sweat trickled down my belly and tickled my underarms during the two-block walk....
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June 29, 2026 at 2:34 PM
"I felt my face pinking like I’d been caught breaching some precious culinary law.
Then I thought, Smartass lawyer."
Big love for this piece of writing by @charhamrick.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Then I thought, Smartass lawyer."
Big love for this piece of writing by @charhamrick.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Hugs & thanks to the incredible team at @rfpress.bsky.social for supporting & publishing my little New Orleans-centric fiction. Y’all are the best! 💋
Betcha thought we forgot ya.
NEVER.
It's that time again, folks. 97 is live. Let the future ghosts of your past self know.
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NEVER.
It's that time again, folks. 97 is live. Let the future ghosts of your past self know.
www.roifaineantpress.com/blog
#writingcommunity
June 29, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Hugs & thanks to the incredible team at @rfpress.bsky.social for supporting & publishing my little New Orleans-centric fiction. Y’all are the best! 💋
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“… but today I’m tired of being told what I am …”
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We Are Not Reptiles - Identity Theory
He’s a man, a good poet, but today I’m tired of being told what I am by men and poets.
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June 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“… but today I’m tired of being told what I am …”
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SO. GOOD.
"He sends her outdated email pictures of herself, the ones he took when she wasn’t looking, the sly smile, the crease of her brow, the moon curved of her cheek, the twisted curl of her hair."
@tommydeanwriter.bsky.social returns to The Bulb Region with a haunting story.
🔗 below!
@tommydeanwriter.bsky.social returns to The Bulb Region with a haunting story.
🔗 below!
June 22, 2026 at 10:28 PM
SO. GOOD.
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I’ve got a tiny micro at the very cool @plaguecircus.bsky.social! plaguecircuspress.com/my-suitcase-...
June 22, 2026 at 1:02 PM
I’ve got a tiny micro at the very cool @plaguecircus.bsky.social! plaguecircuspress.com/my-suitcase-...
“When it comes to micro memoir, it works for what I aim to achieve in much of my writing, which is to capture the emotional truth of an experience.”
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THE NITTY GRITTY INTERVIEW WITH JAMY BOND – Reckon Review
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June 17, 2026 at 8:55 PM
“When it comes to micro memoir, it works for what I aim to achieve in much of my writing, which is to capture the emotional truth of an experience.”
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A huge, HUGE (!!!) thanks to @meaganlucas.bsky.social and the team at @reckonreview.bsky.social for publishing my creepy-ass, lead-paint story, “Communion.”
(Seriously, I owe them an insane amount of bourbon and brownies for this.)
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(Seriously, I owe them an insane amount of bourbon and brownies for this.)
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June 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
A huge, HUGE (!!!) thanks to @meaganlucas.bsky.social and the team at @reckonreview.bsky.social for publishing my creepy-ass, lead-paint story, “Communion.”
(Seriously, I owe them an insane amount of bourbon and brownies for this.)
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(Seriously, I owe them an insane amount of bourbon and brownies for this.)
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This is awesome!
Happy to share that my story, “The Kings of Ghost City,” made the 2026 BAMS Distinguished list with some very talented writers. Thank you @meaganlucas.bsky.social and @reckonreview.bsky.social for taking a chance with it!!
June 17, 2026 at 4:13 PM
This is awesome!
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To celebrate 4 years (4 years!!) of THE NITTY GRITTY, our Managing Editor Charlotte Hamrick interviewed the fabulous writer, Jamy Bond.
Come see!
Come see!
June 17, 2026 at 1:08 PM
To celebrate 4 years (4 years!!) of THE NITTY GRITTY, our Managing Editor Charlotte Hamrick interviewed the fabulous writer, Jamy Bond.
Come see!
Come see!
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New fiction today!
Bowlin is the author of the collection, Ghosts Caught on Film. His short fiction & essays appear in places like Best American Mystery & Suspense, TriQuarterly, Barrelhouse, Ninth Letter, The Rumpus, & Salt Hill. He lives & teaches & rides trains in MA.
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Bowlin is the author of the collection, Ghosts Caught on Film. His short fiction & essays appear in places like Best American Mystery & Suspense, TriQuarterly, Barrelhouse, Ninth Letter, The Rumpus, & Salt Hill. He lives & teaches & rides trains in MA.
@barrettbowlin.bsky.social
June 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
New fiction today!
Bowlin is the author of the collection, Ghosts Caught on Film. His short fiction & essays appear in places like Best American Mystery & Suspense, TriQuarterly, Barrelhouse, Ninth Letter, The Rumpus, & Salt Hill. He lives & teaches & rides trains in MA.
@barrettbowlin.bsky.social
Bowlin is the author of the collection, Ghosts Caught on Film. His short fiction & essays appear in places like Best American Mystery & Suspense, TriQuarterly, Barrelhouse, Ninth Letter, The Rumpus, & Salt Hill. He lives & teaches & rides trains in MA.
@barrettbowlin.bsky.social
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"We Had Something Beautiful," originally published by CRAFT is live at SugarSugarSalt! Thank you @charhamrick.bsky.social for giving my piece about a workplace mutiny new life and thank you again, @jacqdoyle.bsky.social for believing in the story. 🙏
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We Had Something Beautiful by Kathryn Silver-Hajo
We Had Something Beautiful
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June 14, 2026 at 2:17 PM
"We Had Something Beautiful," originally published by CRAFT is live at SugarSugarSalt! Thank you @charhamrick.bsky.social for giving my piece about a workplace mutiny new life and thank you again, @jacqdoyle.bsky.social for believing in the story. 🙏
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“The roller derby girls are sharp elbows and muscular thighs and tight spandex shorts.” 🙌
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When You're the Roller Derby Girls - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
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June 14, 2026 at 3:33 AM
“The roller derby girls are sharp elbows and muscular thighs and tight spandex shorts.” 🙌
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@chartsuyker.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social 💛
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It’s pub day for my (mostly) flash fiction collection Songs from the Blimp Ruins. Thank you @alkratz.bsky.social & Silverbacked Punk for bringing it to life. It's available here: qgyjj4z.s.gy/sTuEPy
Signed copies also available (message me)
My heart is cheered here www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf22...
Signed copies also available (message me)
My heart is cheered here www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf22...
June 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
It’s pub day for my (mostly) flash fiction collection Songs from the Blimp Ruins. Thank you @alkratz.bsky.social & Silverbacked Punk for bringing it to life. It's available here: qgyjj4z.s.gy/sTuEPy
Signed copies also available (message me)
My heart is cheered here www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf22...
Signed copies also available (message me)
My heart is cheered here www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf22...
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Coming June 14th! Stay tuned!!!
June 1, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Coming June 14th! Stay tuned!!!
Honored to be the first in this new feature. Thanks, Gooseberry Pie!
@charhamrick.bsky.social’s piece “Distant Disaster” from 9/19/2024 is @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social’s
Story of the Week, From our Archives.
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Story of the Week, From our Archives.
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Distant Disaster - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine
pexel.com by Charlotte Hamrick Tiny hairs on the back of daddy’s neck stand at attention, minuscule porcupine quills aimed at me. Over his shoulder the never ending road unfurls, a monolith looming in...
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June 2, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Honored to be the first in this new feature. Thanks, Gooseberry Pie!
June 1, 2026 at 2:29 PM