Bloom"When we worked together at his father’s diner, Tom drove an old minivan; green body with red doors. He would crank the window down and idle outside my front door. He wore a blue bandana rolled up and across his forehead..."
Fiction
Rebecca Jensen
Rebecca L. Jensen is a writer from Coconut Creek, Florida. Her work has been published in Hobart, Parhelion Literary Magazine, Entropy, Pacifica Literary Review, and others. She teaches at Keiser University's Flagship campus in West Palm Beach.
Coconut Creek, FL, United States
Selected work (6 publications)
Carrying"The weight in my stomach doesn’t scare me. I always thought I would be afraid of giving birth. Most expectant mothers I have known feel impatient in their third trimester. They are eager for the last few weeks to end."
Fiction
Paroxysm"We meet when we are five. Eve wears her black hair short, pixie cut and rhinestone earrings. I find out in years to come that she only has hair this short because of the surgery. It is easier for them to cut her hair than to let it grow back uneven"
Fiction
Next of Kin"In the parking lot, I forget that there are other humans on Earth; aware only of my boots in the gravel"
micro-fiction