Veronika Jordan

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jun, 2021

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“The Cooker Hood” by Veronika Jordan

Submitted to Contest #186

‘You know that thing.’ ‘What thing?’ ‘That big thing. The silver one.’ ‘No.’ ‘In the kitchen.’ ‘No.’ ‘It sits over the cooker.’ ‘Oh, that silver thing. The cooker hood. Yes.’ ‘Well, do you think it removes the smell of cooking?’ ‘What else is it there for?’ ‘Apparently to remove smells, grease and smoke…’ ‘What are you getting at?’ ‘I’m j...

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“The Graveyard Shift” by Veronika Jordan

Submitted to Contest #109

It’s not every day you stumble across a dead body. Actually, in my case it’s probably about once a week, but then I’m a vampire hunter so it’s my job. In this case, I literally stumbled across her. Tripped over her in the park where he’d left her and fell flat on my face. I say he because they usually are - the vampires not the victims. She was so pale with no visible injuries apart from the tell-tale two red ma...

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“Whatever happened to Aunt Ada” by Veronika Jordan

Submitted to Contest #100

July 2019 ‘So you had just started telling me Stan, whatever happened to Aunt Ada? She seemed so fit for 93.’ ‘She was. Good strong bones with plenty of meat still on them. You know how old people often get really skinny. Lose all muscle tone. But not Ada. She went to Pilates twice a week, right up until she was almost ninety. And she played tennis at Wimbledon when she was in her twenties....

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Author bio

I'm from the UK. I studied with the Open University for a degree in Humanities with Literature and Creative Writing. I write poetry and short stories and have published a book of short stories and a novella. I am also an avid book reviewer. I review on Goodreads, Amazon, NetGalley and on my blog.