Jennifer Lewis

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

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“Morning Coffee” by Jennifer Lewis

Submitted to Contest #38

Our apartments are separated by a thin strip of alleyway. I look down, out my open window, and see a stray cat running from a stray dog. They hiss and bark and run into garbage cans. The cat barely graces them, but the dog knocks them over and garbage spills onto the concrete. Oddly, it reminds me of this situation. Total garbage. People sick, people dying, people hoarding. Beatrice and I used to have coffee every day in my tiny kitchen; now, we have to holler at each other across the alley. My throat is so hoarse from our talk yesterday, I ...

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“The Old Man on the Train” by Jennifer Lewis

Submitted to Contest #37

I walk this same path every day.Morning, I get my coffee at the corner minute-mart and my paper from the outside vendor. The headlines are dire, as they are most days. Sometimes, I wonder what it would be like if the front page told us something happy. Would the world come to an end because we chose to focus on something positive? It’s a nice thought. Not the ending of the world, but the positivity. We could all use more of that for sure.Passing person after person on the sidewalk, none of us say ‘hello’ or even nod. We are all lost in our o...

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Author bio

I'm a mother, a wife, a nurse and a writer. I live in the great state of potatoes: Idaho! I love the outdoors, I love my family and I, of course, love writing. I've been doing it since I was a little girl and I'll never stop!