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Chelsea Utecht

@chelsea-utecht.bsky.social
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Speculative fiction writer Critics rave "deeply upsetting" and "what happened to you??"

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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Resting" by @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social in case you missed it. Chelsea is an American living in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her work has been published in Shooter Literary Magazine, The Gravity of the Thing, 50-Word Stories, and more.
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Visual artists! Send in your stuff! (100% selfishly. I'm in this volume and am praying for a bomb cover ;) ) www.instagram.com/p/Daq-lTbq-F...
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Hiking with children is like one of those escort quests if the person you were trying to protect ALSO was on an escort quest (with whatever random rock/stick/bug they found at the start).
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I advanced to round 3! Congrats to everyone else moving into the next round! Just think: even if we don't move to the final round, we still have gotten 3 short stories out of this experience (Doesn't hurt that we can now call ourselves "semi-finalists" 😉)
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Kayla is timid in her motherhood, unsure how best to raise her young daughter. When a surprise pregnancy pushes the family to move to a house in the suburbs, they move into 1511, a sentient home that knows exactly how care for them, with or without their consent. #ABCPit #CamptRevPit #WIP #A #H
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
My setting is one that sends shivers down my spine at just the thought...the suburbs...
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
When I was a kid (18/19) I wrote portal fantasies (though didn't we all?) I've been writing sci-fi for years and just started in with horror with this novel.
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya's lecture "Architecture of a Haunted House" made me consider haunted places more deeply. I asked myself what it would take to make a beautiful house terrifying even in the middle of the day. So 1511 was born (or built).
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
My monster is the sentient house (who may or may not seduce the main character like a little bit). #CampRevPit #CRPNightcrawlers
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A little late on this one! Kayla's greatest fear is harm coming to her children, but this butts up against her fear of confrontation and the judgement of others. #CRPNightcrawlers #CampRevPit
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Can I have two?? I've liked watching/playing daylight horror; combining this with the literary horror I've read is a big part of my WIP! #CRPNightcrawlers #CampRevPit
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Hi, #CRPNightcrawlers! I so appreciate the support already as I join in with my first horror novel. The combo of attending the Tin House lecture "The Architecture of a Haunted House" and reading Our Wives Under the Sea inspired me to give it a go.
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
So excited to join you all! This is actually my first horror novel, so I'll be thrilled to learn more from y'all!
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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
April Reader @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social is a speculative fiction writer & lit teacher with work in Bluestem Magazine, Shooter Literary Magazine, The Gravity of the Thing, Thirteen Bridges Review & more. She lives in Sarajevo, Bosnia with her husband, 2 sons & former street dog/current princess.
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Made it to the second round in @nycmidnight.bsky.social 's #shortstorychallenge2026 ! So proud and honored! Now I just have to write this second story.. 😬
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The anger in my heart! ...then I realized the date...You got me, Freewrite...
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I was a guest judge on the Poetry Pea Podcast ❤ The episode is out! poetrypea.com/s9e12-poetry...
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S9E12 Poetry Pea Podcast Brilliant poetry and some highlights from our judges’ – Poetry Pea
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
It comes with badges too?? Just what I needed on a low-energy writing day! With my pre-Freewrite words, this brings my horror novel to 30k! @getfreewrite (come on, Freewrite, BlueSky is the place to be!) #freewrite #getfreewrite #writeon
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
*gasp* Who is that on the masthead there? So excited to be a reader with The Masters Review! mastersreview.com/about/
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About - The Masters Review
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Ah...submitted to the NYC Flash Fiction Contest yesterday. Just in time for... Up for a tiny writing challenge? The 7th annual 100-word Microfiction Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social kicks off on March 20th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/100
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The 100-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The 100-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in just 24 h...
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Joining Freewrite's Write Your Heart Out Challenge to write every day in February? Join me?
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
So excited to be part of Right Hand Pointing's latest issue. This piece means so much to me, so it warms my heart to see it find a home. www.issues.righthandpointing.net/162
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Right Hand Pointing #162 Jan-March 2026
Short poetry and short fiction since 2004.
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Stunning essay by Elif Shafak: www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2...
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Why the novel matters in the age of anger
In the 2018 New Statesman / Goldsmiths Prize lecture, Elif Shafak explains why – in a world ruled by fear and division – novelists no longer have the luxury of being apolitical.
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Up for a writing challenge? Join me in the 20th annual Short Story Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social on January 23rd! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ssc
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The Short Story Challenge — nycmidnight
The Short Story Challenge is an annual creative writing competition that challenges writers around the world to create short stories based on genre, subject, and character assignments in as little as ...
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
So excited to be part of ScribesMicro's issue 51! You can read my micro-fiction pieces "Loosely Tied" within the issue here :) www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-51.html/
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Issue 51
​*   Managing Editor: Edward Ahern    * *   Associate Editor: Alison McBain    * *    Special Features Editor: Matthew P.S. Salinas    * *    Poetry Editor: Mary Keating   * ​...
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Discussing books with my almost 4yo son: "Did you know Mama wrote a book?" "Really?" "Yes, four books actually." "Oh. That's...not enough." I suppose you're not wrong...
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
After publishing "Resting" with @fiveminutelit.bsky.social , I will be a guest reader this month! Consider sharing your own micro-memoir: www.fiveminutelit.com/submissions Can't wait to read them!
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Submissions — Five Minutes
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
My piece "Suburbs" is in Bluestem's summer issue <3
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
I've been travelling and am about 3 weeks late sharing this! I am the featured fiction writer on Thirteen Bridges Review this month! So honored to be included! www.thirteenbridgesreview.com/july-25-stor...
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Chelsea Utecht | July 25 Story | Thirteen Bridges
In A Name Smudge on the Mirror Eat My Grass Chelsea Utecht Fiction July Story
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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
He’s thinking of some cemetery or memorial from our recent trip. “People resting there so we have to be quiet.”—"Resting" by @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social in case you missed it www.fiveminutelit.com/resting
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
So excited to have a piece published on 101 Words! 101words.org/golden-days/
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Golden Days - 101 Words
Tennis balls scrape against pavement as Ann slides her walker down the sidewalk, rounding the corner to meet the waggling […]
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Five Minutes @fiveminutelit.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I’m about to kiss my son’s forehead, planting sweet dreams, when he turns as though struck.—"Resting" by @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social www.fiveminutelit.com/resting
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
It's been a busy month for writing! I have another piece, this one micro-non-fiction, with Five Minutes:
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Resting by Chelsea Utecht — Five Minutes
I’m about to kiss my son’s forehead, planting sweet dreams, when he turns as though struck.
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Excited to see "Earth Day" in 365 Tomorrows! 365tomorrows.com/2025/05/05/e...
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Earth Day - 365tomorrows
Author: Chelsea Utecht Today is the day our masters treat us to sweet snacks of expensive corn and sing a song to celebrate their love for us – “Happy Earth Day to you! Happy Earth Day to you! Happy E...
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Thinks he can do better, huh? #amwriting or #waswriting...
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Chelsea Utecht @chelsea-utecht.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Peak art in Tbilisi.
A graffitied correlated metal wall that reads "stop graffiti"
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