Christopher James
@christopherjames8d.bsky.social
Writer, loves flash fiction, formerly EIC of Jellyfish Review. Stories in Split Lip, SmokeLong, Wigleaf, Booth, The Times, Tin House online...etc
Why do always we call him Pooh and never Winnie?
June 16, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Why do always we call him Pooh and never Winnie?
Introduce yourself with:
One book: The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
One film: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
One album: the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
One TV show: My Mister
One book: The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
One film: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
One album: the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
One TV show: My Mister
Introduce yourself with:
One book: Tender Morsels
One film: The Exorcist (1973)
One album: Patti Smith’s Horses
One TV show: The X-Files
One book: Tender Morsels
One film: The Exorcist (1973)
One album: Patti Smith’s Horses
One TV show: The X-Files
Introduce yourself with:
One book: Dune
One film: Lost Boys
One album: Weezer's The Blue Album
One TV show: Twin Peaks
(Yes, I WAS tempted to list The Diary of Laura Palmer, Fire Walk With Me, the Twin Peaks soundtrack, and Twin Peaks!)
One book: Dune
One film: Lost Boys
One album: Weezer's The Blue Album
One TV show: Twin Peaks
(Yes, I WAS tempted to list The Diary of Laura Palmer, Fire Walk With Me, the Twin Peaks soundtrack, and Twin Peaks!)
April 19, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Introduce yourself with:
One book: The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
One film: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
One album: the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
One TV show: My Mister
One book: The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
One film: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
One album: the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
One TV show: My Mister
I'm watching the new series Ripley and simultaneously reading the book for the first time, and it's interesting to see how the show diverges from the book but also reading the book explains things about the show I noticed but didn't fully understand
April 11, 2024 at 11:41 AM
I'm watching the new series Ripley and simultaneously reading the book for the first time, and it's interesting to see how the show diverges from the book but also reading the book explains things about the show I noticed but didn't fully understand
Brilliant!
Definitely been a minute since I published anything close to a #shortstory but I’m so excited to share a story that’s not only slightly longer than 1,000 words but also in a DREAM PUB!
Check out my story, TREBUCHET, today Electric Literature’s The Commuter!
electricliterature.com/trebuchet-by...
Check out my story, TREBUCHET, today Electric Literature’s The Commuter!
electricliterature.com/trebuchet-by...
Broken Men On the Outskirts of Town - Electric Literature
“Trebuchet,” flash fiction by Avitus B. Carle
electricliterature.com
April 11, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Brilliant!
Things We Lost in Mrs Doubtfire
Mulan Rouge
Some Like It Hot Fuzz
April 10, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Things We Lost in Mrs Doubtfire
I heard a story about the solar eclipse, but it gets real dark
April 10, 2024 at 7:59 AM
I heard a story about the solar eclipse, but it gets real dark
A fun read :)
April 2, 2024 at 5:32 PM
A fun read :)
Kill your darlings, then Frankenstein your darlings
March 17, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Kill your darlings, then Frankenstein your darlings
Mrrdrr she purred
Murder She Manifested
Murder She Fantasized
March 17, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Mrrdrr she purred
Thank heavens for Tessa Hadley
March 3, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Thank heavens for Tessa Hadley
Brilliant!
“I was surly and deliberately cruel when I found my honey pots empty, snapping at Owl and Tigger and Rabbit"
Read this delightful spin on a classic from @jenfawkes.bsky.social new on hex today! 👇👇🍯
Read this delightful spin on a classic from @jenfawkes.bsky.social new on hex today! 👇👇🍯
Twelve Steps in the Hundred Acre Wood by Jen Fawkes
It’s not about honey. That’s the first thing you learn—it’s about what drove you to honey to begin with. As a cub, I detected in my parents some fundamental quality I seemed to lack. Oneness. Selfhood...
hexliterary.com
February 21, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Brilliant!
it's my birthday - please send some smiles (:
February 19, 2024 at 3:01 AM
it's my birthday - please send some smiles (:
Ox-drawn cats
February 14, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Ox-drawn cats
Well done all!
