The oldest boy, closest to my age, was obsessed with catching snakehead, although he had never caught any.
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Anya Ow's "Big Mother."
I'm always chasing tensions in the stories I tell, and media that articulates that beautiful tension proves a profound and reliable guide.
I am my mother. / Pea-sized feet, delicate as an egg. / Freshly severed from cords that kill, / and feed, and bind.