This was a very well-written short story. As someone who lived in and grew up in the South, it felt pretty genuine. The desire for escape and the shame of living in a post–Roe v. Wade world bleed underneath like a current, desperate to be free of this new world we have allowed ourselves to be caught up in.
Flannery O'Connor vibes.
I was thinking the same thing too
This was a very well-written short story. As someone who lived in and grew up in the South, it felt pretty genuine. The desire for escape and the shame of living in a post–Roe v. Wade world bleed underneath like a current, desperate to be free of this new world we have allowed ourselves to be caught up in.
Terrific story