Mother Gardener
When Dad finally let me back in the garden, I said I was weeding, but really I was digging for my mom.
Megan Paonessa
Megan Paonessa is a Professor of Creative Writing at Marquette University. Her work earned the Hayden’s Fairy Review 25th Anniversary Award, Honorable Mention in the 2020 NYC Midnight Short Story Contest, and has appeared in The Adirondack Review, PANK, fwriction : review, Camera Obscura, Scary Mommy and elsewhere. Visit her at megpaonessa.com.