A quick shout and thank you to Moxie Press for featuring some of my poetry from "EVERYTHING IS BRIGHTER NOW" in the April Edition of their zine. Cover Artist - Sarah Vitberg These protest poems go well beyond the "No Kings" rally cry. Believing that someone must be hurt in order for someone else to feel safe is the lie of authoritarian justice. Every accusation is a confession. THE KING'S NEW SUIT In the time of chatter Too cheap Too hostile To stick to what matters They call

Put on your sunglasses, because: I'm excited to announce that my new book, EVERYTHING IS BRIGHTER NOW, is available now! Click the links below to get your copy! ➡️ PAPERBACK KINDLE ⬅️ ➡️ AUTOGRAPHED PAPERBACK This is the follow up to A LIT WICK , and the second book in what I'm calling "The Burning Insight" series -- a very personal collection poems and short stories based on my life. This book was written over a three year period, after quitting my job, moving to the desert

The decision to leave my home and my job wasn't an easy one, but something that felt necessary at the time. The stagnation in my life had moved well beyond those things, and I was in desperate need of something new. New doesn't even cover it. Transformative. Explosive. It was time to blow it all up and dig deeper into who I was and how I'd become that person. I'd lost myself in the daily grind and the ways I was coping with that grind. It wasn't healthy, I wasn't happy, and a

It wasn't enough to quit my job and skip town. The change my life was craving needed to be bigger than that. (In case you missed that...

I'd had my fill of my day job. Office politics, rude people, and a lousy, long commute eating up 2 hours of my day had left me exhausted....

WELCOME TO DAHMERVILLE, won the PENCRAFT AWARD for BEST MYSTERY / SLEUTH in FALL 2024!

ABSENT STARS is a Psychological Thriller set in an apocalyptic near-future where the sun has entered its Red Giant phase.

You can now Pre-Order the Kindle version of Absent Stars on Amazon! CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER! The Good Reads giveaway is in full swing - enter to win a FREE copy of the Kindle edition today! CLICK HERE TO ENTER! Release dates are as follows: October 13th - Kindle October 15th - Paperback I will ALSO be doing a SPECIAL BUNDLE through my site ( CharltonWrites.com ) that includes a signed copy of the Absent Stars paperback, an Absent Stars tote bag, magnet, bookmark and pins -

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor. I am only an expert in my life, my past, my own healing journey, and accountable for my own taste...

How is everyone's hibernation going?! I can't speak for you, but despite just getting hit with a bit more snow, it's been a relatively...