Christopher Lee Chilton was born in North Carolina. He lives and teaches in New York City.

Fiction

"Chanterelle" - Southern Indiana Review (2026)

"Swell" - SmokeLong Quarterly (2026) - Finalist, SmokeLong Quarterly Flash Fiction Award

"The Last Frontier" - River Styx (2026)

"Graveyard of the Atlantic" - Susurrus (2026)

"Plum Scarf" - Midway Journal (2026)

"First in Flight" - South Carolina Review (2026) - Winner of the SC Review Ronald Moran Prize for Fiction

"Ice Man" - BULL (2026)

"Touch Tank" - SmokeLong Quarterly (2025)

"White Ibises" - storySouth (2025)

"Slough" - Oyster River Pages (2025)

"At Mr. Ed's Grave Outside Tahlequah, Oklahoma" - The Masters Review (2024)

"Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel" - Penn Review (2024)

"Tree Club" - A Public Space (2023) - Winner of the Academy for Teachers Stories Out of School Prize

Non-Fiction

Review of Sea, Poison by Caren Beilin - Colorado Review (2026)