Jen Harvey

Under A Blue Sky

July 9, 2014

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Under A Blue Sky This story was first published in 2014 by Visual Verse and you can read it there. Or of you prefer, listen to me read it for you.

You can listen to John Severity read my story over at the Mash Stories Soundcloud Podcast The morning sun filtered through the window of the eastern transept, light falling on the nave like a ray of gold that had descended from the heavens. No doubt they had planned for it. Had configured their measurements

Those They Leave Behind

March 11, 2014

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Jen

There’s a list. Warning signs. Things to look out for. Common misconceptions. Such as this: if a person is determined to kill him/herself, nothing is going to stop them. It’s listed under false. As in: this is a false statement. You can do something. If you know what to look for. If you find the

Excerpt: The Gymnast

March 5, 2014

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Jen

It had never been done before. No one had dared even imagine it. But in 1972 she did it. Tiny Olga Korbut, all pigtails and smiles, nailed a backward somersault on the balance beam. I’ve watched it perhaps a thousand times. The swing of her arms as she generates the momentum. The snap backward, so

At Grand Central Terminus

March 3, 2014

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Jen

Destinations flickered on the screen, a tantalizing glow of possibilities. None of them were places he had ever been, just names on a board. The crowd ebbed and flowed around him. While he stood there, at Grand Central Terminus. Journey’s end. Where he always found himself.