Jean Widner

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2023

Stories (2)

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“Hidden in Plain Sight” by Jean Widner

Submitted to Contest #230

“I’m recommending the removal of your right eye.” “Come again?!?”, I blurt leaning forward in the grey leather exam chair.  We’re at UCLA, my husband Kyle and I, at the Jules Stein Eye Institute. We’re receiving confirmation of the diagnosis I was given in Las Vegas the week prior. However, they don’t have the capacity to treat me, so I’ve been sent up the medical food chain to the top of the heap....

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“A Mourning Time” by Jean Widner

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #224

I lie in a dying man’s bed. Awake before dawn as always, these days. My husband snores quietly beside me. I get up and toss on a sweatshirt and tiptoe downstairs. All is silent in the house. Every day I’ve set this pattern as we all have gathered in the vigil of watching my brother-in-law, die. Mike, or Mikey, as we call him, my husband’s best friend and brother - mine too - is winding down his horrific j...

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Author bio

Jean Widner is a professional writer and business owner of a small-town media outlet, BoulderCity.com. She has worked retail and co-owned two successful e-commerce companies and now works as an online marketing consultant. When not working, she, her husband and two golden retrievers are traveling the western U.S. She is currently working on a book called The Adoption Paradox. (https://adoptionparadox.com/)

Shortlisted 1 story ⭐️

Contest #224
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