Jessica Dowding

Joined January 2022

31 stories

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I have an overactive imagination and I really like petting dogs. I love using creative writing to dig into the small moments that make up humanity.

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Alpine
Silent-stacked-up logs waiting snug and neatly split & Snap-and-crackle matches sparking down into the pit. Cheerful-yellow flames dancing out a timeless tune &
By Jessica Dowding3 years ago in Poets
growing softly
it never comes all at once — collecting in small drops, falling silently into a rain barrel you don’t remember strapping to the narrow space between your own shoulders.
By Jessica Dowding3 years ago in Poets
Man and Mouse
“Look at all those dehydrated cows.” Dad pointed out the window. “Just waiting until it rains!” Hay bales filled the empty field in evenly spaced rows, drying in the sun.
By Jessica Dowding4 years ago in Families
Sunrise Offering
Soft yellow fans out over the mountains, beginning far to the north. It kisses the tops of our trees and slides along the roof of our little red brick house.
By Jessica Dowding4 years ago in Families
An Incomplete Narrative History of the Kashan Valley Dragons
Chapter One - The Case for Always Doing One’s Research Author's Note There weren’t always dragons in the Valley. At least, that’s what we Kashani told ourselves for generations—to make ourselves feel better, I suppose.
By Jessica Dowding4 years ago in Fiction
The Shape of a Word. Runner-Up in We Have a Dream Challenge.
It started with a slip-up and a bad sushi date. I was stressed to my limit and barely keeping it together. But the Sushi Date had been long anticipated. And so, with deep breaths and a smile, I piled my two redheaded little brothers into the car and zipped over to the nearest sushi joint.
By Jessica Dowding4 years ago in Families
Soliloquy From a Silent Hospital Room. Runner-Up in Return of the Night Owl Challenge.
The last thing Alex remembers is biting into his celebratory “finished-grading-all-the-assignments” sandwich to discover it had banana peppers on it.
By Jessica Dowding4 years ago in Fiction

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Alpine

growing softly

Man and Mouse

Sunrise Offering

An Incomplete Narrative History of the Kashan Valley Dragons

The Shape of a Word. Runner-Up in We Have a Dream Challenge.

Soliloquy From a Silent Hospital Room. Runner-Up in Return of the Night Owl Challenge.

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