Review of Sam W. Pisciotta, “Transubstantiation,” Flash Fiction Online 140 (May 2025): 23-25 — Purchase here. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.
There’s something about the glorification of motherhood (the whole “becoming a mother makes you a goddess” trope) in this story that doesn’t sit well at all with me. The emphasis on the transcendence of the mother also diminishes the role of the father, and while the resolution of the story comes as the father finds a way to restore his rightful place in the family, it’s a resolution to a problem that I wish hadn’t been there in the first place.
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