Danielle Eckhart
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I write literary stories about people navigating suffering, power, and love, asking how meaning and responsibility survive when life breaks open.
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Cracker Barrel Christmas. Honorable Mention in The Ritual of Winter Challenge.
2019 On a rare day when the holiday chaos loosens its grip, I leave work on time, without rehearsing tomorrow’s troubles. The drive home feels unusually quiet. No radio, just a hush of eager anticipation.
By Danielle Eckhart2 months ago in Humans
The Shape of His Absence. Top Story - September 2025. Content Warning.
25 - The Ghost of You Elijah is dead. I wanted to melt into the floor. I fixated ahead and away from the photo of him propped up on an easel. My legs crossed at my ankles, hands clasped in my lap. Promise ring still on my index finger where he put it at 19, 6 years ago, though it might as well have been yesterday.
By Danielle Eckhart5 months ago in Fiction
Youtube Childstardom. Content Warning.
As society continues to reckon with the long-term consequences faced by child actors, a new form of exploitation is emerging and it's unfolding on our screens every day. The lives of children are increasingly being exposed online by their own families, turning minors into monetized "kidfluencers" without adequate protections.
By Danielle Eckhart5 months ago in Psyche
