Jennifer Marchman

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“The Hunt” by Jennifer Marchman

Submitted to Contest #129

The Hunt Ringerike, Norway. 806 CE  As Freydís watched from the doorway, her older brother knocked his spear against the bottom of his boot, dislodging snow, and her mother stood unconcerned at the loom near the hearth, placidly beating down the weft. The soft, familiar staccato passed through Freydís’ ears unheard. She imagined throwing her hands around Björn’s ankle and letting him drag her along the packed snow as he had done when she was smaller, and she hated herself for it. “Take me with you today.”  His eyes rose t...

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Jennifer Marchman lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, three nearly-grown children, and the best dog in the world. At different times, she has worn various authorial hats, including ghostwriter-memoirist, editor, curriculum writer, educational blogger, grant writer, and addicted social media oversharer, but now, after many years, she’s writing for pleasure. She also enjoys flamenco dancing, is the proud owner of a white belt in jiu-jitsu, and wishes to compete internationally in mounted archery, but lacks a ticket to Kazakhstan. She has toyed with the idea of picking up pottery again but needs more hours in her day and a husband willing to install (for the fourth time) the necessary electrical outlet for a kiln that may likely go unused. www.jennifermarchman.com