Jay Mckenzie
Bio
Jay is the winner of the Exeter Short Story Prize, Fabula Aestas, Writers Playground, Furious Fiction, shortlisted for the 2022 Exeter Novel Prize and the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Her debut novel will be released in September.
Stories (9/0)
- Runner-Up in Word Hunt Challenge
- Runner-Up in Reset Your Password Challenge
The Least Painful Way to DieRunner-Up in Reset Your Password Challenge
What's the least painful way to die? The cursor pulses behind the question mark in the search bar. Of course, I'm not really going to search. Not here on my work laptop, not anywhere. I push the backspace, watching the words disappear in reverse.
By Jay Mckenzieabout a year ago in Fiction
What's Left Behind
Story removed. Au revoir, little tale!
By Jay Mckenzieabout a year ago in Fiction
Butterfly Pea
aqueous sapphire until lemon juice makes an amethyst of you
By Jay Mckenzieabout a year ago in Poets
- Runner-Up in The Aquarium Challenge
Aquaria HumanisRunner-Up in The Aquarium Challenge
Not for the first time, I wonder why my wife has brought us here. She’s reading Amusing Ourselves to Death, legs crossed in that artful way she has perfected over the years, showing them at their longest and leanest whilst the rest of her posture states, I don’t care how I look.
By Jay Mckenzieabout a year ago in Fiction
- Runner-Up in The Runaway Train Challenge
Pas la DestinationRunner-Up in The Runaway Train Challenge
It departs at midnight. Do not be late. The Gare de l'Est stands almost empty after dark: still, a fat porter paces, bootheels clacking on the polished marble of the concourse. He checks his pocket watch, sighs occasionally, returns to his desk to sit and contemplate the gassy orange pool of light, the only light in the station.
By Jay Mckenzie2 years ago in Fiction
