Caroline Mao is a queer nonbinary writer who studies art at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. Their previous or forthcoming publications include Occulum, Rose Quartz, and Cauldron Anthology. They enjoy smiling at dogs and reading contemporary literature.

FICTION

ghost x garden x grow

By CAROLINE MAO

I had to haul my baby sister out of the blood-drenched soil once I was done watering life back into the wet, clumpy post-abortion fetal tissue she used to be. Like all babies, she kicked and screamed.