Fiction – Kelly Jensen

Mom’s Pantry

Early in May, we collected my daughter after her third year of college. After we unpacked the car, my daughter proceeded to the pantry where she hung off the door like she always does to peruse the shelves. She said, “I missed your pantry,” and this story popped into my head. I wrote it forContinueContinue reading “Mom’s Pantry”

Let’s Go Out

Writing a newsletter serial worked out so well the first time, I’m doing it again. Or… have done it again. As with Let’s Connect, Let’s Go Out – Robin’s story – is a complete novella that I’ll be sharing a chapter a time with my newsletter subscribers, starting this Sunday, November 22! Let’s Go Out(Let’sContinueContinue reading “Let’s Go Out”

Flash Fiction: Hunger and Socks

A lot of my flash fiction is stored on a tumblr blog. I fell out of the habit of using tumblr before they started censoring my fun but sometimes head over there to scroll through my old posts. There are nearly 50 slices of story there, many of them ideas for something greater. I’ve beenContinueContinue reading “Flash Fiction: Hunger and Socks”

Flash Fiction: “88 Days” and “Mine”

I used to write a lot of flash fiction, at least one piece a week. Last year, when I wasn’t writing anything, people suggested I try flash fiction again and I thought about it but didn’t get very far. This year, now that I am writing again, I have the urge to flash. I willContinueContinue reading “Flash Fiction: “88 Days” and “Mine””

This Time Forever

This Time Forever is the series I didn’t plan, but I already knew by the time I’d started writing the second book that these characters had a lot more stories to tell. In particular, I envisaged an epilogue-type story where all six of the main characters vacationed together. I thought it would be fun toContinueContinue reading “This Time Forever”