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I am a Bay Area author who frequently explores health and resilience in the face of challenge. My first novel, Call Me Obie, a young adult medical sci fi story, debuted this winter via Liminal Books. I hope you enjoy my work. Thank you for visiting.

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ABOUT ME

Ateret Haselkorn writes fiction and poetry. Her novel, Call Me Obie, debuted in winter 2022. She is the winner of the 2014 Annual Palo Alto Weekly Short Story Contest (adult category). Her first children’s story was published as a finalist in the 2020 “Science Me a Story” contest of the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom. Her work has been published in Spank the Carp, Hektoen International, the Journal of Emergency Nursing, Lamplit Underground, CHEST Journal, Sixfold, Corvus Review, Fiction on the Web, Anti-Heroin Chic, Literally Stories, Scarlet Leaf Review, Mused Literary Review, and Page & Spine. She is a member of the Novella Writer’s Group. Twitter and Instagram: [at]AteretHaselkorn.

Fifteen-year-old Obie hates the word “artificial.” It has to be the Most Misunderstood Word of the Year 2100. The media puts it in front of anything. They started with artificial intelligence and now it goes with housing, law enforcement, and in Obie’s case, her heart.

Call Me Obie explores the future of discrimination and the timeless power of empathy and forgiveness, with a few comedic mishaps along the way. It is the tale of one young woman’s coming-of-age in a future where nearly anything is medically possible and society must ask: When technology can modify humans, who gets to decide how?

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SHORT FICTION

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Spank the Carp 

Pond 72 (December 2022)

Code

Lamplit Underground 
Volume 3 (April 2020)

Infant Legs

Fiction on the Web 

September 13, 2019 

Fertility Egg Freezing

Sixfold

Summer 2018 

Placed 11th of 315 entries 

Full PDF

Patient with Healthcare Nurse

Long listed in the Kaleidoscope Health & Care "Writing the Future" Contest

July 2018

Steering Wheel

Fiction on the Web

May 11, 2018

Corvus Review

Issue 10 (S/S) 2018 (p. 89)

Pressure point massage 1

Anti-Heroin Chic
November 2, 2017

Programming

Originally published in Scarlet Leaf Review Print Edition Vol. 1 No. 1 (June 2017) pp. 8-9 and No. 2 (July 2017) pp. 12-13. Full issues available on MagCloud. Individual story for download.

Petri Dish

Literally Stories
May 15, 2017

Network

First Place: 2014 Palo Alto Weekly Short Story Contest

POETRY

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Journal of Emergency Nursing
Vol. 47 Issue 6 Nov. 2021 p. 947

Kite Flying

Hektoen International
July 15, 2021

Image by Michael

Trouvaille Review
November 11, 2020

Raindrops on Window

CHEST (American College of Chest Physicians)

Volume 154, Issue 2, 450

PDF Version 

Burst of Light

Mused BellaOnline Literary Review
Winter Solstice 2016  
Volume 10, Issue 4

Neon Typewriter Keys

Page & Spine
September 16, 2016

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Kids with Backpacks

Finalist - 2020 Science Me a Story Competition

Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom and the University of Liverpool 

Published March 2021

CONTACT

I'd love to hear from you (if you'd like to get in touch regarding the healthcare industry, please use LinkedIn).  

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Additional Content and Recommended Reading

RELATED LINKS

I was honored to share the stage with Caryn Yacowitz, children's author, and Dr. Myra Strober, professor and memoirist, as we each read from our work. 

2022 VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR

I had the pleasure of being hosted by eight websites, each of which asked me thought-provoking questions. These can be read on All The Ups and Downs, Sandra's Book Club, Fabulous and Brunette, Literary Gold, Books in the Hall, Westveil Publishing, Hope. Dreams. Life...Love, and Travel the Ages. I'd like to thank each of these for having me. 

Brief reviews of books I've enjoyed - mostly SF and books on the craft of writing.

BOOKS AND POETRY I HOPE YOU ENJOY

THE SETUP MARCH 2019

I had the pleasure of reading a shorter version of Mittelschmerz at The SetUp in San Francisco.

If you prefer to read the PDF, please turn to page 34.

ASWG 2016 LITCRAWL READING

The Alabama Street Writer's Group had the pleasure of reading at LitCrawl, part of the Litquake Festival. Thank you, City Art Gallery, for hosting.

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