Jay Mckenzie
Bio
Jay is the winner of the Exeter Short Story Prize, Fabula Aestas, Writers Playground, Furious Fiction, shortlisted for the 2022 Exeter Novel Prize and the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Her debut novel will be released in September.
Stories (9)
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The Least Painful Way to Die. Runner-Up in Reset Your Password Challenge.
What's the least painful way to die? The cursor pulses behind the question mark in the search bar. Of course, I'm not really going to search. Not here on my work laptop, not anywhere. I push the backspace, watching the words disappear in reverse.
By Jay Mckenzie3 years ago in Fiction
Aquaria Humanis. Runner-Up in The Aquarium Challenge.
Not for the first time, I wonder why my wife has brought us here. She’s reading Amusing Ourselves to Death, legs crossed in that artful way she has perfected over the years, showing them at their longest and leanest whilst the rest of her posture states, I don’t care how I look.
By Jay Mckenzie3 years ago in Fiction
Pas la Destination. Runner-Up in The Runaway Train Challenge.
It departs at midnight. Do not be late. The Gare de l'Est stands almost empty after dark: still, a fat porter paces, bootheels clacking on the polished marble of the concourse. He checks his pocket watch, sighs occasionally, returns to his desk to sit and contemplate the gassy orange pool of light, the only light in the station.
By Jay Mckenzie3 years ago in Fiction
