Jessica G

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

Stories (5)

5 Stories

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“The Initiate” by Jessica G

Submitted to Contest #56

The icy rain pelts down hard enough to make it feel like it pulls Brandon’s hair from his scalp before it runs into the collar of his jacket. He has a killer headache, and the lights on all the yellow taxis that drive past him are off; the cabbies heedless to the way Brandon’s toes squelch in his shoes. He would be upset about how the cars driving past splash him with the water from the gutter, but he’s already drenched, and the rain washes the dirt away as fast as it appears. All hope he has of hailing a taxi home diminishes with ev...

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“Constellation” by Jessica G

Submitted to Contest #51

To Adrienne, the stars looked different when they surrounded her. It wasn’t quite the same feeling Adrienne recalled from when she was a child in the field of her back yard. Her first memory was the crisp smell of the long grass, surrounded by evening crickets as her father taught her how to use a telescope. It was her first experience with wonder. Since she could first fathom the complexities of the stars, Adrienne had scarcely brought her head back down to Earth long enough to think of anything else. She stared up at the stars as of...

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“Scout” by Jessica G

Submitted to Contest #34

I don’t remember much from before she found me, but I remember being cold. It was two days before Christmas (though I was too young to know that’s what it was called at the time), and I was taken from my mother to be left alone in the snow in a field. I had never been alone before and my paws ached. My entire body shivered and my big ears flapped in the wind. I cried out for my mother, for the people who took me from her, for anyone at all that might help me out of the cold. My heart beat quickly in my chest and I didn't understand what...

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“A Brush with Death” by Jessica G

Submitted to Contest #33

It was time for a change and I knew it. The trouble was that I didn't know what the change should be. I'd gone to the salon at least once a month for the last two years, only to sit in Benny's chair and stare at my long, blonde hair in the mirror before I would sigh and ask for just a trim.I got compliments about my hair everywhere I went. It was arguably the most noteworthy thing about me, or that was how it seemed. Nobody complimented me on my dissertation, nobody complimented me on having a Ph.D., and they definitely didn't compliment me ...

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“Caffeinated Chemistry” by Jessica G

Submitted to Contest #32

Before today, there was not a person I’d ever known who was immune to my superpowers. Every day, hundreds of people walk into my cottage-style shop to order their elixirs from me and, no matter what they order, I give them what they need. They don’t seem able to function without my potions and are often rude before they get them, but I like the hiss of the steam seeping out of metal and the rich scent in the air, so I deal with their early-morning crankiness. After they get their potion, though, they are always, always pleased. I lift my mos...

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Author bio

I am a Canadian poet living in a small town tucked between Ottawa and Montreal. I play the violin (horrendously) and like to go on adventures with my dog, Scout, who I'm pretty sure is at least 50% giant.