Jessica L 🦄

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2021

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“Perfecto” by Jessica L 🦄

Submitted to Contest #124

Annette Schumer had Marie-Kondo’ed her past with the efficiency of a professional organizer. She’d gotten rid of any memories that didn’t spark joy, had a serious powwow with her future self and set goals and deadlines that could distract her from any notion that she had been anything but stable and predictable. It had been easy to discard the past like a pair of stockings with holes in them. Perhaps that was why it was a complete surprise when she opened her email one Monday morning to see “Reunion St. Thomas High School Class of 1994 .”&nb...

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“Thirty-Nine ” by Jessica L 🦄

Submitted to Contest #123

Thirty-nine was the first year that age showed up on Ellen’s face. It had visited intermittently, before. After a sleepless night, an evening with an extra glass or two of wine. It showed up after a long day in the sun. Then it left as subtly as it had appeared. However, thirty-nine was the year that it settled in. It settled in between her eyebrows. It made itself known on her neck. It was fickle and etched on the left side of her mouth while not even visiting the right side. Standing in front of the mirror, ...

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