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R.E. Hengsterman is a registered nurse, medical writer, Pushcart Prize–nominated, award-winning fiction writer, and educator with more than three decades of experience in healthcare. Author of the Shift Workers Paradox @ nursewhowrites.com
Looking for fellow nurses and beta readers and shift workers on the platform who work or have worked the night shift and have Amazon with the ability to leave a review and first look at the book. If you are interested please contact me at www. nursewhowrites.com and fill out the contact form.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Props to my cover artist. Turned out amazing. Early copy in hand. Available everywhere 12/10/2025

Preorder for paperback this week. Ebook link in bio.

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November 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The Paper Boy & The Winter War (Second Edition) —
A collection of short stories by R.E. Hengsterman
Available in print (12.10.25) and ebook (Preorder Now)
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October 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A father, a daughter, and the silence between screens.

From Your Only Fan (Audio sample - full audio on website)— a story about the ache of digital distance, the ghosts we make online, and the love that refuses to look away.

Published @acrossthemargin.bsky.social
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October 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A moment caught between faith and fatigue, between movement and meaning. Literary fiction for those who read what others scroll past.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
“HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated there’s a 1,135% chance you’ll find a story in this book that moves you.”
Sometimes numbers exaggerate. Sometimes they don’t.
This one feels about right.

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October 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
She found comfort in the routine: staff bending his limbs against contractures, laying bony prominences on pillows as if into coffins.

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October 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This book lives in the soft rot between memory and mercy—where grief hums through the walls and the past won’t stay buried.

Stories for those who know small towns carry ghosts.
Stories for those who grew up watching someone disappear by degrees.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM