Chung’s work is new to me. A talking head made of clay, hair, fecal matter, and any other bodily waste put into the toilet by the main character. This creation calling out, “Mother!” It took me a few false starts to read through the story because each time I started I kept saying, “What?” And being both baffled and excited by the unknown, the story gave me pause. I admire how Chung handles the passing of time in the story, how it flies by for the character because of her choices and circumstances, and how the head at the end of story becomes the main character with a new future.

First published in Samovar, September 2019, and available to read online here; collected in Cursed Bunny, Honford Star, 2021