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Jennifer A. Weigand

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Upcoming Novel

Main Characters in their 30's

Illness

Rekindling a Marriage

Jennifer will be seeking representation / traditional publication for this novel.

More information to come when drafting is complete.

Published Short Stories and Memoir

"Who She Used to Be" - Johns Hopkins's Tendon Magazine, to be published spring of 2026

"The Elephant Between Us" - Livina Press: Issue 13, published July 26, 2025

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FK2VDNVJ?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_KE5CFMZ8F85KHSNJ02TY&ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_KE5CFMZ8F85KHSNJ02TY&social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_KE5CFMZ8F85KHSNJ02TY&bestFormat=true&csmig=1

(see below for online reprint of this story)

"Its Smile" - The 100 Word Project from Manawaker Studio, published June 8, 2025

Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/100-word-project-130866857

(publication in yearly print anthology pending)

"Enough" - Five Minutes, published June 2, 2025

Link: https://www.fiveminutelit.com/enough

"What We Store Deep in Drawers" - Honorable mention in Creation Magazine's The Midnight Hour Anthology, published February 9, 2025

Link: https://indd.adobe.com/view/cf8a51fd-72bc-435e-a358-2636fe44d6b9

Additional short stories are currently being submitted. Updates will be posted when available.

Published Poetry

"Leave Me the Light" - Made from Midnight: a requiem, an anthology from Poets in the Pines, published November 4, 2025

Link: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/made-from-midnight-kelly-miller/1148580924

"He Chose Me" - The Zest of the Lemon Volume 3, published September 25, 2025

Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FSSGNKSY

"esTEEM" - Pfudalmda Dadamag, published spring 2025

Link (scroll via arrows to find Jennifer's submission): https://www.pfudalmda.xyz/issues/lofve

Additional poems are currently being submitted. Updates will be posted when available.