Jessa Forest writes poetry and weird fiction. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks and The Slaughter Chronicles, a grimdark, Lovecraftian-esque grimdark contemporary fantasy about werewolves. Besides being a self-published author, her short fiction and poetry have been published in several print and online magazines. Her stories question the definable borders of reality and indulge in the gritty, visceral aspects of contemporary fantasy. In 2011, she was nominated for the Pushcart … Read More about About Jessa
Pulling Teeth and Other Stories
Pulling Teeth and Other Stories
Lupercalia
Lupercalia
Girl + Muse
Girl + Muse
Latest Blog Posts
Trampoline poetry
My poem “Lab: Medusa’s Head” is in Issue 6 of Trampoline Poetry. I want to write a poem to the lackluster scales dusting her cheeks. But someone else did that 10 years ago and I feel so old, Older than stone. The teacher says cut. The teacher says peel. The teacher says uncover the eyes […]
Reading Laurell K. Hamilton
The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton My rating: 5 of 5 stars I don’t do a lot of traditional book reviews and this isn’t going to be one of them, I guess, more like thoughts on the book while explaining why I think it’s so great. Maybe that is a traditional review. Whatever. It’s […]
Curse Words in The Slaughter Chronicles
And a little about world building… My writing friend Lily Hammer made an interesting point on Instagram the other day: “I love world-building, and I love unique worlds that other authors create. I personally walk a fine line as a reader between how much world-building I can handle. If an author introduces a ton of […]
