Available Fall 2025!
Moss Covered Rocks
Moss Covered Rocks is a collection of stories about the quiet, messy, beautiful moments that shape women’s lives—the ones that often go unnoticed but leave a lasting mark.
If you love stories that feel like sitting down with an old friend, full of heart, honesty, and a touch of nostalgia, this book is for you.
Jennifer Hedgecock
I write stories that stay with you—tales of resilience, longing, and quiet transformations. Moss Covered Rocks is a collection of short stories that explore the beauty and complexity of women’s lives, capturing the weight of memory and the quiet strength found in everyday moments. If you love the raw honesty of Toni Morrison or the sharp storytelling of Chelsea Bieker, I think you’ll find something to connect with here.
I’d love to share more about my journey and the inspiration behind my work.
Passages from Moss Covered Rocks
“Audiences preferred escaping into the world created by Bernadette’s interpretation of songs, rather than the redundancy of the original version. Before her success as a musician, she performed at the wedding of her high school teacher who wanted her to sing “Evergreen,” originally made popular by Barbara Streisand. When Bernadette sang the song, she deepened the longing to be loved and to have something that would last forever. No one ever sang that song like Bernadette, not even Streisand.”
— The Undead Night Creature
“Her face cracked wide with a smile as she stood barefoot in the desert, the sound of silence amplifying a pink morning sky the only solace between herself and some kind of God.”
— Desert Flower
“Jean crossed the street energized by the cacophony of music, the sound of motorcycle engines revving up and down Haight Street, girls wearing miniskirts and motorcycle boots, their hair in long dread locks to their waist, the usual fare of homeless people soliciting a few dollars here and there while casually standing near the doors of bars, people smoking cigarettes and squeezing into crowded places.”
— Hang onto It
“She noticed a hole in the floor and sighed, one more thing to fix. She bought the home to begin a new chapter in her life among the many she’d already lived. At her age, there weren’t many left to write.”
— Cloud Swirled Sky
My Other Books
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The Femme Fatale in Victorian Literature
Through a Marxist-Feminist lens, this book explores how these literary figures defied poverty, abusive marriages, and societal condemnation, ultimately reclaiming power and autonomy—foreshadowing the rise of the New Woman and early feminist movements.
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Medusa: Cultural Reflections
Explores Symbolist paintings and contemporary art of the ancient figure of Medusa to show how this myth evolved from a symbol of female monstrosity to a powerful reflection of contemporary womanhood.
