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Fiction

Memory Care

I am going to forget this, the most exquisite moments of my life.

Fiction | January 2023 | By Sarah Busching


Mama Alone

Mama, alone is …

Comic, Fiction | January/February 2023 | By Katia Wish


Low Visibility

“What if I can’t do this?” she’d said, finally giving voice to a fear that had crept in sometime during her second trimester.

Fiction | January/February 2023 | By Bari Lynn Hein


The Mother Suite

She’s unsure what to do next, where the growing up and getting ready prelude to her life will lead.

Fiction | November/December 2022 | By Gail Gauthier


House of Dreams

I present my open palm, full of miniature marvels. I’m attempting to force him into a better mood. Trying to will him into the perfect Ken […] in the dream house of our own making.

Fiction | November/December 2022 | By Melissa Bandy


The Meaning of Release

One can’t hold onto something that is not theirs to hold for long.

Fiction | November/December 2022 | By Mandira Pattnaik


Back at the Start

I thought it would feel freer out in the field, outside of the trapped air of the car. I’d hoped that whatever had been crushing me all those nights would rise up and pop like a balloon.

Fiction | September/October 2022 | By Joanna Garbutt


In This Country All Mothers Are Goddesses

She will smile and nod a yes. She will fill the hollowness with his happiness.

Fiction | September/October 2022 | By Prarthana J.A.


Noelle Strodemeyer Sucks

Then the baby comes along, and it’s like she’s that nuclear-fueled car in Back to the Future, yanking me to some alternate universe where I am not just dirty and tired but also insecure and petty.

Fiction | September/October 2022 | By Kim Magowan


closed door with shadow across it

Awakening

Those children want Mama back, but their father asks them not to wake her yet. He worries she may not be ready, may never be ready.

Fiction | July/August 2022 | By Julie Mehta


Jigsaw puzzle

All the Pieces

Like her own mother, Sara chose her career over endless hours of diapers, games of peekaboo, and mindless chores. Janet, was an exuberant stay-at-home mom, the kind of woman Sara was raised to scorn. 

Fiction | May/June 2022 | By Kristin Walrod


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