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Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday
After New Year’s Eve, a husband and wife move into separate rooms. What follows is a precise, unsettling story about emotional hunger, self-deception, and the domestic objects that absorb both.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Tuesday Tales
A London mother searches for calm inside the repetitive strain of love — until the day breaks open.
Inheritance, grief, and the house-as-ghost — staged in two scenes.
Fiction, LunchBreak Fiction, Travel&Lifestyle
A pregnant woman makes the crossing from Ireland to England. A poignant story of the Irish diaspora, narrated by the innocence of her unborn child.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Tuesday Tales
A beautiful, gut-wrenching tale of a mother and child who celebrate Christmas, against a backdrop of family difficulties and uncertain futures.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Tuesday Tales
A beautiful, gut-wrenching tale of a mother and child who celebrate Christmas, against a backdrop of family difficulties and uncertain futures.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Tuesday Tales
As the movie credits scrolled onto the screen, Lane clutched her armrests as if her life depended on it and angst-filled her abdomen. She turned and studied Charlie.
“The boy’s eyes opened, as a wail escaped his pale lips. He must eat.” Today’s #StorySunday is “Postpartum” by Polly Goss.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday
‘Shona Doesn’t Do Kids’ speaks of childlessness and office life. Quote: ‘Jade launches into a graphic account of her labour. The postman turns pale, hands back the baby..’
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Tuesday Tales
When the answer to whether or not you want to have kids is ‘maybe.’
Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday, Features
A woman reflects on the life growing within her
Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday, Features
On reading the rocks and understanding time
Arts & Culture, Books, Reviews
Brenda Navarro’s Empty Houses reviewed
Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday, Features
On the mixed emotions that can come with motherhood
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
Do you want kids?
Editor's Pick, Essay Saturday, Features
A curt melding of ancestral stories and present experiences.
In the first winner of our My Biggest Secret flash fiction competition, Jennifer Harvey explores the secret of motherhood.