Motherwife

Amy Sterling Casil

Publisher: Wildside Press

Published: Oct 2, 2000

Magazine: Without Absolution

Description:

"Exquisitely written, atmospheric, sad, spooky, and wise, Amy the single most competent writer I’ve worked with in over twenty years of teaching.” — James P. Blaylock “Amy’s stories are always thoughtful, powerful, and gut-wrenching.” — Dave Wolverton What if. . . . . . . Not so long from now, outlaw body artists could make you look any way you wanted? . . . A new disease causes birth defects unlike any the world has ever seen and your job is to take care of these kids, including the boy with three eyes? . . . A father clones himself for companionship, only to learn he is dying of cancer and his cloned son is the perfect donor? . . . A lonely man uploads the personalities of his mother and his exwife into his computer, and they merge into a single, horrifying motherwife?