Jacqueline Schaalje

Jacqueline Schaalje (MA English from the University of Amsterdam) has published stories and poetry in The Massachusetts Review, Sky Island Journal, Frontier Poetry, Sixfold, On the Premises, Grist, arc Israel, and others are forthcoming in Talking Writing and Crosswinds. Her stories were a finalist for the Epiphany Prize and in the New Guard Competition. She has been supported by/received scholarships for the Southampton Writers Conference for work on a novel, One Story and Live Canon UK workshops, and joined 30/30 of Tupelo Press.

Before Her Time

“Let it go for a while,” said Fem when the alarm rang again from Mrs. Johanna (Hannie) Raven’s room.
I flicked my women’s magazine close that, a bit early in the season, displayed colorful spreads for Easter brunches that my parents would be quick to condemn, and got ready to get up.
Fem shot me a withering look. “She just wants to get turned over again onto her other leg, Steph.”
I began: “She’s in pain. She can’t sleep when she’s lying on her fractured leg.”
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