Jen Flynn

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“"Why Now?"” by Jen Flynn

Submitted to Contest #79

“Why Now?” The first time he tried to come back into her life, Rebbecca was eight. Eight years old, but had lived a hundred with the beatings of her and death blows dealt to her mother; emotional scarring, like a cat scratch healed white on her arm, but never fades. He’d been in prison since she was four, and the memories scared her to the point where she had wet her pants. He wanted to see his daughter, but for reasons that were selfish. He figured if he inserted himself back into her life, he wouldn’t be bogged down by child support. It ...

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I'm a writer of short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and working on two books; one non-fiction and the other a murder mystery/comedy. Just want my work to be seen and read and hopefully published. My themes are generally dark, about death, love and loss.