Author: Jane Hertenstein

Year of the Cicadas

Cicadas make an appearance (every 17 years) in my novel CLOUD OF WITNESSES. At the end of the novel with several other apocalyptic events swirling around my young protagonist, Roland fetches his bicycle (late to school again) from under the trailer and finds it covered in cicadas.  I pulled my bike out of the rack in... Continue Reading →

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The Machine Has No Clothes, a reprint

The Machine Has No Clothes has been reprinted (again) by Coin-Operated, a zine project out of Scotland. About Coin-Operated: Coin-Operated Press CIC is an artist-led social enterprise run by Chloe Henderson. We are based in Scotland, where we facilitate creative workshops, host zine fairs, manage the DJCAD Zine Library, create educational zine content, and produce, publish,... Continue Reading →

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New Work Accepted

2024 is off to a fruitful start—not so much this writer. Pure of Heart came out in February in Fathom. A very sweet short story (14 min. read) about a simple girl, in terms applied from the past: a servant, who become ingrained into a family of middle-class means and how that relationship touches every... Continue Reading →

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Year of the Cicada

Cicadas make an appearance (every 17 years) in my novel CLOUD OF WITNESSES. At the end of the novel with several other apocalyptic events swirling around my young protagonist, Roland fetches his bicycle (late to school again) from under the trailer and finds it covered in cicadas.  I pulled my bike out of the rack in... Continue Reading →

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Mark Your Calendars!

This post is to announce my latest acceptance. A piece called Yellow House was taken by the Midwestern literary journal Rust and Glass. I’m proud to be part of this. Print copies will be available April 30,  go here: ALSO on April 30th there will be a reading on ZOOM for writing contributors. Go here... Continue Reading →

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New Work Out: Pure of Heart

Check out Pure of Heart online at Fathom. Fathom has an ambitious mission: Our goal is to approach everything we publish with an eye for intellect, wonder, and story and a conviction that our beliefs have consequences for ourselves, our communities, and the world. Our hope is that in the wonder of God’s presence, we can... Continue Reading →

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New Work Out

My newest story is out at Sunlight Press, titled All is Not Lost. It’s only 1,790 words—so a short short story. The impetus of this story began with a real event. I often stored my bike in the basement of an adjoining building where the door frequently was left unlatched. One time after coming home... Continue Reading →

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Bike Life: Flash Memoir on 2 Wheels

Bike Life is a podcast from Warmshowers.org, a non-profit group that connects bicycle tourists to hosts. The organization is world-wide. For example, I was able to stay with hosts on my Rhine River ride in Koblenz, Koln, and Karlsruhe, Germany as well in Strasbourg and Egsheim, France. Doing this allows me to actually pursue international bike... Continue Reading →

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New Work Out

Flora Literary is running a small prose poem I wrote around the theme of regret. It starts as a list but then addresses certain people I feel I’ve wronged or short-shrifted—bringing on latent regrets. Afterthoughts. Self-examination. What-ifs and if onlys. Hindsight is 20-20, as they say. And, it is the heart that reminds us             To... Continue Reading →

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New Work Out

Check out Issue 7 of Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality & the Arts https://pensivejournal.com/ Pensive-Issue-7.pdf (pensivejournal.com) Pensive is out of the Center for Spirituality, Dialogue, and Service at Northeastern University. The journal is available after Nov. 28th for purchase or click on the cover at the website to browse. The story is entitled Little Norway.... Continue Reading →

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