★★★☆☆ Average
(Slipstream) When you’re 12 years old, you don’t expect your mom to swallow you whole and only spit you out years later when you’re past puberty. (2,188 words; Time: 07m)
"We Are Here to Be Held," by Eugenia Triantafyllou [bio] (edited by Jane Crowley and Kate Dollarhyde), appeared in Strange Horizons issue 01/14/19, published on January 14, 2019.
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Pro: Obviously this is an allegory for the way some parents are over-protective.
Con: There’s nothing to it beyond the allegory.
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Pro: Obviously this is an allegory for the way some parents are over-protective.
Con: There’s nothing to it beyond the allegory.
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Eugenia Triantafyllou Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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An intriguing speculative take on the complex relationship between mothers and daughters.
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