Chris Ames @_chrisames
american writer living in australia, dying online chrisames.net Melbourne, Australia Joined January 2015-
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A Two Dollar Radio retrospective: lithub.com/two-dollar-rad…
Have a new story in @salthilljournal where I was finally able to deposit my extensive knowledge of celebrities debasing themselves on press tours.
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Amulet 001 is LIVE amuletmag.com
“This week you gained the same one hundred grams that I must have lost dancing with you in my arms. The son gains the weight that his father sheds. It’s the perfect diet.”
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Victorian Premier's Literary Awards: Prize for Unpublished Manuscript Shortlist Announced 🎉📚 Explore the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Unpublished Manuscript shortlist and discover what to add to your reading list: tinyurl.com/VPLA25
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It’s the most wonderful time of the literary year! The 2025 shortlist for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (VPLAs) has been revealed 📚 🎉 Read all about the authors and their shortlisted works here: tinyurl.com/VPLA25 @Creative_Vic
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.@_chrisames is a writer from California living in Melbourne. A short story by Ames – in which a man with a heart defect named Chris is ‘building a house big enough for [his] family and also everyone named Chris to live in’ – is published in HEAT S3 N16. giramondopublishing.com/heat
spring in melbourne
“The problem with a book is that you never know what it’s planning to do to you until you’re too far into it.”
@astroblob @ACMI I am so there! Congrats, this looks incredible.
Truly humbled to have a weird little story in @HEAT_journal next to writers like Alexis Wright and Tom Cho. It's about AI, doppelgängers, and the desire to future-proof your family. giramondopublishing.com/books/heat-ser…
“Falling down is the universe being honest with you, finally.”
Today, I'm celebrating ten years of love, friendship, and competitive silliness with @claramsankey. Our beautiful pal @caseyjarman has promised to make us an anniversary mug every decade, and it might just be the thing keeping us together.
@angsavage @thebigissue Hey, thanks so much! Hope our paths cross soon.
Have a little story in your favorite magazine and mine: @thebigissue
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