About
Jennifer works at an academic library. She's the world's slowest writer; can't possibly name just one favorite band, book or movie; is obsessed with medicine; and eats too much cheese.
Jennifer's debut novel, Edge of Sundown, was published via Darkstroke Books in November 2020 and will re-release later this year. Her short fiction and essays appear or are forthcoming in subTerrain, Voices of the Winter Solstice, The /tƐmz/ Review, Inquisitive Eater, Underland Arcana, and Lit Mag News, among others.
Featured Work
Edge of Sundown
When dystopian fiction becomes real…
Val Haverford’s Sci-Fi and Western novels made him a household name. But that was then. A decade of creative stagnation and fading health has left him in the literary wilderness.
Attempting to end his dry spell and secure his legacy, Val pens a dystopian conspiracy theory set in a tangential universe where alien invaders eliminate ‘undesirables’ perceived as drains on society.
But as he digs deeper into violence plaguing his adopted home of Chicago, he discovers unsettling similarities between his work in progress and a life he thought he left behind. Soon he finds his fictional extremists are not only real—they’re intent on making sure his book never sees the light of day.
As he pieces together haunting truths about his city and his motives, Val realizes his last chance to revive his career and reconcile the past could get him—and the people he loves—killed.
Will he make the right choice? Or will it be too late?
Edge of Sundown is a provocative story that shows how the desperation of lost opportunity can lead to drastic and unexpected consequences.