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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

As an Appalachian, I appreciate this so much. She demonstrated how to laugh back at people who treat us like dumb hillbillies, and be proud of our accents and our home, and just be our full mountain selves.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

But just as importantly, where'd you get that hat? I've got a cat daddy friend who (might) love one.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Thanks to Brown Hound Press for giving this quirky little story of mine a home.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I love her voice and phrasing. There's something about her that reminds me of Dolly Parton.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

So glad I clicked play on this. Thank you for sharing it.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I'm happy to have a new short story up at Appalachian Review. appalachianreview.net/2025/10/13/f...

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Firewoman – Appalachian Review

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

This is irrelevant, but seeing you on my feed reminds me that I really loved Sockington and his Twitter account. Thank you for that all those years ago.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Back in college I took a class called Popular Literature, where we read a romance and noir and King and other "popular" fiction, and talked about how in their day, Dickens and Austen etc were "popular" fiction, and how our perceptions of what constitutes big-L Literature evolve.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I think I first came to your social media posts through someone else's post about "Starter Villain." As a cat lady, the cover and plot intrigued me (and I enjoyed the book!).

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

They are the REASON I know who she is.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Wrote a thing about resolutions and all that. Read it and sign up here: gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/10-ways-to...

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10 Ways to Turn Your Writing Resolutions into Realities

Yeah, I believe in resolutions.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

My mom referred to me and my sister (we're both in our 40s) as "adult children" and it felt like both words were equally true.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I moved to wool balls after my cat started eating used dryer sheets. I got tired of finding soggy bundles of barfed-up dryer sheets. (The cat is fine, but he consistently fails to learn lessons about what is and is not a thing he should eat.)

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I'm excited that I'll have a short story in issue 2 of "Untelling," the Hindman Settlement School's new literary magazine.

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Salvation South @salvationsouth.com · 19/11/2024

The latest episode of the Salvation South Deluxe podcast is live, and we talk to five authors about how "Southern noir" lit is actually, as #SACosby says, the "gospel of the dispossessed.” With @davidjoy.bsky.social, @tayari.bsky.social, Chris Offutt, and Michael Farris Smith.

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The Rot Under the Magnolias – Salvation South

Salvation South talks to five Southern writers who can keep you awake, thinking "just one more chapter," all night long.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Agreed. (As a side note, I used to work with Steve Watkins' wife Janet at the Free Lance-Star.)

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Agreed. (As a side note, I used to work with Steve Watkins' wife Janet at the Free Lance-Star.)

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Nope! Even though we were in the coalfields. I learned about the Mine Wars in high school English when my teacher assigned us Denise Giardina's "Storming Heaven."

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Nope! Even though we were in the coalfields. I learned about the Mine Wars in high school English when my teacher assigned us Denise Giardina's "Storming Heaven."

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Since people are here now, an introduction: I'm from Southwest Virginia now in Richmond, former journalist now speechwriter, into Appalachian literature, old-time music, and cute animals.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Since people are here now, an introduction: I'm from Southwest Virginia now in Richmond, former journalist now speechwriter, into Appalachian literature, old-time music, and cute animals.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Just in case you don't know, it's also a book! A very funny one.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Just in case you don't know, it's also a book! A very funny one.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

I bought them a witch hat. It was not well received. They tore off the chin strap and threw up a hairball on it.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

My Appalachian accent definitely gets stronger whenever I go home or talk to my mom on the phone. But I wish it didn't weaken in the first place. It's a marker of an identity that I love.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

My Appalachian accent definitely gets stronger whenever I go home or talk to my mom on the phone. But I wish it didn't weaken in the first place. It's a marker of an identity that I love.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

I can't wait for the weather to catch up.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 02/09/2024

I can't wait for the weather to catch up.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

It's so bad. I live in Richmond but I'm from SWVA and go home often, and I'll often get off 81 and use Route 11 just to feel safer.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

It's so bad. I live in Richmond but I'm from SWVA and go home often, and I'll often get off 81 and use Route 11 just to feel safer.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 19/05/2024

Also went to that Lebanese festival today. So hard to pick one favorite, it's so good. Keep an eye out for the Armenian festival in the fall, too.

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chelyendavis.bsky.social @chelyen.bsky.social · 19/05/2024

Also went to that Lebanese festival today. So hard to pick one favorite, it's so good. Keep an eye out for the Armenian festival in the fall, too.

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