Jen Cavalleri

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2020

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“In-Between ” by Jen Cavalleri

Submitted to Contest #89

They stood on the flat land, looking out into the plains. The long grass looked more like water, or hair from the fluid movements made in unison edged on by the wind. It looked soft. As though one could lay in the field and be adopted by the long strands. They would encompass you, welcome you to their home, wrap their stems around you until there was no more flesh. Then you would become one of them.“The crash was bad” one of them said.“How do you know?” said the other.“Well, we’re here aren’t we?”Silence.They watched as the backseat from a 2...

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“They Tried to Tell Me That Love Was Just Another Errand To Run” by Jen Cavalleri

Submitted to Contest #56

“Do you know this man?” an automated voice thundered in my cube.  I stared blankly at the man on the other side of the glass separating us.  “No” I lied.  I couldn’t hear what the automated voice said in his cube, but I didn’t need to. All I cared for was his answer. I had just committed a crime punishable by death. I could only hope he did the same.  The campaign had started off as a sort of joke. Dr.Cogway first appeared on national television for a scientific breakthrough that was the culmination of his life’...

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Jen Cavallleri likes the color red, snowflakes, Polaroid pictures, green tea, and the eighties. She has a black fountain pen that is with her at all times.