Volcano is what I call the daughter my insides pieced together from semen and gametes, the pint-sized evidence of a pleasure so fleeting, it frays in my memory. Volcano is what she is. I don’t invoke that title when Mma is awake. How will she shed her molten skin if I name it? My finger […]
Edidiong Uzoma Essien
Edidiong Uzoma Essien is a Nigerian writer and digital marketing professional living on the U.S. East Coast. She has been previously published in Strange Horizons and Brittle Paper. Essien enjoys reading, creating content for her book review page, playing video games, and surrendering herself to the whims of her 3-year-old cat.