Jen Knox is a dog mom, writer and teacher living in San Antonio, Texas. Some of her writing can be found in A cappella Zoo, A-Minor, Adirondack Review, Bombay Literary Magazine, Bound Off, Gargoyle, Istanbul Review, Short Story America, and Superstition Review. Jen's fiction chapbook, Don't Tease the Elephants, was recently released by Monkey Puzzle Press (2014).
This is what I moved away from, the busyness. The grocery’s manager/owner, one of the Js from J&J’s, is stopping people at the door because the aisles are so crammed with bodies that there’s legitimate concern of a fire hazard. I give up on the cereal aisle, don’t even consider the produce, and reevaluate my need for peanut butter. The… Read more →
My left eye throbbed. The fact that I’d been training at the gym for just such an attack when Doug, an 8th grader with a fat fist, tackled me was more than ironic, it was discouraging. It was a Saturday, which meant Dad would be home, which did and didn’t matter. I walked slowly, kicking the earth with each step;… Read more →