Jessiibear
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I have 56 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 69909 times
and 44 of my stories have been cherry picked.
74 of my 419 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 80 votes
Hi, I’m Jessica — still in my 20s, learning to balance writerhood and motherhood, one chaotic day at a time. I’ve been writing since I was 12, at most, and joined this site when I was about 15.
Speculative fiction is my first love (think sci-fi, fantasy, and anything a little strange), but I also dabble in the dark and twisty. Poetry, as well, and sometimes something harder to define.
I’m in Canada, but my roots stretch back to the UK through my mum, who was born and raised there. Happy to be part of this community. 
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Reader favourite:
The Saltwind Archives — A seaside novella told in journal fragments, where time frays and something waits in the walls.
My stories
Out of Season
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The Last Customer
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Entry 4 — The Things We Cover
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The Museum
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Entry 3 — The Box
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This made my throat tighten
Posted on Sat, 21 Jun 2025
This made my throat tighten in the best way. It’s clumsy, raw, and real - the way love often is between parents and kids. The father’s awkward efforts, the son’s quiet watching… it all builds to that one line: “There is no better activity...
Read full commentPosted in Are you still alive?
Paul, this gave me the
Posted on Sat, 21 Jun 2025
Paul, this gave me the weirdest mix of wonder and nostalgia. Like something out of a dream you half remember but don’t want to wake from! Love your work
Read full commentPosted in The Magic Post Office
Oh, what longing! This aches
Posted on Fri, 20 Jun 2025
Oh, what longing! This aches in that quiet, familiar way - the kind of love that never fully leaves, even when you do. Thank you for putting this into words. It’s tender, bittersweet, and so very human.
Read full commentPosted in Are you happy
This speaks to so much I’ve
Posted on Fri, 20 Jun 2025
This speaks to so much I’ve been feeling but haven’t put into words yet. I do have a smartphone - mostly because, as a parent to several kiddos, it feels almost impossible not to. School messages, doctor’s appointments, online grocery...
Read full commentPosted in The Erosion of Choice
This was honestly such a joy
Posted on Fri, 20 Jun 2025
This was honestly such a joy to read - funny, painfully relatable, and full of those sneaky sparks of insight that creep in just when the brain insists it’s a useless lump.
You’ve captured that mush-and-brick brain state perfectly (I...
Read full commentPosted in Once Around The Block
There’s such quiet beauty in
Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2025
There’s such quiet beauty in this. It reads like composted memory—rich, layered, and full of life still stirring underneath. A lovely meditation on change, letting go, and how creation takes new forms.
Read full commentPosted in When Time Has Elapsed
Fascinating—both the
Posted on Wed, 18 Jun 2025
Fascinating—both the complexity of enzymes and the awe you capture here. There’s something humbling about how intricately life is put together. The image adds to that sense of wonder too.
Beautifully explained.
Read full commentPosted in Enzyme
What a surreal and lovely
Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2025
What a surreal and lovely sight that must’ve been.
The image of a fox and Siamese in a “vulpine tarantella” is going to stay with me. Life really does surprise us sometimes—thank you for capturing the magic here.
Read full commentPosted in The Fox and the Siamese
This is brilliant,
Posted on Wed, 28 May 2025
This is brilliant, congratulations on your well-earned cherries
Read full commentPosted in A Night Out on Castle Street
This is beautiful—so full of
Posted on Thu, 29 May 2025
This is beautiful—so full of warmth and memory. The rhythm carries the voice like a stream, and I could feel the water, smell the peat, even hear the quiet hum of that old black kettle.
“Toes we had then…”—what a tender, evocative...
Read full commentPosted in Tan Remembered Toes
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