Jennifer R. Povey
Everything from epic fantasy to stories for Analog.
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Born in Nottingham, England, Jennifer R. Povey now lives in Northern Virginia, where she writes everything from heroic fantasy to stories for Analog. She has written a number of novels across multiple sub genres. Additionally, she is a writer, editor, and designer of tabletop RPG supplements for a number of companies. Her interests include horseback riding, Doctor Who and attempting to out-weird her various friends and professional colleagues.
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Skywalker
Published Jul 30, 2020 · 1,529 words (6 minutes) · 160 views
Science Fiction friendship mecha giant robots
This is one of the goofiest stories I've ever written. It's about arena fighting with mecha, but it's also about, well. Relationships.
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Midwinter In Memory
Published Jul 1, 2020 · 432 words (2 minutes) · 130 views
Science Fiction christmas far future
Just a quiet little piece in which a character reminisces on the world. It's a Christmas story, so of course I'm reposting it in July.
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Raphael
Published Jun 24, 2020 · 262 words (1 minute) · 145 views
This is a very short story, but I hope some people will appreciate it. (Note, it was not actually published in a year's best...the now defunct publisher put that there to try and sell more copies. Not my idea...)
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Ellis Ridge
Published Jun 17, 2020 · 4,090 words (15 minutes) · 170 views
Horror weird west zombie zombies
Zombies in the Wild West, natch. This story was published years ago and there are some minor word choice changes from the original.
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Contact
Published Jun 10, 2020 · 606 words (3 minutes) · 157 views
Science Fiction science fiction horror
Just a little flash piece. I'm afraid this one doesn't make humanity look great...
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Avoiding The Rain
Published Jun 4, 2020 · 1,250 words (5 minutes) · 1 like · 313 views
Sometimes you pick just the wrong (or right) place to duck into during a storm.
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Water Demons
Published May 28, 2020 · 3,283 words (12 minutes) · 179 views
Fantasy steampunk weird fiction
My brain said "Steampunk fish golems." I argued with it for a while, but could not get away from steampunk fish golems. One day I'll revisit Constance. She's a cool character.
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Firewing Excerpt
Published May 21, 2020 · 1,832 words (7 minutes) · 170 views
Fantasy lesbian epic fantasy lgbt sword and sorcery high fantasy
This is the first scene of my new novel Firewing - release date May 22, 2020
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Curse of the Wolf
Published May 14, 2020 · 1,172 words (5 minutes) · 213 views
This story started as an in joke between me and some friends about how Hollywood can never make a good looking werewolf. Surprisingly, it got published. I was sharing the joke again recently and decided that meant it was time to pull out the story!
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Ariadne
Published May 7, 2020 · 1,311 words (5 minutes) · 391 views
Science Fiction steampunk victoriana
A little bit of steampunk to brighten your quarantine. Spider robots and mad scientists, natch!
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