“Ten Simple Steps to a Playground Lobotomy” by Susan Buttenwieser
1. Enter filled-to-capacity, shade-deprived, concrete recreational area…
Category: Terrible Twosdays
Are you a parent going through the Terrible Twos? Did you live through them and survive? Terrible Twosdays is a place to commiserate over the unending shenanigans of your Darling Children (as the online parenting communities say). Nonfiction stories will be considered, so long as names have been changed to protect the guilty. Inspired by our best-selling gift book for parents, Go the Fuck to Sleep, Terrible Twosdays joins the roster of our other online short fiction series. Unlike Mondays Are Murder and Thursdaze, we’re looking for stories with a light and mischievous feel, all about the day-to-day challenges of parenting. As with our other flash fiction series, stories must not exceed 750 words.
“Acrobat Class” by Tamar Jacobs
Say you signed up for an acrobat class for your six-year-old…
“Trans Bully” by Nkosi Ife Bandele
As soon as my wife told me that our little girl was being bullied at school, I was ready to go off the deep end.
“Pancake Month” and “A Parenting Street Scene” by Minna Dubin
At three and a half, my son’s diet consists of only brown, white, and yellow foods.
“Family Health, Day One” by Myna Chang
“Mom, I don’t understand tampons.”
“The Piss of My Dreams” by Vashti Anderson
I have a serious bathroom phobia, and when I say this I mean that there is actually nothing wrong with me at all.
“Dear Ralphie” by Ledia Xhoga
Just a few months ago you were a pink-faced, crying infant.
“Dear Ralphie” by Ledia Xhoga
Just a few months ago you were a pink-faced, crying infant.