Welcome to Jen Mierisch’s author site. Here you’ll find humor, horror, and a lot of stuff in between.
New Microfiction!
Recently I’ve had two microfiction stories published with 100-Word Fiction. Both are free to read, and both have accompanying audio recordings if you prefer to listen. The Vine That Strangled the South is the story that won me third place in last year’s NYC Midnight 100-Word Microfiction competition. The Warlock’s Tome is about an ancient…
Life Imitating Art: Eel Edition
Sometimes, a year after you write a horror story about two-headed eels in the Chicago River, a fisherman catches an eel in that same river: Several local news outlets reported on the catch, because it’s kind of a big deal. It means good things about the health of Chicago’s once-polluted waterways. American eels are born…
Anti-AI Guidelines With Style, Part II
I adore it when publishers wax creative about their utter disdain for people trying to pass off AI-generated writing as real creative work. Exhibit A: Ghoulish Tales declaring that gen-AI “writers” will be hunted down for sport. Here are three more for the hall of fame. Tangled Wilderness rightfully points out that generative AI material…
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