Christine Hanolsy is a queer science fiction and fantasy writer from Portland, Oregon, USA, who got her start writing prompted flash fiction and microstories. For six years, she served as the Microstories Editor for the online writing community YeahWrite before taking on the position of Editor-in-Chief in 2020. Her non-writing roles have included Russian language scholar, composer, interpreter, and general cat herder. She obsesses over beautiful things in tiny packages, the unexpected juxtapositions of ideas, and the mouthfeel of just the right word. She likes to invent worlds, and loves to share them.
Christine is an Associate Member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing Association (SFWA). You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter, and Mastodon.
If you’re looking for some good writing advice, Christine recommends Neil Gaiman’s 8 Good Writing Practices, especially #1 (“Write.”) and #2 (“Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down.”)
Publications
Short stories
- Afterimage (in Crush: Stories about Love, MidnightSun Publishing, September 2017)
- Modern Girls (in Enchanted Conversation, February, 2018)
- The Ocean Is Not My Lover (in Five Minutes at Hotel Stormcove, Atthis Arts, May 2019)
- Rain (in Itty Bitty Writing Place: A Flash Fiction Anthology, June 2019)
- Overcome (with Rowan Beckett Grigsby (in Heroines & Hellions: A Sirens Benefit Anthology, September, 2019)
- The Siren and the Switch (in Fantastic Trains: An Anthology of Phantasmagorical Engines and Rail Riders, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, September, 2019)
Essays
- How to Remodel (in Dead Housekeeping, August, 2018)
- How to Dust (in The Timberline Review, August, 2019)
Articles
- Kids Say (and Write) the Darnedest Things: How To Write Like a Kid Again (at The Story Engine, May, 2021)
- Bigger Isn’t Always Better: Writing Effective Microfiction (at The Story Engine, July, 2021)
Awards & Contests
- Rights and Privileges, BlogHer Voices of the Year Award & Community Keynote Speaker (July, 2015)
- Festival, Finalist, 47th New Millennium Award for Flash Fiction (April, 2019)
- November Morning, Honorable Mention, 2020 Haiku Contest, Dreamers Magazine (July, 2020)
Reviews
“Christine Hanolsy’s surreal “The Siren and the Switch” conjures a stunningly strange landscape and explores the potential destinies of those who travel through it.” —Publishers Weekly, 9/23/19
Updated 1/3/2023
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