Bio:

Jessica Brook was born in Florida (but don’t hold that against her) and raised in Northern Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. She earned her degree in English Literature while working as a substitute teacher for Fairfax County Public Schools. Since 2012, she has worked as a content strategist and nonprofit writer, supporting organizations focused on social impact, ecology, and housing.

She’s a cancer survivor, fibromyalgia survivor, and Muslim convert who lives in Argentina with her husband, where she enjoys writing fiction, learning Spanish, volunteering, and sampling as much Argentine pastries as possible. Her stories often explore the strange, the speculative, and the spiritual, blending off the wall humor with unexpected insight.

Jessica has won two L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future awards and has been published in over twenty literary outlets. Her work has appeared in places such as Nature’s science fiction section, Islamic Audio Bytes, and several anthologies, including The 50-Word Stories of 2023, Black Hare Press: Year Four, and Bullet Points Magazine.

Awards: 

• 2 Honorable Mentions from the Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest

Traditionally Published Fiction:

(I’m recently married. So that’s why I’ve decided to use a slightly different name publishing in some of my more recent stuff.)

• Short Stories
• “The Blind Mystic” (Originally Published in The Vanishing Point) Reprinted in Bullet Points Magazine
• “Citizen Standing” (The Weird and Whatnot Magazine)
• “Artisanal Cancer” (Teleport Magazine)
• “Alien Internship” (Cough Syrup Magazine)
• “1,057th Birthday” (Dark Dossier Magazine)

• Flash Fiction
• “The Alcubierre Key” (Nature Scientific Journal)
• “The Bee Wrangler” (Bullet Points Magazine) (Also on Amazon)
• “Cleopatra, Genghis Khan, and Steve” (Havok Magazine)
• “Glimmers” (365 Tomorrows)
• “Downloading Brunch” (Space Squid)
• “Bob and Beastman’s Honeymoon” (Space Squid)

• Micro Fiction
• “The Hot Ghoul Summer – A Cocktail Recipe” (Chamber Magazine)
• “Shut In” (101 Words)
• “Body Share” (Martian Magazine) (Order Magazine Here)
• “Disappearing Stars” (Microfiction Monday)
• “The Red Devil” (Vine Leaves Press) (Also on Amazon)
• “Hotboi752” (Black Hare Press) (Also on Amazon)
• “Chow Time” (Black Hare Press) (Also on Amazon)
• “Fibromyalgia Fire” (Cuento Magazine)
• “Five Star Bathroom” (Cuento Magazine)
• “Office Demon” (The World of Myth)

Fanfiction

• Follow my fanfiction here on AO3

Published Poetry

• “Worship” on Episode 78 of Islamic Audio Bytes

Heavy Metal Website I’ve Written For: 

• Dark Art Conspiracy

Charity Website I’ve Built and Written For: 

• Jana Project

Self-Published Fiction:

Below is just some short fiction I posted for fun on this website.

• “UpCycle Day”
• “Too Late”
• “The Burning Soldier”
• “Unplugged”
• “Europa Tour”
• “A Krampus Story”

Articles in Google’s Top 10:

• “Writing a Story in the 90s”
• “What is Military Fiction?”
• “How to Write Solarpunk”
• “Five Real Life Examples of Solarpunk?”
• “World Building Science Fiction Venus”
• “World Building Science Fiction Mercury”
• “How to Write a Character with Cancer”
• “1899 Predictions”
• “1899 Technology”
• “Dan Brown’s Masterclass Review”
• “Reasons People Won’t Buy My Book”
• “Impossible Fifth Element Song to Perform”
• “Avatar 2 Review Jake Sully”