About the Anthology

And if that mockingbird don’t sing: Parenting Stories Gone Speculative

75 stories by 76 writers. The strange, the sad, the fearful, the wild: narratives of parenting that you won’t find in any advice column or Mother’s Day card.

Including work by noted authors Aubrey Hirsch, Kendra Fortmeyer, Meg Pokrass, Tara Campbell, and more.

EDITED by HANNAH GRIECO  |  PUBLISHED by Alternating Current Press

 

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The 76 Writers

Rebecca Ackermann, Barlow Adams, Kathryn Aldridge-Morris, Madeline Anthes, Amy Barnes, DeMisty D. Bellinger, Bryan Betancur, Lindy Biller, Melissa Bowers, Emma Brewer, Justin Briley, Audrey Burges, Susan Calvillo, Olivia Campbell, Tara Campbell, Jiksun Cheung, Kelle Schillaci Clarke, Christopher DeWan, Julianne DiNenna, Jamie Etheridge, Melanie Figg, Erin Fitzgerald, Jennifer Fliss, Kendra Fortmeyer, T. J. Fuller, Rosie Garland, Caroljean Gavin, Miriam Gershow, Diane Gottlieb, Aubrey Hirsch, 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, Jami Nakamura Lin, Meagan Lucas, Jennifer Lycette, Mike McClelland, Maureen McEly, D. W. McKinney, Frankie McMillan, K. C. Mead-Brewer, Edie Meade, Veronica Montes, Jennifer Murvin, Rachel O’Cleary, Alan Michael Parker, Mandira Pattnaik, Meg Pokrass, Sierra Powers, Keri Modrall Rinne, Pip Robertson, Melissa Saggerer, Carol Scheina, Laura Stanfill, Jan Stinchcomb, Christina Tang-Bernas, Jerica Taylor, Joanna Theiss, Michaella A. Thornton, Sally Toner, Leslie Walker Trahan, Eric Scot Tryon, Addie Tsai, Lea Waits, K. S. Walker, Didi Wood, Marianne Worthington