My flash fiction piece, “The Smaller Me Inside Of Me Who Could Have Lived Here,” has just been published online in Third Wednesday, and will be featured in the print edition of their winter issue later this year.
This is a story that explicitly examines the many feelings that come with pregnancy and miscarriage. I was inspired to write about it because of a dream that I had—a dream that helped me realize that I do not necessarily see motherhood in my future. In my interpretation, the narrator of this story is pregnant with a romantic idea of motherhood, loses this romantic notion, and is left only with the memory of what their life could have looked like.
Publication Journey: I had submitted this piece to two other publications (Necessary Fiction and Phoebe) that I thought it would be a good fit for, but withdrew the story as a result of its acceptance.
I am so thrilled to be featured in Third Wednesday and hope that others enjoy the story. It can be found here. Happy reading!
