Jen Durbent
Writer. Comedian. Web Site.
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Books!
The Smallest of Problems
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These twenty-two works by poet Jen Durbent range in style from haiku to epic and cover a broad range of emotions and topics. Durbent turns her sharp wit to gender, politics, drugs, and even the Tower of Babel.
Originally published by HYBRID.ink.
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My Dinner with Andrea
Faith has started dating again--with the blessing of her wife--to find someone to connect with. Andrea seems to be a good match in many ways. The world is a difficult place for two trans women dating, but when you take into account neo-Nazis, a rapist, and some overzealous cops, it can feel downright impossible.
Originally published by HYBRID.ink.
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Sexts & Sonnets
What We Waken
This novella tells a story of the first humans on Mars find far more than they barganed for.
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...and Alleged Automatons Abound
The year is 1908 and someone is chopping people's heads off. One cop thinks he knows how to get to the bottom of it, mostly by killing more people.
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Shorter Form Writing
Here's some other things with words I put in an order.
Sci-Fi(-ish), Horror
- Aurora over Texas, creepy short.
- A Cold Front, horror short
- Forward, Ever Forward, horror/sci-fi short.
- Pyrite, sci-fi short.
- Celia, sci-fi short.
- The Quantum Archaeologist, sci-fi short.
- Your Walls Can Talk, sci-fi flash fiction, Bewildering Stories Ed. Choice.
Other Stories
- A Hungry God, flash fiction on Medium.
- Blood on Your Hands, short.
- An Orange Grove After Dark, short.
- You Can Go Home Again, flash fiction.
- Palm Sands, flash fiction
- A Small Thing, short short.
- The Wrong Hand of God, short.
- Phreak, short at the Indie Writer's Co-Op.
Non-Fiction
- I am Done Hiding, why I went to Thanksgiving dinner as myself, at Good.is.
- Real Life Trans Lesbian, about an unfortunate evening, at OneScene.
- Beer Pong after 40, for Mikkeller NYC.
- Grief of an Atheist, on grief and statistics.
- Tedium of Despair, on depression.
Other
- Metzger v Atleyer, satire.
- Social Security Broke “Sorry folks. All gone!”, satire at Extra News Feed.
- Ruins of a Memory Palace, Poetry at IWYTSTBIL.