Jess Elliott

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2020

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“Halloween Escort” by Jess Elliott

Submitted to Contest #65

Halloween Escort I remember sunning myself in the back garden as usual, licking my tail, my paws. Letting the warmth sink through my fur to my skin. I extended my front paws and clawed the ground inserting my claws and extracting. Insert, extract. It felt so good to stretch. With it getting dark so early now and the air so chilly, the moment of peace in the sunshine was exquisite. I fell asleep with comforting smells of leaves and hints of a wood fire somewhere in the neighborhood. I was dreaming about my bowl brimming with fre...

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J. Elliott is a practicing Buddhist, artist and writer living in North Central Florida. She writes spooky short stories modeled after the classic ghost story tradition of the Victorian/Edwardians-- slow building creepy stories. She also writes a funny mystery series about Haint Blue, a middle-aged Buddhist with a mid-life crisis. You can find her on social media as Hedonistic Hound Press.