Here they are! Our judge @grantfaulkner’s final selections are in!Congratulations to the winners of Best Microfiction 2024! This is going to be such marvelous book of gems ❤️🍾Thank you to all the nominating editors! bestmicrofiction.com
Best Microfiction
The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer.
bestmicrofiction.com
February 14, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Well done all!
Reposted by Christopher James
You’ve got until 31st May to get your share of the £20k prize pot! Details bridportprize.org.uk
February 10, 2024 at 1:42 AM
You’ve got until 31st May to get your share of the £20k prize pot! Details bridportprize.org.uk
I'm not the main character. I'm somebody who gets beheaded early on and one eye keeps twitching, there in the basket full of other bloody heads, and later a headless ghost picks me up briefly before discarding me in favour of a root vegetable with ghoulish features carved out
I’m not the main character. I’m the fucked up deer in the horror forest.
I'm not the main character. I'm the wizened elder with a small but weirdly horny fanbase.
February 8, 2024 at 5:25 AM
I'm not the main character. I'm somebody who gets beheaded early on and one eye keeps twitching, there in the basket full of other bloody heads, and later a headless ghost picks me up briefly before discarding me in favour of a root vegetable with ghoulish features carved out
Reposted by Christopher James
What are your favourite flash fiction venues still active?
February 3, 2024 at 6:08 AM
What are your favourite flash fiction venues still active?
Reposted by Christopher James
I'm back on my bullshit* with a new piece in amazing Bull.
*Writing lovingly about basketball
*Writing lovingly about basketball
Bump the Cutter | MrBullBull
mrbullbull.com
January 25, 2024 at 1:43 PM
I'm back on my bullshit* with a new piece in amazing Bull.
*Writing lovingly about basketball
*Writing lovingly about basketball
Living in a whale wouldn't be so bad
January 23, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Living in a whale wouldn't be so bad
How long would a Martian have to live on Earth before we could call her an Earthling?
January 21, 2024 at 4:25 PM
How long would a Martian have to live on Earth before we could call her an Earthling?
This is very enjoyable to read, by Razi Shadmehry @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
splitlipthemag.com/flash/0124/r...
splitlipthemag.com/flash/0124/r...
January 20, 2024 at 5:11 AM
This is very enjoyable to read, by Razi Shadmehry @splitlipthemag.bsky.social
splitlipthemag.com/flash/0124/r...
splitlipthemag.com/flash/0124/r...
Reposted by Christopher James
Delighted to have a new piece today at lovely Necessary Fiction
What Is Scattered Still Collects – Necessary Fiction
necessaryfiction.com
January 17, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Delighted to have a new piece today at lovely Necessary Fiction
Reposted by Christopher James
New year, new ✨JANUARY ISSUE✨
WORDS by Craig Tollifson, Razi Shadmehry, Sabrina Bustamante, & Ina Cariño
ART by Natalie Fontanez
PLUS Ashia Ajani interviews @taylorbyas.bsky.social
buff.ly/2Z36noR
WORDS by Craig Tollifson, Razi Shadmehry, Sabrina Bustamante, & Ina Cariño
ART by Natalie Fontanez
PLUS Ashia Ajani interviews @taylorbyas.bsky.social
buff.ly/2Z36noR
January 15, 2024 at 4:06 PM
New year, new ✨JANUARY ISSUE✨
WORDS by Craig Tollifson, Razi Shadmehry, Sabrina Bustamante, & Ina Cariño
ART by Natalie Fontanez
PLUS Ashia Ajani interviews @taylorbyas.bsky.social
buff.ly/2Z36noR
WORDS by Craig Tollifson, Razi Shadmehry, Sabrina Bustamante, & Ina Cariño
ART by Natalie Fontanez
PLUS Ashia Ajani interviews @taylorbyas.bsky.social
buff.ly/2Z36noR