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Rumpus Original Fiction: Hatch
The river boiled with trout. Alan Blake was beside himself. Guides reported monster fish from River Junction all the way through the box canyon. All day Friday in surgery, the doctor spoke of his plans...
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Danny”
When the sparkling, well-bred girls tease you for being an orphan, for having a mother who overdosed on laudanum and a father who took his own life, for being a charity case and scrawny and descended...
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Rumpus Original Fiction: New Build
We are two months and two hundred thousand dollars into the new build when you say it. The foundation has been poured already. Framing will start soon. Then a roof. Then walls. It’s a snow day in...
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Rumpus Original Fiction: A Disappointment
Soon after we decided that indeed, we wanted children, I was pregnant. As the child in my belly grew, so did my husband’s joy. How unexpected, to be expecting so soon, and with us both over thirty! I...
View ArticleWow, Mom!: Mom Genes by Abigail Tucker
I have been told, lately, to take control of many things. Fertility testing companies have ordered me to take control of my reproductive lifespan. Skin care brands have instructed me to take control of...
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Being the Baby’s Heart
If I stopped rocking the chair while holding the baby, his heart stopped with me. So, I just kept going. We rocked in the nursery, which had pale yellow walls and a brand-new changing table and a crib...
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From the Archive: Why Writing Matters in the Age of Despair
This essay was first published in The Rumpus on July 31, 2018. For twelve years of my life, I kept losing things. The first was a book titled The Conversation Piece, which I bought for my boyfriend at...
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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: An Other Man
This was originally published at The Rumpus on December 12, 2018 It’s late July, and you’re sitting on a stoop covered in faint cracks. The scorching brownstone beneath your thighs is crossing slowly...
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From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Emergency Lifeboats: 24 (12 on...
This was originally published at The Rumpus on September 13, 2017. No. It’s my mother’s favorite word lately. Did they feed you? No. Are you happy here? No. Do you love me? No. It’s a Sunday at...
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From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: The Bad Kind of Puppy
This was originally published at The Rumpus on October 14, 2020. One morning, after her husband had left for work, Clara noticed a ticking in her house. She mentally retraced their steps that morning...
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