Charlie Freelander
@charliefreelander.bsky.social
Writes historical fiction shaped by myth, and legend. A wanderer at heart, she is drawn to ruins, coastlines, and the traces history leaves behind. Splits her time between Spain and Finland and volunteers for marine conservation and heritage projects.
My story based on a bizarre historical anecdote I encountered volunteering on a lighthouse island (Gustavsvärn, Hanko, Finland) is now published in the Brussels Review.
September 26, 2026 at 10:20 PM
My story based on a bizarre historical anecdote I encountered volunteering on a lighthouse island (Gustavsvärn, Hanko, Finland) is now published in the Brussels Review.
My story Small Gods in the Mythic Circle magazine:
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A recluse living on the windswept slopes of Cape Malea, the elderly Helen of Troy reflects on her reconciliation with Menelaus, and their return to their homeland – the Lakedaimon of myth.
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A recluse living on the windswept slopes of Cape Malea, the elderly Helen of Troy reflects on her reconciliation with Menelaus, and their return to their homeland – the Lakedaimon of myth.
August 23, 2026 at 2:08 PM
My story Small Gods in the Mythic Circle magazine:
www.amazon.com/Mythic-Circl...
A recluse living on the windswept slopes of Cape Malea, the elderly Helen of Troy reflects on her reconciliation with Menelaus, and their return to their homeland – the Lakedaimon of myth.
www.amazon.com/Mythic-Circl...
A recluse living on the windswept slopes of Cape Malea, the elderly Helen of Troy reflects on her reconciliation with Menelaus, and their return to their homeland – the Lakedaimon of myth.
My short story is in the latest issue of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal:
Quiet Flows the Volga
Captured during Stenka Razin's raids on the Caspian coast, a Persian noblewoman accompanies the Cossack warlord's followers.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0H2674HJ5
Quiet Flows the Volga
Captured during Stenka Razin's raids on the Caspian coast, a Persian noblewoman accompanies the Cossack warlord's followers.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0H2674HJ5
August 1, 2026 at 5:39 PM
My short story is in the latest issue of the Pennsylvania Literary Journal:
Quiet Flows the Volga
Captured during Stenka Razin's raids on the Caspian coast, a Persian noblewoman accompanies the Cossack warlord's followers.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0H2674HJ5
Quiet Flows the Volga
Captured during Stenka Razin's raids on the Caspian coast, a Persian noblewoman accompanies the Cossack warlord's followers.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0H2674HJ5
My short story The Sentinel and Bodhisattva is now free to read online:
The Sentinel and Bodhisattva:
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A haunting tale of a Roman legionary’s ghost, never released from his watch.
The Sentinel and Bodhisattva:
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A haunting tale of a Roman legionary’s ghost, never released from his watch.
June 30, 2026 at 2:27 PM
My short story The Sentinel and Bodhisattva is now free to read online:
The Sentinel and Bodhisattva:
archive.thearcanist.net/posts/2507se...
A haunting tale of a Roman legionary’s ghost, never released from his watch.
The Sentinel and Bodhisattva:
archive.thearcanist.net/posts/2507se...
A haunting tale of a Roman legionary’s ghost, never released from his watch.
In May I hiked in Åland around the Bomarsund fortress ruins. I'm planning a short story set just before the hostilities that, during the Crimean war, led to the fort's destruction.
June 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
In May I hiked in Åland around the Bomarsund fortress ruins. I'm planning a short story set just before the hostilities that, during the Crimean war, led to the fort's destruction.
An English translation of my Nova contest finalist, Goodbye, Russki Islet, will appear in the 2027 number of The Silent Companion, the literary ghost story society A Ghostly Company's magazine.
June 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM
An English translation of my Nova contest finalist, Goodbye, Russki Islet, will appear in the 2027 number of The Silent Companion, the literary ghost story society A Ghostly Company's magazine.
I'll be giving a talk in RopeCon, Helsinki 2026:
When Leviathan and catabasis meet - the terrifying allure of submarines
When Leviathan and catabasis meet - the terrifying allure of submarines
May 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I'll be giving a talk in RopeCon, Helsinki 2026:
When Leviathan and catabasis meet - the terrifying allure of submarines
When Leviathan and catabasis meet - the terrifying allure of submarines
Whaddya know, someone has read and reviewed my fantasy book!
