First published in CommuterLit in April, 2022. A merchant moves his three daughters to a new house when his wife passes away. Life is normal until the women become pregnant. Then, a mysterious force makes itself heard. They find out the hard way what it wants.

Ravibala Shenoy has published award-winning short stories (India Currents), short stories (Chicago Quarterly Review, Best Asian Speculative Fiction, The Superstition Review, Copperfield Review, ), flash fiction (Jellyfish Review, Brilliant Flash Fiction,The Menacing Hedge. The Aerogram), memoir (Sugar Mule, Funny Pearls, Borderless Journal) and op-ed pieces (Chicago Tribune, India Currents).

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