Writes stories. Words in @forge_litmag, Hobart, Cherry Tree, Lost Balloon, @MISTERBULLBULL, @halfwaydown, @LPBMagazine, and more.
Joined September 2024
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Still feels a little surreal seeing my writing in print. 🤍
Thank you Cherry Tree for giving Witch Luck a home.
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I’ve read the same page about six times today.
In fairness, the pain medication keeps taking me on unscheduled detours.
Worst part is it’s actually a great book.
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Garima Chhikara retweeted
A great ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY starts with some flash ✨ Fiction Reader @Gems_Chhikara was published in Flash Flood for National Flash Fiction Day 🎉 Catch this family story here: buff.ly/N384wbm
ALT A flock of pigeons flying.
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Well, this is exciting. My story “Out of Habit” is live at #FlashFlood @nationalflashfd today. Thanks for reading if you take a look. ✨
flashfloodjournal.blogspot.c…
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Just a really good June in Bali. It’s been a while since I saw a sky full of stars.
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Read something today about really looking. Been thinking about it since.
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Just feeling a bit more available to life than usual.
Bali.
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Garima Chhikara retweeted
"My kundali—my Hindu astrology chart—says I must not keep a weapon at home. That’s not even a thing in kundalis."
Catch fiction reader @Gems_Chhikara's story MY PRIEST PREDICTED I'D BE A SPY in Your Impossible Voice 😍 buff.ly/oDoMWS8
ALT Photo of one bottle of pink nail polish.
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So happy this strange little story found a home at @YIVJournal and among such good company 🤍 very grateful to be part of this issue. “My Priest Predicted I’d Be a Spy” is up here: yourimpossiblevoice.com/my-p…
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Garima Chhikara retweeted
May 19
Any authors who influenced you?
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"There are so many
But a few who always stay with me are Arundhati Roy
Jhumpa Lahiri
Anton Chekhov
Kafka
Hemingway
& @manujosephsan
More recently, I’ve been drawn to the short fiction of Lahiri
& @MargaretAtwood"
—@Gems_Chhikara
in @forge_litmag
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Garima Chhikara retweeted
"And I feel that ache—the one that comes when someone loves you so much in their own way that they don’t see how it’s the wrong way for you."
Don't miss E.P. Tuazon's CYCLISTS from our new MAY ISSUE. 💕 🚲️ buff.ly/BjeYlA0
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Really lovely issue from Split Lip. Go read a few pieces when you get a minute 🌼
Our MAY ISSUE is finally here. 🌼
WORDS by: E.P. Tuazon, @rennyxgong, Mary Liza Hartong, & Despy Boutris.
ART by: Christopher Dunlap.
PLUS: @CRSantantasio interviews Kate Broad.
✨️ Enjoy it all right here: buff.ly/pUBKe7b
ALT A dizzying painting: crooked, tessellating cubes in red, orange, yellow, olive, sky blue, and lavender — a bold red imprimatura energizing every surface. The cubes’ white faces recede and flatten at once, the canvas pulsing with geometric tension.
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i’ll romanticize literally any café with books and trees
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Really happy to be part of this 💛
Out of Habit goes live at 15:45 BST on June 13.
Thanks @nationalflashfd #Flashflood for having me. Excited to read along.
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Garima Chhikara retweeted
“'When there’s a problem, they need the daughter,' she said, cursing her useless brother as the blender drowned her words."
Fiction Reader @Gems_Chhikara's story MANGO SHAKE FOR TWO was published in @MISTERBULLBULL 🎉 Check it out here: buff.ly/XCW6sZJ
ALT Photo of mangos and a shake.
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My little summer story is out today, and I'm so happy about it. thank you @MISTERBULLBULL for picking this one up and being so lovely throughout. Go read it if you have a minute.
Apr 20
"That summer I learned monkeys are sneaky avengers, you tease them once, stick your tongue out, & later they’re already a roof away; ants live in dripping faucets & behind damp plaster; Also, that my father might have a drinking problem." @Gems_Chhikara mrbullbull.com/newbull/flash…
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Garima Chhikara retweeted
April showers bring: our fresh APRIL ISSUE. 🌼
WORDS by: @graythebruce, @KathyStevens91, C. Zhang, & Quinn Franzen.
ART by: Ainaz Alipour.
PLUS: @_iloveyoudaniel reviews an essay by Meg Pillow. buff.ly/cyFupU7
ALT Lightly-wrinkled textile portrait: color-blocked fabrics pieced together with zigzag-stitch line work. A dark green figure with red nails carefully threads the thick brows of a redhead with voluminous hair. A quilt-like pattern fills the background.
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Garima Chhikara retweeted
Mar 30
NEW STORY⚡️🐸
🥇The Blue Frog First Place Winner!🥇
“Leaving” by Wasima Khan is now up!
Art by Ali McLafferty
flash-frog.com/2026/03/30/le…
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Garima Chhikara retweeted
Publication alert! 🙌 Fiction reader @Gems_Chhikara's story WITCH LUCK was published in issue 12 of Cherry Tree! buff.ly/Ezh4tbk
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Lots of heart in this one.
Loved Cogs, Heart and Soul, and Over Spring Break I Shave My Mother’s Head.
We watered and waited. Now it's ready to share. Our blossoming 🌼 MARCH ISSUE🌼buff.ly/xk6gUgW
Love & Thanks to our Contributors!
WORDS Carol M. Quinn, Todd Honeycutt, @lydia_abedeen, Shannon Moran
PLUS Jennifer Savran Kelly interviews Jesi Bender
ART Scott Radnidge
ALT Abstract painting reminiscent of a horizon, gently textured with soft brush strokes. Pink, hill-like masses are topped by swooping gray and cream layers and curvy, blue, cloud-like forms. A yellow streak runs vertically down from the middle.
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