Collected Works in Contemporary Prose and Art

Author: Jessica Walters

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Jessica Walters was a hobby farmer in the Fraser Valley where she raised chickens, foraged for turkey tail mushrooms, and pruned apple trees. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and teaches at college and university in Langley, British Columbia. Her work has been published in Mockingbird, Foreshadow, Ormsby Review, Still, Scintilla, Solum, and her short story “Glass Jars” was shortlisted for the Mitchell Prize for Faith and Writing.
  • Daphne’s Daughter

    Daphne’s Daughter

    Her metamorphosis quickened in my teenage years and when I turned eighteen, I walked into the kitchen and found her in front of the fridge with a pen balanced between the tines of a twig. She was midway through writing a new rule when her toes turned to roots, her arms to branches. I put…