Christine H. Chen

Welcome to my fiction publications, enjoy!

2024

“Daydream” story #1167 in 50 Give or Take, Vine Leaves Press, Nov 6

2023

“Hunger” in Flare: An Anthology of Chronic Illness Told in Flash Narratives, tbd

“My Lemon Tree” co-translator of the French hybrid novel, Mon citronnier, forthcoming from Spuyten Duyvil, tbd

“The Monster Within” in The Margins, tbd

“When You Call Me Names” in Apogee Journal, tbd

“In the Blink of an Eye” in jmww, Sept 13

“The Day Mrs. Wong Brought Wonton Soup” in jmww, tbd

“Hunger” in jmww, tbd

“Maxillectomy” in Pithead Chapel, tbd

“Shopping List” in Ruby, tbd

Horror microfiction, “Love Better” in Deadly Drabble Tuesdays, Aug 15

“Lego Mansion” in Vestal Review, Issue 62, June 10

“Love You to Pieces” in Waxwing, June 19

“Her Name” in Friday Flash Fiction, May 26

“The Seer” in Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words, May 21

“Odum the Brave” in The Ekphrastic Review, May 20

“Boiling Point” in New Flash Fiction Review, May 1

“Alba and the Faun” in The Ekphrastic Review, April 20

Humorous story “The Last Act” in Ellipsis Zine, Issue 13 (e-copy, pg 11), April 19

“Little Girl” in Atticus Review, April 15

“The Magic Store” in Atticus Review, April 15

“Nomads” in Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words, April 7

Speculative, humorous micro, “All The Single Women” in Roi Fainéant Press, April 2

“Love Letter” in Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words, March 31

“Mark My Words” in Cleaver, March 30

Visual Story “Counting Buttons” in Backwards Trajectory, March 22

“Murderous Intent” in Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words, March 15

“Invisible Enemies” in Flash Frog, February 27

“Girls Howling” in trampset, Feb 17

“Legend of Arabella The Great” in Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words, Jan 29

“Portuguese Summer “ (flip to pg 51) in The Dribble Drabble Review, Jan 24

2022

“Secondhand Hand” in Bath Flash Fiction Anthology, Volume 7, Dandelion Years, print, Dec

“Specimen” in The Citron Review, Winter Solstice, Dec 21

“Clicking Together” in Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words, Dec 20

“Cumulonimbi” in Pidgeonholes, Dec 13 (Nominated Best Microfiction)

“Our Castle” in Lunch Ticket, Issue 22, Dec 10

“Invasive Species “ in Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words, Nov 30

“Story of You” in CRAFT Literary, Nov 11 (Finalist in the CRAFT Literary Flash Fiction Prize 2021)

“Postscript” in Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words, Oct 30

“Bones of Steel” in Bending Genres, Issue 29, Oct 18

“Eternal Night” in Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words, Sept 15

“The Tale We Told” in SmokeLong Quarterly, Sept 19 (Finalist in the SmokeLong Summer Fiction Competition)

“Ten Thousand Reasons Why” in Visual Verse: An Anthology of Art and Words, Aug 15

“Questions I Collected from My Father” in Gordon Square Review, Issue 10, May 31 (Nominated Best of the Net)

“We Were Once Combustible” in Hobart, May 9

“Boy Feeding Rabbits” in The Ekphrastic Review, May 6

“Name Your World” in The Pinch journal, Issue 42.1, print, April 8

“Mother, Daughter” in The Ocotillo Review, Issue 6.1, print, Feb 8

2021

“Raging Waters” in Gone Lawn, Issue 41 (Summer Solstice issue)

2020

“That Time of the Year” in Tiny Molecules, Issue 6 (Autumn issue)

“What the Girl in the Red Quilted Jacket Remembers” in New Narratives: Reclaiming Asian American Identity through Storytelling, Unbound Visual Arts project.

“Bánh Mì in Chinatown” in Boston in 100 Words Contest, Inaugural Year, May, (listen on SoundCloud at the 2.12 min mark, see posters in Alewife MBTA station and Downtown Crossing)

Awards

Shortlisted in Bath Flash Fiction Award, Feb 2023

Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship, Fiction/Creative nonfiction, 2022

Finalist in the SmokeLong Quarterly Summer Competition, summer 2022

Longlisted in Bath Flash Fiction Award, summer 2022

Shortlisted in the Ghost, Fairy Tale, and Mayhem Fiction Prize, Fractured Literary, 2022 (title is “Salty Feet,” unpublished)

Finalist in the CRAFT Literary Flash Fiction contest, 2021

Honorary Mention, Boston in 100 Words, 2020

Full Tuition Fellowship, Emerson College, 2017