Jenny Powers

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2022

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“Sunrise, Sunset” by Jenny Powers

Submitted to Contest #183

Maggie’s headlights flash off the chrome bumper of an old Chevy pick-up as she pulls into the trailhead parking lot. She flicks off her Subaru’s lights and gets out. Darkness envelops her, but when her eyes adjust, the sky is a slightly lighter shade of black than the forest around her. An infinity of stars waits for her to look up. She doesn’t. Maggie pulls on a lime green cap, straps on a headlamp, and attacks the trail without preamble. She knows this trail backwards and forwards, muddy and dry, sunny and snowy, at a breezy walk and at a...

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“The Myth of Sloan O'Donnell” by Jenny Powers

Submitted to Contest #161

“Era majestäter, ers kungliga högheter, uppskattade nobelpristagare, mina damer, och herrar.” Dr. Annalise Bjorkland spoke from behind a formidable granite podium emblazoned with a golden medallion featuring the stately profile of a long dead philanthropist. Her gaze swept over the royal family, the dignitaries on stage, and the elegant crowd packed into the Stockholm Concert Hall.      Sloane didn’t understand a word. Thankfully, an English voice burst through the ear bud in her right ear. Its garish plastic did n...

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