Prerequisites for Sleep (11 page)

 

Earlier versions of many of these stories have appeared in the following publications, to which I am extremely grateful: “Double Exposure,”
Riddle Fence
, Fall 2013; “Billy,”
The Antigonish Review
, Fall 2012; “Christina, After Leotards and Doc Martens,”
Qwerty
, Spring 2011; “Thomas and the Woman,”
Grain
, Winter 2011, awarded First Place in
Grain
's 22nd Annual Short Story Contest; “Chasing Rabbits,”
Wascana Review
, online 2010; “Beverly Innes,”
The Antigonish Review
, Winter 2010; “Stepsister,”
All Rights Reserved
, Fall 2009; “Prerequisites for Sleep,”
carte blanche
, online, Fall 2009;
Canadian Content
, seventh edition, 2011; “Knowing,”
The Fiddlehead
, Summer 2009; “Fragile Blue and Creamy White,”
FreeFall
, Summer 2009; “A Breath Before the Collision,”
Other Voices
, Fall 2008.

 

I also wish to express my appreciation to all the editors/publishers, whether they published my work or not, who took the time to provide feedback to help make me a better writer.

Jennifer L. Stone left Nova Scotia for Toronto in 1981. It wasn't until she returned, seventeen years later, and saw her home province as an outsider, that she was inspired to begin writing. Her fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals including:
The Fiddlehead
,
The
Antigonish Review, Grain, Other Voices, FreeFall, carte blanche, All Rights Reserved, The Wascana Review, Qwerty
and
Riddle Fence
. Her short story “Prerequisites for Sleep” was selected by Nelson Education Ltd. to appear in
Canadian Content
, 7th Edition. In 2010, she was awarded first prize in
Grain
's 22nd Annual Short Story Contest. A graduate of Ryerson, York University and The Humber School of Writers, she has worked as a designer of advertising inflatables, a software instructor, and currently earns a living as a graphic designer.