Jamie Witherby

Jamie Witherby is an Ohio-bred, Chicago-based short fiction writer with a BA in anthropology. She is currently working as a naturalist and plans to pursue a PhD in sociocultural anthropology. Her work is inspired by natural imagery and how people create meaning in their daily lives. In her spare time, she enjoys a biweekly writing workshop, dance classes, and whispering sweet nothings to her potted plants.

Tip

Captain Haines sheds his rain-pressed coat and hat in the entryway of the railcar diner. Laughter from 3 a.m. troublemakers, snores from booth-ridden sleepwalkers, snaps from slow-moving line cooks cut through the smoke-festooned air in the same whirling loops.
Dark-haired, gum-popping Dina points her pen at the large central booth with only two place settings. Haines nods as he retires his trench and cap on the sharp wall hook over a bouquet of tired umbrellas.