Jessica Knauss
Bio
I’m an author who writes great stories that must be told to immerse my readers in new worlds of wondrous possibility.
Here, I publish unusually entertaining fiction and fascinating nonfiction on a semi-regular basis.
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Stories (25/0)
Pilgrimage to La Hiniesta
Spring in Spain is synonymous with Holy Week, but also with the beginning of romería season. The translation for romería is "pilgrimage," but something is lost in that transfer. A romería, unlike what we usually think of as a pilgrimage, is a local affair, something that can be undertaken in a single day by an entire community.
By Jessica Knauss11 months ago in Wander
While the Dragon Slumbers
Pihlaja unfurled her scaly pink tail and inadvertently dashed it against the cave wall, making pieces of silvery rubble tumble down. She must’ve grown, again, during these last three months of rest. It was a sign of good health and spiritual development.
By Jessica Knauss2 years ago in Fiction
The Lake
I was twelve (so young in years and so ancient in spirit) the summer I went with my grandmamma and grandpapa to haunt the house by the lake. Haunt—it’s what some people call disembodied spirits because such souls are known to persist in the places where their bodies died. My stay at the lake took on no portentous connotation until I met my cousin Edgar.
By Jessica Knauss3 years ago in Fiction
