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Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you so much for your kind words and for sharing, Kathy 🙏

The Mirror Has Grown Slow - Hot Flash Literary

Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Sep 4

"“It just reacts a little late,” he says, wiping away steam. “Like someone getting old.” A strange and fascinating read by Huina Zheng in Hot Flash Literary

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The bathroom mirror has grown sluggish. When I brush my teeth and stick out my tongue, foam clinging to the corners of my mouth, it takes seven seconds for the girl inside the mirror to do the same. I...

Fever - Hot Flash Literary

Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Sep 4

"You press your lips against the moist paper heart of my mask." Beautiful piece by @Nancy Stohlman in Hot Flash Literary

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Asleep in our separate beds for the first time ever on this, the third day of our honeymoon—until now all honey and nougat and sparkling rosé turned swollen noses and crusty eyes. must be jetlag, must...

A Good Sign - Hot Flash Literary

Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Sep 4

"They stuck their fists inside people and twisted things." Such as fabulous piece by @chelseastickle.bsky.social in Hot Flash Literary

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The woman’s tongue was long, white in the middle and simple for the men to sever at its base. They dipped it in formaldehyde and framed it in a shadow box to hang at town hall as a warning to other wo...

My Body, My Choosing - Hot Flash Literary

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Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Sep 4

"I probably should have spent less energy on changing my shape and more on changing my mindset." by @dianegotauthor.bsky.social in Hot Flash Literary

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I’m turning 65 at the very end of December. I wear moisturizer but no makeup, and I don’t color my hair. (My brown has been overtaken by gray streaks and blond—I’ve never been a blond, nor ever wanted...

Wyoming - Hot Flash Literary

Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Sep 4

"My insides resemble a well-marbled steak." by @kathyfish.bsky.social in Hot Flash Literary - gut wrenching piece, I could relate so much!

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It’s the time of the Great Evacuation. That’s what my friend Jess calls it. I’ve been bleeding all over the place. My body is emptying itself out. It’s undignified. And painful. Out for coffee with J...

Home - Hot Flash Literary

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · Sep 4

Check out inaugural issue of Hot Flash Literary founded by @jekwriter.bsky.social & Tina Carlson: "One thing remained clear, though: that women-identifying people needed a place where their voices wouldn’t get lost in an icy gale. Where they could, instead, be hot like lava." hotflashliterary.com

Welcome to Hot Flash Literary Hot Flash Literary is an online journal of flash whose mission is to give women-identifying writers a voice; specifically, it’s a place for women’s voices to ignite. Like...

What Big Eyes - Hot Flash Literary

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Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Sep 4

This piece blew my mind. Leave it to @Mikki Aronoff to retell a fairy tale afresh "When his fervent claws tore at my breasts, I clutched his furry ears, whispered how even my daughter would not visit." in Hot Flash Literary

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It’s warm here in his belly. When the muscles contract, I feel him embracing me again. To be frank, he was not unwelcome. When he undressed me, he undressed me slowly, his saliva tracking wet on my th...

Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Sep 4

Such an honor to have work stand besides so many major talents!!! 🙏🙏

Current Issue - Hot Flash Literary

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Jessica Klimesh @jekwriter.bsky.social · Sep 4

The first issue of Hot Flash Literary is live--featuring phenomenal work by Mikki Aronoff, @csquareh.bsky.social Christine H. Chen, @kathyfish.bsky.social, @dianegotauthor.bsky.social, Stella Reed, @chelseastickle.bsky.social, Nancy Stohlman, and Huina Zheng! hotflashliterary.com/current-issue/

Issue 1 – Summer 2025 My Body, My Choice

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Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thank you so much for reading and sharing, Claudia 🙏🙏

Why I Still Wash Used Saran Wraps and Dry Them on the Dish Rack - The Forge Literary Magazine

Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Aug 12

I'm so honored and thrilled to have a work published in @theforge.bsky.social - many thanks and gratitude to Editors Jacky Taylor and Yosh Haggerty 🙏🙏

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The Forge Literary Magazine @theforge.bsky.social · Aug 11

Our story of the week is Why I Still Wash Used Saran Wraps and Dry Them on the Dish Rack by Christine H. Chen. @csquareh.bsky.social

Why I Still Wash Used Saran Wraps and Dry Them on the Dish Rack, a micro fiction by Christine H. Chen

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Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thank you so much for reading and sharing 🙏🙏🙏

Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thank you so much for reading and sharing, means a lot to me 🙏🙏🙏

Tomb Sweeping Day — Ghost Parachute

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · Aug 5

"Imagine my surprise when a young man shows up at the doorstep during Qingming Festival, saying he’s my older brother."

I love this gem by @csquareh.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · Aug 2

Read "Tomb Sweeping Day" written by @csquareh.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.

"Ah Ma says, because I’m the only child, I have to live with her and care for her till her death."

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Ah Ma says, because I’m the only child, I have to live with her and care for her till her death. If I marry, my husband will also live with her and help file her taxes every year, and other chores too...

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Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Aug 2

"I slip out of the club into a fog of smokers...and wonder if Mom knew the only way to be free was to run, run, run and never look back." Held my breath as I read this story by @dawnwriter.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

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Ten Years After Mom Left, and It’s Jazz Night at the Hideaway — Ghost Parachute

Under the club’s high-top table scarred with strangers’ initials and circles—like wedding rings—Brent knocks a shoe against my foot, and I shift away. Miles Davis’s “So What” swings low and ripe from ...

What Kind of Country — Ghost Parachute

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Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Aug 2

"Forty, and where could they move? What other place would take them?" A fabulous and timely piece by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

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They are eating pasta with too much parmesan. They are waiting for the news. Waiting to see which direction their country will angle next. Right or left. They don’t have much hope, but they still have...

Supernova — Ghost Parachute

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Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Aug 2

"All Rita has to do is step out and follow the path of light to the waiting spaceship, happy as hell to live among them and not smell like a cigarette." by @sfreligh.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

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For Friday show and tell, Rita shares what she found in the gutter on the way to school. She walks head down and finds many things: single mittens, discarded fast food boxes and once a soggy five-doll...

say yes to distress — Ghost Parachute

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Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Aug 2

"...just let us shove this camera thingy down your throat don’t let your hands reach up to stop it..." a one-sentence gem by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute, illustrated by the marvelous @amymarques.bsky.social

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hey everybody’s doing it just let us shove this camera thingy down your throat don’t let your hands reach up to stop it to grab it to pull it back out don’t move your head don’t vomit and most of all ...

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Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Aug 2

Thank you so much for reading and sharing, Matt 🙏🥰

Tomb Sweeping Day — Ghost Parachute

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · Aug 2

Read "Tomb Sweeping Day" written by @csquareh.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.

"Ah Ma says, because I’m the only child, I have to live with her and care for her till her death."

tinyurl.com/2jyb828v

Ah Ma says, because I’m the only child, I have to live with her and care for her till her death. If I marry, my husband will also live with her and help file her taxes every year, and other chores too...

tinyurl.com

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Christine H. @csquareh.bsky.social · Aug 2

Thank you so much for the support, Brett 🙏🥰