Jessica Reisman
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Jessica Reisman's stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Her far future science fiction adventure novel SUBSTRATE PHANTOMS came out from Resurrection House Books May 2017, and her story "Bourbon, Sugar, Grace" appeared on Tor.com in June 2017. She grew up on the east coast of the U.S., was a teenager on the west coast, and now lives in Austin, Texas. She's been a writer, animal lover, devoted reader, and movie aficionado since she was a wee child. Find out more at storyrain.com.
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The Bottom Garden
Jan 25, 2019 · 4,261 words (16 minutes) · 222 views
Fantasy Literary Fiction Strange
"The Bottom Garden" was originally published in the anthology Unfit for Eden. Unfit for Eden is how most every abandoned or lost creature feels. “The Bottom Garden” is an attempt to tell story about childhood loss. It’s actually one of my most personal stories. It responds to a line in an Adrienne Rich poem, “The child’s soul carries on/in the wake of home” (In the Wake of Home, 1983), weaving a travel blanket from the scraps of the lost warmth, safety, and nurture of family and home.
Flowertongue
Dec 19, 2018 · 7,023 words (26 minutes) · 1 like · 302 views
Classic Fantasy Literary Fiction Mystery Historical Love
Rappaccini's Daughter meets orchid hunting meets weird adventure tales, with an epistolary flourish...
Raney's Hounds
Oct 30, 2018 · 7,461 words (28 minutes) · 1 like · 313 views
Fantasy Horror Literary Fiction Historical
Calvert's been living the hobo life a long time, riding freight trains, taking what comes, but he's never seen anything like these hounds, or the man who appears with them, Kade.
Featured September 25, 2018
When the Ice Goes Out
Sep 20, 2018 · 3,319 words (13 minutes) · 6 likes · 478 views
Fantasy Horror Literary Fiction
