Christopher’s stories and book reviews appear frequently. A short story named “Marseille Hunger” is to appear in Portland Review.
Pushcart award update: His stories were nominated for this year’s Pushcart award.
Christopher’s latest novel, set in Marseille, France, is in agent circulation. Along with a previous novel set in Europe, and a short story collection.
As stories are published, and any other updates about Christopher’s writing become available, they’ll be announced here.
Christopher X. Shade is a founding member of the H5 multidisciplinary artist collective. H5 is collaborating in a five-phase project, 5 ARTISTS | 5 PHASES. For each art event, Christopher is writing a story and making it available as a free booklet.
In “Shir in Holyland”, Shir is the daughter of an Israeli who realized his dream of opening a store in America. She observes, in the store she has inherited, intersections of people and cultures, slices of immigrant experience. It’s a cut-up story inspired by 3 books and Stefan Hengst’s photographs.
“The Shape of Clouds over Dinner at Ray’s” takes place on a summer evening during which two couples, Ray, who is the narrator, and his girlfriend Serena, and their married friends Peter and Kate, have dinner in Ray’s apartment and talk about things like, Can love be measured by acts as simple as lying together on the grass, discovering shapes in the clouds?
If you missed the event and would like to receive one of these booklets, contact Christopher.
Stay in the loop on upcoming H5 art events by visiting the H5 blog.
Christopher X. Shade