Kristen Jan

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2020

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“Don't You Love When the Sky is a Zebra?” by Kristen Jan

Submitted to Contest #48

Don’t you love when the sky is a zebra? When it’s striped with soft shades of peach, auburn, fluffy pinks and creamy oranges?  The way that the world can create and destroy with such ease has always been a mystery to me. It’s unfathomable that in a mere hour, a city that took centuries to build could be turned to dust. A tornado could whip through homes and a hurricane could obliterate everything in its wake. Bu...

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“You Have Written a New York Times Best Seller!” by Kristen Jan

Submitted to Contest #46

In and out. Inhale and exhale. Breathe. Drink. Eat. Rest. Listen to music. Watch a movie. Spend time with your family. Family…Your heart should be soaring but for some reason it is thumping loudly, violently in your chest. Why are you so scared?! The book you have spent years tirelessly working on has been published, yet you don’t emerge from your den. You don’t return to reality to give the warm hugs you’ve been longing to give, and the look in your eyes that tells others you are truly present doesn’t return.This i...

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“Grassland Alley” by Kristen Jan

Submitted to Contest #44

For me, nothing restores peace like creating and fostering beautiful things, then destroying them with fire.  Moonbeams break through the wispy branches as I snap photos in a bewildering frenzy. I know I look like a mad woman, but nobody would be able to see me tucked deeply into the neglected forest. My knuckles are white from gripping my polaroid tightly, and I feel dizzy after whipping my head around several times to capture every beautiful image possible.  I love to photograph green. Moss on a lonely rock, lea...

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