An evil teddy bear, a mermaid, a robot daughter, a ghost child. A mother surrendering her baby to the crows. A child consumed by lice from the inside out. A father sending his selkie daughter back to the sea. These flash stories and essays explore the whispered side of parenting — the loss, fear, vulnerability, and deep, deep love that lurks underneath our day-to-day lives as mothers and fathers. One glimpse into And If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing: Parenting Stories Gone Speculative, and you’ll never look at parenting in quite the same way again.
And If That Mockingbird Don't Sing: Parenting Stories Gone Speculative
ISBN: 1946580325
ISBN 13: 9781946580320
Publication Date: January 25, 2022
Publisher: Alternating Current Press
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Authors: Hannah Grieco, Aubrey Hirsch, Olivia Campbell, DeMisty D. Bellinger, Kendra Fortmeyer, Meg Pokrass, Audrey Burges, Laura Stanfill, Jami Nakamura Lin, Melanie Figg, Rebecca Ackermann, Barlow Adams, Kathryn Aldridge-Morris, Madeline Anthes, Justin KB, Amy Cipolla Barnes, Bryan Betancur, Lindy Biller, Melissa Bowers, Emma Brewer, Susan Calvillo, Tara Campbell, Jiksun Cheung, Kelle Schillaci Clarke, Christopher DeWan, Julianne DiNenna, Jamie Etheridge, Erin Fitzgerald, Jennifer Fliss, TJ Fuller, Rosie Garland, Caroljean Gavin, Miriam Gershow, Diane Gottlieb, Jas Huff, Kelly Ann Jacobson, Meagan Johanson, Leah Claire Kaminski, Lydia Kim, Stephanie King, Masha Kisel, Naz Knudsen, Leonard Kress, Martha Lane, Jo Saleska Lange, Jessi Lewis, Meagan Lucas, J.L. Lycette, Mike McClelland, Maureen McEly, DW McKinney, Frankie McMillan, K.C. Mead-Brewer, Edie Meade, Keri Modrall Rinne, Veronica Montes, Jennifer Murvin, Rachel O'Cleary, Alan Michael Parker, Mandira Pattnaik, Sierra Powers, Pip Robertson, Melissa Saggerer, Carol Scheina, Jan Stinchcomb, Christina Tang-Bernas, Jerica Taylor, Joanna Theiss, Michaella Thornton, Sally Toner, Leslie Walker Trahan, Eric Scot Tryon, Addie Tsai, Lea Waits, K.S. Walker, Didi Wood, Marianne Worthington, Amy Barnes