Makings of a Monster (Legacy of Wrath Book 1)
Baldur’s Gate meets Paradise Lost in this deeply emotio…
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May 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Whaddya know, someone has read and reviewed my fantasy book!
My shirt story Saints, Babes and Madmen is in this issue of the Icarus Writing Collective. Read for free online or order a paperback!
It is a tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle, bless his earnest heart.
(Check out the Cottingley fairy photo hoax before reading to get the most out of it).
It is a tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle, bless his earnest heart.
(Check out the Cottingley fairy photo hoax before reading to get the most out of it).
Blessed Beltane, happy May Day, and most of all... we're celebrating the launch of ISSUE 05: BLOSSOM 🌻🌸🪻
✨ READ IT HERE: www.icaruswritingcollective.com/blossom 💛
✨ READ IT HERE: www.icaruswritingcollective.com/blossom 💛
May 1, 2026 at 4:49 PM
My shirt story Saints, Babes and Madmen is in this issue of the Icarus Writing Collective. Read for free online or order a paperback!
It is a tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle, bless his earnest heart.
(Check out the Cottingley fairy photo hoax before reading to get the most out of it).
It is a tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle, bless his earnest heart.
(Check out the Cottingley fairy photo hoax before reading to get the most out of it).
Reposted by Charlie Freelander
Part two! And there's even more where this came from. 🤍
April 27, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Part two! And there's even more where this came from. 🤍
Reposted by Charlie Freelander
Announcing our upcoming 05: Blossom contributors! 🩷🌻
April 22, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Announcing our upcoming 05: Blossom contributors! 🩷🌻
Work in progress woes:
Let's just say that there's a reason that generators on a regular ship are, in principle, called *auxiliary* generators. But since they are usually called just generators or gens, I didn't register that and assumed things worked similarly on submarines. They... didn't.
Let's just say that there's a reason that generators on a regular ship are, in principle, called *auxiliary* generators. But since they are usually called just generators or gens, I didn't register that and assumed things worked similarly on submarines. They... didn't.
April 9, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Work in progress woes:
Let's just say that there's a reason that generators on a regular ship are, in principle, called *auxiliary* generators. But since they are usually called just generators or gens, I didn't register that and assumed things worked similarly on submarines. They... didn't.
Let's just say that there's a reason that generators on a regular ship are, in principle, called *auxiliary* generators. But since they are usually called just generators or gens, I didn't register that and assumed things worked similarly on submarines. They... didn't.
My story Babes, Saints and Madmen will be published in the Icarus Writing Collective magazine ☺️
As Arthur Conan Doyle crosses into the afterlife, he finds himself in a luminous garden where childhood wonder lingers—and where the mystery of the Cottingley Fairies is quietly set right.
As Arthur Conan Doyle crosses into the afterlife, he finds himself in a luminous garden where childhood wonder lingers—and where the mystery of the Cottingley Fairies is quietly set right.
April 2, 2026 at 2:11 PM
My story Babes, Saints and Madmen will be published in the Icarus Writing Collective magazine ☺️
As Arthur Conan Doyle crosses into the afterlife, he finds himself in a luminous garden where childhood wonder lingers—and where the mystery of the Cottingley Fairies is quietly set right.
As Arthur Conan Doyle crosses into the afterlife, he finds himself in a luminous garden where childhood wonder lingers—and where the mystery of the Cottingley Fairies is quietly set right.
I've volunteered in the past for marine conservation with the Captain Paul Watson Foundation. I hope to do so in the future too. For a fleeting moment I appear on the video, at a Madrid vegan festival.
CPWF Spain
YouTube video by Captain Paul Watson Foundation
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March 17, 2026 at 2:42 PM
I've volunteered in the past for marine conservation with the Captain Paul Watson Foundation. I hope to do so in the future too. For a fleeting moment I appear on the video, at a Madrid vegan festival.
YAYYY! My story The Foghorn Knows will be published in the Brussels Review!
Set on a remote Finnish lighthouse island in the early 1900s, it is a story of loss and human kindness.
