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Fiction

Permission Slipped

The table is piled high with class picture proofs and volunteer forms. One lonely check written to the Homeowner’s Association. A partially completed to-do list floats to the floor.

Fiction | December 2018 | By Jaime Pollard-Smith


Love, Mom

Still, some other life haunts me. The possibility of things I could’ve done better. The possibility of how I could have been better.

Fiction | November 2018 | By Katie Sherman


The Long Brew

When your mother calls, you can’t account for the time. Surely you weren’t feeding and changing her the entire morning, but you can’t say exactly what happened, only that you’ve…

Fiction | November 2018 | By Lauren Kosa


Baby Steps

She’s nestled in the space between heartbeats, a ghost child who never grew up. We had such a short visit with her, the memory now tucked into boxes along with…

Fiction | October 2018 | By Sharon Frame Gay


Lost

I’m exhausted and watch a woman slouching on the bench opposite me who is seated next to five small children dressed in colorful knit sweaters and stacked like a pile…

Fiction | October 2018 | By Jo Goren


Cake Pops

It has occurred to me, it is a recurring thought, even, that the brisket weighs the same as Lily. Nine pounds, three ounces.

Fiction | September 2018 | By Amy Roher


Geniuses All

Is this what perfect mothers do? Look like deranged, ecstatic Moonies who can’t seem to leave their kids alone? Is this what I signed up for?

Fiction | September 2018 | By Catherine Stratton


Winning

I sprinted into the house and made the call. I remember desperately wishing my mother was there.

Fiction | June 2018 | By Sean Murphy


A Nest, A Rock, A Bird

In her twenties, Emily can’t picture becoming a mother. She doesn’t want a life like her own mother’s—to settle, or settle down.

Fiction | June 2018 | By Jacqueline Doyle


Blue

When I squeeze my eyes real hard at the photograph of Mamma’s wedding day, the one with her mouth wide open, I can see it—the sad something Mamma managed to…

Fiction | May 2018 | By Hollin Stafford


Snowy Sky

The air had grown still, and the window gleamed. She wished she was flying onto a bank of ice, wished that baby would appear and scream with hunger, and she’d…

Fiction | April 2018 | By Rebecca Rolland


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