Autumn Story Round-up

It’s autumn story round-up time! I had a few stories come out, both new and reprints, during August and September, but clearly have been remiss in actually mentioning them.

Oddly enough, they’re all military-themed to some degree. I don’t often write about the military, so it’s weird these three stories hit all at once.

Steadfast in Does it Have Pockets

This is a reprint that first appeared in Flash Fiction Online. It is also a modern retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Steadfast Tin Soldier, complete with a gender flip and unapologetic happy ending.

Rules of Engagement, second place prose (veteran) in the 2023 Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards from Line of Advance

New story alert! I won’t say much about this one, except the title is a play on words.

Field Manual for Waiting in Women on Writing 3rd Quarter 2023 Creative Nonfiction Contest

A reprint, but the first time you can read it online. Fair warning: this is a piece of creative nonfiction that involves grief. You can also read an interview I did with the editors at WOW, where we discuss, among other things, current writing projects and ghosts.

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5 responses to “Autumn Story Round-up

  1. anno

    Lovely news! And lovely, lovely stories, too.
    Congratulations — hope you enjoy the warm glow of this success through winter months ahead!

    • Oh, thank you. I’ve sent out so little these past several months that this feels like I’m finally getting back into writing and submitting on at last a semi-regular basis.

  2. anno

    Hi there! And welcome to the New Year!

    I don’t know if you’re on the fence about Bloganuary this year, but I’m giving it a try… and reviving a long-dormant wordpress blog to use for my responses (https://artifactsandannotations.wordpress.com/)

    I hope all is well with you and your family — would love to see you around!

    • Oh, it’s so good to see you! I’ve been heads down, finishing the novel I’ve been working on. In the home stretch! I hope to start blogging a bit more, but I won’t be doing the January challenge. However, I just subscribed to your WordPress site so I don’t miss a thing.

      • anno

        Hello Charity,
        It is lovely to hear from you. Finishing a novel sounds like a great project, and greatly satisfying work, too.

        I’m not sure what my hopes are for the blogging project, but I like the feeling of being in a more anonymous space where I can write material that might be rougher, where I don’t feel the obligation to speak to a long-standing audience. If it helps establish a small but more regular habit, it would make me happy.

        Anyway, looking forward to news about your forthcoming novel — congratulations on nearing the end!
        –Anne

        Gppd tp jear frp,

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