It is inspired by an obscure historical anecdote I stumbled on when volunteering on q lighthouse island last summer.
Set on a remote Finnish lighthouse island in the early 1900s, it is a story of loss and human kindness.
It is inspired by an obscure historical anecdote I stumbled on when volunteering on q lighthouse island last summer.
March 9, 2026 at 2:57 AM
YAYYY! My story The Foghorn Knows will be published in the Brussels Review!
Set on a remote Finnish lighthouse island in the early 1900s, it is a story of loss and human kindness.
It is inspired by an obscure historical anecdote I stumbled on when volunteering on q lighthouse island last summer.
Set on a remote Finnish lighthouse island in the early 1900s, it is a story of loss and human kindness.
It is inspired by an obscure historical anecdote I stumbled on when volunteering on q lighthouse island last summer.
Imagining a fictional abandoned tin mine in Dartmoor for my story
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Imagining a fictional abandoned tin mine in Dartmoor for my story
A haunting story about a ghost of a Roman legionary who was never released from his watch, my story the Sentinel and Bodhisattva is available in this number.
About foggy borderlands of Britain and Scotland, about legac and history lingering and never going away - and my favorite theme, redemption.
About foggy borderlands of Britain and Scotland, about legac and history lingering and never going away - and my favorite theme, redemption.
The Literary Fantasy Magazine: Summer 2025
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July 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A haunting story about a ghost of a Roman legionary who was never released from his watch, my story the Sentinel and Bodhisattva is available in this number.
About foggy borderlands of Britain and Scotland, about legac and history lingering and never going away - and my favorite theme, redemption.
About foggy borderlands of Britain and Scotland, about legac and history lingering and never going away - and my favorite theme, redemption.
Short story idea folder
July 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Short story idea folder
Playing a lighthouse keeper! A good opportunity to write in an inspiring environment.
July 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Playing a lighthouse keeper! A good opportunity to write in an inspiring environment.
Thinking about how waste, wear and tear of machinery and fueling/ballasting/topping the oil works at a ghostly submarine.
At least the ghosts don't crap.
At least the ghosts don't crap.
June 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Thinking about how waste, wear and tear of machinery and fueling/ballasting/topping the oil works at a ghostly submarine.
At least the ghosts don't crap.
At least the ghosts don't crap.
Sights from Åland, an island group in the Baltic Sea that houses the remains of a Russian garrison and a medieval Franciscan monastery, a restored medieval castle, beautiful churches and much more. Baltic heritage FTW!
June 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Sights from Åland, an island group in the Baltic Sea that houses the remains of a Russian garrison and a medieval Franciscan monastery, a restored medieval castle, beautiful churches and much more. Baltic heritage FTW!
Yay! My Finnish short story about a ghost submarine was shortlisted in a contest!
I'm currently writing a novel based on it, a tribute to the maritime legacy of the Baltic and a melancholy elegy for men lost at sea and lingering in purgatory who get a second chance.
I'm currently writing a novel based on it, a tribute to the maritime legacy of the Baltic and a melancholy elegy for men lost at sea and lingering in purgatory who get a second chance.
June 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Yay! My Finnish short story about a ghost submarine was shortlisted in a contest!
I'm currently writing a novel based on it, a tribute to the maritime legacy of the Baltic and a melancholy elegy for men lost at sea and lingering in purgatory who get a second chance.
I'm currently writing a novel based on it, a tribute to the maritime legacy of the Baltic and a melancholy elegy for men lost at sea and lingering in purgatory who get a second chance.
Visby has been a Viking trading post, Hanseatic town, privateer stronghold and Danish fort.
It remains magical.
Absorbing the atmosphere and researching for my coming book.
It remains magical.
Absorbing the atmosphere and researching for my coming book.
May 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Visby has been a Viking trading post, Hanseatic town, privateer stronghold and Danish fort.
It remains magical.
Absorbing the atmosphere and researching for my coming book.
It remains magical.
Absorbing the atmosphere and researching for my coming book.
Thinking about how to make the dichotomy submarine-destroyer a cosmic allegory
April 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Thinking about how to make the dichotomy submarine-destroyer a cosmic allegory