Writing

Aimee Hardy has been writing for as long as she could hold a pen. She is inspired by the world around her, especially her upbringing in the South. She loves getting her ideas from ordinary events and bringing them to life: a twist on fairy tales told as she was getting tucked into bed, a song on her way home whose lines get stuck in her head, a smell that reminds her of a trip she once took with her grandmother. The possibilities are endless.

Aimee is a writer and editor in Birmingham, AL. She has a passion for storytelling and is the author of Pocket Full of Teeth. She has been published in Stonecoast Review, Writer’s Digest, Running Wild Press’ Short Story Anthology, Havik2020, Bluntly Lit Mag, Adelaide Literary Magazine, and Lost Pilots Lit and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2020. She frequently gives workshops and panels on storytelling in the modern world. She has a B.A. and M.A. in English from National University. When she’s not writing or editing, she enjoys going on hikes with her husband and two kids or curling up with a good book and a hot cup of tea.

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Books

The police have some questions for Eddy Sparrow. Questions about a body found at the bottom of a well. As she answers the officer’s questions, she mentions a mysterious manuscript hidden in her recently deceased mother’s desk drawer. The manuscript is about a young girl named Cat who returns home after her own mother’s death to find her house haunted. As Eddy reads Cat’s story, her own secrets emerge, and she begins to experience strange phenomena: wet footprints, phantom phone calls, and nightmares.

Praise for Pocket Full of Teeth:

“Haunting and powerful, this dark little gem of a novel is an absolute must-read.” – Kirkus Reviews

“Aimee Hardy writes like a southern gothic archeologist, unearthing this haunted artifact for us all to marvel at. Imagine Flannery O’Connor penning her own House of Leaves and you’re on this found footage novel’s humid, metatextual wavelength.” – Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters

“It’s lyrical and atmospheric; it’s dark; it deals with family secrets. And the last page will, as Kirkus says, have your jaw on the ground. This is a doom-spiral that pays off in the most spectacular way. I loved this narrative structure so much…. Seriously obsessed with this book.” – Elizabeth Broadbent, author of Ink Vine