And If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing
Parenting Stories Gone Speculative
75 Flash by 76 Authors
Edited by Hannah Grieco
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An evil teddy bear, a mermaid, a robot daughter, a ghost child. A mother surrendering her baby to the crows. A child consumed by lice from the inside out. A father sending his selkie daughter back to the sea. These flash stories and essays explore the whispered side of parenting—the loss, fear, vulnerability, and deep, deep love that lurks underneath our day-to-day lives as mothers and fathers. One glimpse into And If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing: Parenting Stories Gone Speculative, and you’ll never look at parenting in quite the same way again.
Ten percent of the annual net proceeds from the sale of this book goes to Family Equality. Always remember to pay life forward to make our world a better place.
Content Warning: miscarriage, child death, body image, bullying, prolonged illness, abuse, postpartum depression, and abduction
Authors
• Rebecca Ackermann
• Barlow Adams
• Kathryn Aldridge-Morris
• Madeline Anthes
• Justin KB
• Amy Cipolla Barnes
• DeMisty D. Bellinger
• Bryan Betancur
• Lindy Biller
• Melissa Bowers
• Emma Brewer
• 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
• TJ 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
• JL Lycette
• Mike McClelland
• Maureen McEly
• DW McKinney
• Frankie McMillan
• K. C. Mead-Brewer
• Edie Meade
• Keri Modrall Rinne
• Veronica Montes
• Jennifer Murvin
• Rachel O’Cleary
• Alan Michael Parker
• Mandira Pattnaik
• Meg Pokrass
• Sierra Powers
• Pip Robertson
• Melissa Saggerer
• Carol Scheina
• Laura Stanfill
• Jan Stinchcomb
• Christina Tang-Bernas
• Jerica Taylor
• Joanna Theiss
• Michaella Thornton
• Sally Toner
• Leslie Walker Trahan
• Eric Scot Tryon
• Addie Tsai
• Lea Waits
• K. S. Walker
• Didi Wood
• Marianne Worthington
Also by Barlow Adams, Meagan Johanson, Meg Pokrass, Eric Scot Tryon, & Addie Tsai
Also by Tara Campbell
Also by DeMisty D. Bellinger
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• Flash Fiction | Flash CNF | Parenting
• 75 Flash Stories by 76 Authors
• 5½” x 8½” Perfectbound Trade Paperback
• Cream Paper, 216 Pages
• Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-946580-32-0
• Paperback ISBN-10: 1-946580-32-5
• Ebook ISBN-13: Coming Soon
• Ebook ISBN-10: Coming Soon
• LCCN: Not Registered
• First Edition: January 25, 2022
• Short URL: acpbook.link/mockingbird
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Cover design by Leah Angstman, with art elements by Comfreak and Nika Akin.
About the Editor
HANNAH GRIECO is a writer and editor in Washington, D.C. She has written for The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Parents Magazine, Today’s Parent, and Huffington Post, as well as for a variety of anthologies and literary journals. Find her online at hgrieco.com.
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