Jennifer Shaw

A writer's musings in the mountains

About

I’m a suburbanite from Texas turned homesteader in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.

I’m also an autism parent and multi-genre writer (literary, speculative, and historical fiction, even some poetry, you name it), here to share my honest and sometimes ridiculous experiences, mishaps, anguishes, and lessons from this special parenting and writerly life.

Publications:

“New Year” Writerly Magazine, Issue 03 (March 2024)

Photo by Klim Musalimov on Unsplash

“Oh, You Fool” Ditch Life Publishing, Issue 01 (August 2025)

Photo by Swander on Unsplash

“In Dreams and After” Paper Cranes Literary, Issue 01 (August 2024)

In Dreams and After (photos from Unsplash)

“Hello, Dear” The Veneficium Feminae, an Amaranth Anthology (September 2024)

Art by Sybil Wainwright for Amaranth Publications

“We Were the House of Usher” All The Promises We Cannot Keep, an RHS Anthology (November 2024)

Image and design from Canva

“So Many Fragile Things” Das Gift, an Amaranth Anthology (December 2024)

Art by Khareese Orr for Amaranth Publications

Flight: A Novelette, self-published (February 2025)

“Elspeth and the Fairy” Spellbound, An RHS Anthology (September 2025)

Art by Marta ☾ Medieval Illustrator @martaintotheforest

Recognition:

Honorable Mention for “Company” in the category of Genre Short Story, Writer’s Digest 92nd Annual Writing Competition (2023)