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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Our Lady of the Mantilla
Published Apr 25, 2019 · 4,628 words (17 minutes) · 1169 views
Fantasy Humor urban fantasy Magical Realism
When the things haunting the books in the archive get loose, this team is on the case.
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The Bottom Garden
Published Jan 25, 2019 · 4,261 words (16 minutes) · 997 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.
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Flowertongue
Published Dec 19, 2018 · 7,023 words (26 minutes) · 1 like · 1424 views
Literary Fiction Mystery Historical Classic Fantasy Love
Rappaccini's Daughter meets orchid hunting meets weird adventure tales, with an epistolary flourish...
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Raney's Hounds
Published Oct 30, 2018 · 7,461 words (28 minutes) · 1 like · 1304 views
Literary Fiction Historical Fantasy Horror
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.
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When the Ice Goes Out
Published Sep 20, 2018 · 3,319 words (13 minutes) · 6 likes · 1466 views
Fantasy Horror Literary Fiction
Isobel’s sister may have drowned, but now she’s awake, under the lake... and she wants something. Author Jessica Reisman’s short fiction has appeared in many venues, including Tor.com, and her science fiction adventure novel SUBSTRATE PHANTOMS is now available from Resurrection House Books.
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