Tim Carmichael
Bio
I am an Appalachian poet and cookbook author. I write about rural life, family, and the places I grew up around. My poetry and essays have appeared in Beautiful and Brutal Things, My latest book. Check it out on Amazon
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The Trial of Madame Claire Martin (Le Défenseur! an unofficial challenge)
They called her Madame Martin. The woman in the defendant’s chair had not moved once in forty minutes. She wore a grey dress, pressed to perfection. She looked like a woman waiting for a train.
By Tim Carmichael9 months ago in Fiction
The True Story of Sam. Runner-Up in You Were Never Really Here Challenge.
I met him the summer I turned seven. Down by the creek where I used to play on my grandparent's farm. He waited behind the toolshed. He told me his name was Sam, and he told me that like he wasn’t sure it still was.
By Tim Carmichael9 months ago in Fiction
Dancing in the Rain. Runner-Up in I Wrote This Challenge.
In 1992, I danced in the rain after being rejected for my dream job. It wasn’t planned. It was just me, standing outside a nursing facility in Asheville, North Carolina, in a soaked blazer, holding a rejection letter.
By Tim Carmichael9 months ago in Writers
The True Story and Double Life of Billy Tipton. Top Story - June 2025.
When Billy Tipton died, the world finally noticed him—but not for his music. It was January 1989, in Spokane, Washington. Billy collapsed in the small home where he'd quietly raised a family. Paramedics arrived too late. He was 74. A jazz musician, semi-retired, father to three adopted sons, partner to a woman named Kitty. To anyone who knew him—really knew him—he was a gentle, private man who had lived a decent, ordinary life. The kind of man who made spaghetti from scratch, taught his boys to balance a checkbook, and still tinkered on the piano at night.
By Tim Carmichael10 months ago in Pride
