My long-anticipated short story collection will be available for sale on Amazon exactly one week from today! The collection includes 15 stories: some that appeared only in print, a few online favorites, and 5 all-new, never-before-published stories. In this book, I explore the idea of crime, from the newsworthy (arson, kidnapping) to the everyday (lies, […]
Author Archives: Emily Eckart
Recommended Reading
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert–This is a pleasingly ambitious historical novel about the life of a nineteenth-century female botanist. It seems cliche to use the word “sweeping,” but that really does describe the experience of reading this novel. It deals with science, love, family, and perhaps most strikingly, female sexuality, all within […]
How to stop the internet from ruling your life
Go online with a specific goal in mind. Stick to it and then get off. Set social media time limits. My goal is fifteen minutes a day or less. That’s enough to post something, check your notifications, and get off. Even better, go on social media only every two or three days. Turn off […]
It’s time to get offline when
Consuming one thing makes you want to consume all the things. It’s not enough to read one or two news stories about an event or person; you have to read all of them. You find yourself thinking about social media even when you’re not it. You think of tweets or pictures to post even when […]
First book, first residency
I am very excited to announce that my first book, a crime-themed short story collection titled PALE HEARTS, will be released by Insomnia Publishing later this year. Stay tuned for more specific updates! In addition, I was just awarded my first artist residency. I’ll be spending a month at New York Mills Regional Cultural Center […]
Recommended reading
The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane This haunting, gorgeous novel revolves around two plot lines. Elderly Ruth hears a tiger sneaking into her home at night. Then a mysterious woman shows up to help Ruth around the house, supposedly sent by the government. The novel’s realism is subtly undermined by Ruth’s fantasies, memories, and personality […]
Recommended reading: The Privileges by Jonathan Dee
This novel examines the ambitions of Adam and Cynthia Morey, who ascend from the middle class into the realm of the wealthy–thanks, in no small part, to Adam’s adventures in insider trading. The Moreys are narcissistic, shallow, and materialistic, but somehow compelling in their shameless grand devotion to vice. Yet the characters never become caricatures. […]
New fiction
I am very happy to have new fiction in Jelly Bucket! Issue Six arrived in the mail today.
New Fiction: Peanut Butter
I have new fiction today up at Tower Journal. There were four ways to kill someone with peanut butter. Beth had listed them herself. So it was practically her own fault, Anna reasoned, that the last way was so easy. Gym was the best time, when she had easy access to Beth’s lunchbox. In the […]
New fiction: Depthless
I have another music-themed story out this week! This one’s about the odd relationship between two musicology grad students who meet at a conference. I am thrilled that New World Writing has posted this piece. I have admired this journal for a while and it is an honor to have my work published there. I […]
