Poet, writer, gamer, fencer, giant nerd.

Pennsylvania, USA
Joined August 2015
The four Fear 2025 Battle winning stories have been added to the Past Winners page and include interviews with the authors! Disassembly by Chad Frame @chadryanframe Red is the Ribbon by Anne Wilkins Some People Need Erasing by Sara Wesley McBride Until You're Better by Joseph Miller Explore the stories and interviews with our winning authors by clicking the link in our bio and navigating to Past Winners. (you may have to refresh the page) Each of these authors won $3,400 USD, with a total of $20,000 USD shared amongst the authors of the top 16 stories. Congrats to the winners and all that fought in the Battle! Next up: Tempest Owl 2025 Battle. 5 days to write a 1000 word short story! Up for the challenge? Join the next Battle today! writingbattle.com/join-battl…
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Honored to have placed 1st in Rounds 1 and 2, 6th in Round 3, and 1st overall from Group 1. 🎮 Twisted Tournament Results: 🎯 Total Score: 28.7 ⭐ Average: 9.57 📊 Rounds: R1: 9.86 R2: 9.63 R3: 9.21 Congrats, all, on a great Tournament! Join the next: twistedtournament.com
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Honored to have won with Dystopia in Writing Battle, Fear Edition! Congratulations to all who entered -- truly stellar stories, all around.
🎉Fear 2025 Final Results!🎉 Of the 2330 registered writers, 1700 entered a short story to face off in Battle. Four Winners, four Runner-Ups and eight Semi-Finalists emerged from the Fear 2025 Flash Fiction Battle. We are proud to announce our four Winners! Each won $3,400 USD! Dystopia -- Disassembly by author Chad Frame Horror -- Red is the Ribbon by author anne wilkins Mystery -- Some People Need Erasing by author Sara McBride Thriller & Suspense -- Until You're Better by author Joseph Miller The four Runner-Ups of this Battle each won $800 USD! Dystopia -- Dead or Alivened by author Jesse Locatelli Horror -- The Jeremies by author NIkki Blakely Mystery -- Last Laugh by author Robert Dyer Thriller & Suspense -- The Last Supper by author Vasa The eight Semi-Finalists of this Battle each won $400 USD! Dystopia -- The Bell by author Glen Creed Dystopia -- Circus Terriblé by author Nova Sommers Horror -- The Listening Pond by author A. Lou Horror -- Unnatural Order by author Christopher Kruse Mystery -- The Anatomy of a Bomb by author Lyss Buchthal Mystery -- Wildflowers by author Ej Sidle Thriller & Suspense -- 40 Per Cent by author Rupert Webb Thriller & Suspense -- Hiking with Stella by author Kevin (Foofaraw) Congratulations everyone! Explore all of the results on the Debrief page, as well as your Pip Charts from the Battle. Click the link in our bio, make sure you're logged in, navigate to the Debrief page, then click on the feedback tab to view your story's feedback. You may have to refresh the page if you already have the website open.
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Joining a new team writing contest, Twisted Teams 1, at Twisted Tournament! Come write with us! twistedtournament.com/homepa… #TwistInTaleContest #writingcontest
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Honored to have my 100-Word Microfiction Challenge entry published today at NYC Midnight, complete with gorgeous art by Yevgenia Nayberg! "Sonnet Found in the Ruins of Babel"
We’re happy to announce that we'll be publishing the top 3 stories from last year’s 100-word Microfiction Challenge! First up is the 3rd place story, “Sonnet Found in the Ruins of Babel,” by @chadryanframe at nycmidnight.co/41Qv8a6. Original illustration by @znayberg. Enjoy!
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Pleased to be the featured poet today at Rattle! Give it a read, if you've got a monent to spare.
More to the left, he says, then leans to watch the dangling claw from a better angle as I guide the stubby joystick … —Chad Frame Read the rest: rattle.com/claw-machine-by-c…
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Pleased to be on the Bath longlist. Congrats to everyone who made it!
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Can you write a story in 100 words? Join me in the @nycmidnight 100-word Microfiction Challenge on March 21st! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/100
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Honored to be among 10 finalists for the Rattle Reader's Choice Award. Gentle reminder: today is the last day for voting, open to all Rattle subscribers. If you're a subscriber and haven't seen the poems in the print issue and would like to, let me know! rattle.com/prize/winners/w20…
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