“Edges” now in the Dalhousie Review

My short story “Edges” is now available in the Dalhousie Review! I’m happy to be published alongside so many other wonderful writers.

I wrote the rough draft for this on holiday in Portugal a little over four years ago. My daughter was a year old, but I still felt the sting of postpartum life. While this piece is definitely not autobiographical, all I could think about in those days was the way mothers are so isolated in that postpartum period. The initial story came quickly, but I took a long time with editing it. I started sending it out to places a few months after the first draft, and had really positive, personal rejections, but no takers. I stopped sending it out for reasons I don’t quite remember. I was working on books, COVID hit, and then I think I lost faith in the piece, to be honest.

Then, last year, I re-read it and really liked it. I decided to send it out again, and the Dalhousie Review accepted it very quickly. I’m pleased to finally see it out in print after such a long journey!